Pete wrote:By the end of 2008 Bob Dylan had played more than 2100 shows....
now, that must be a record!!!
Pete
As a rabid Dylan fan who according to the latest reports from Cloud Cuckoo Land is having to stand by and watch Leonard's loyal female-knicker-throwing-fan-base overtake Bob's loyal fan base in numbers I feel obliged to correct you.
The figure of 2100 concerts you quote is only the number of shows since Bob's Never-Ending Tour commenced on 8 June 1988. Bob has another 23 years of touring under his belt prior to the start of the Never-Ending tour in 1988.
So as a hint to Leonard who has been playing virtually the same 22 or 23 songs in approx 200 shows over the last 18 months or so.....
As from last night's show in Boston on his current leg of the Never-Ending tour, which is coming to a triumphant end in New York next week Bob has performed 30 concerts and sung 503 songs of which 66 have been different. The figures in parentheses show how many times Bob has performed a particular song on this tour; if no figures are given then the song has only been played once.
So in conclusion if you divide the number of 66 different songs played into the 30 concerts performed then multiply that figure by the number of uses of 'baby' in the all 66 of the songs then divide it again by the average attendances at each gig and then finally subtract from that total the number of times that Henning has secretly played Bob's Christmas album in his bedroom you will have your answer to whatever the question was.
Highway 61 Revisited (30)
Thunder on the Mountain (30)
Ballad of a Thin Man (30)
Like A Rolling Stone (30)
Jolene (30)
All Along The Watchtower (29)
Cold Irons Bound (23)
Beyond Here Lies Nothing (20)
Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum (13)
Workingman's Blues #2 (13)
My Wife's Hometown (11)
Honest With Me (10)
High Water (For Charley Patton) (11)
Spirit On The Water (11)
Gonna Change My Way of Thinking (9)
Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat (9)
The Man In Me (9)
Ain't Talkin' (11)
Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again (9)
I Feel A Change Comin' On (8)
Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine) (10)
Po' Boy (7)
Don't Think Twice, It's All Right (7)
If You Ever Go To Houston (7)
Lay, Lady, Lay (7)
Forgetful Heart (7)
This Dream of You (5)
I Don't Believe You (She Acts Like We Never Have Met) (5)
Sugar Baby (5)
When the Deal Goes Down (6)
Tryin' To Get To Heaven (6)
Desolation Row (5)
Nettie Moore (5)
Beyond The Horizon (4)
Rollin' And Tumblin' (5)
Watching The River Flow (4)
The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll (5)
Not Dark Yet (4)
The Levee's Gonna Break (3)
Shooting Star (3)
Lonesome Day Blues (3)
Girl Of The North Country (4)
A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall (3)
It's All Over Now, Baby Blue (4)
Cat's In The Well (4)
I'll Be Your Baby Tonight (3)
Things Have Changed (2)
Just Like A Woman (3)
It's All Good (2)
Summer Days (2)
Man In The Long Black Coat (3)
'Til I Fell In Love With You
Mama, You Been On My Mind
Chimes Of Freedom
Love Sick
SeƱor (Tales Of Yankee Power)
It Ain't Me, Babe
Cry A While
Under The Red Sky
Masters Of War
To Ramona
Love Minus Zero/No Limit
Million Miles
Ballad Of Hollis Brown (2)
Every Grain Of Sand