Bob Dylan 1999 Never Ending Tour
Touring Band:
Bob Dylan: vocals, electric and acoustic guitar, harmonica
Bucky Baxter: (January – May) pedal steel guitar, lap steel guitar, electric & acoustic slide guitar, dobro, mandolin, back-up vocal. Baxter left the band after more than seven years and 731 shows.
Larry Campbell: electric and acoustic guitar, back-up vocal, fiddle, pedal steel guitar, lap steel guitar, electric & acoustic slide guitar, dobro, bouzouki, mandolin
Charlie Sexton: (from June) electric and acoustic guitar, back-up vocal
Tony Garnier: double bass and bass guitar
David Kemper: drums & percussion
Again an extensive year with a tour containing five legs, and again with some support: a US winter tour; Europe spring tour; US summer and fall tour, both with Paul Simon, and a US fall tour with Phil Lesh and Friends.
After two shows the structure changes drastic with more acoustic than electric songs. Dylan opens with an acoustic set of 5-6 songs, followed by 4-6 electric songs and 1-5 encores. The arrival of all-rounder Charlie Sexton is a major improvement to the sound. Dylan grows to great heights as the year progresses. The countless (new) covers that he plays often form the highlights of the shows.
Recommended bootlegs
Roadmaps For The Soul ( Rattlesnake RS 064/65). Perfect soundboard recording Ljubljana, April 28.
Oregon 1999 Soundboard (Dylantree). Eugene EMU Ballroom, June 14.
| 1999 * * * * * * * * * * 119 shows, 124 different songs played, 17 live debuts (14 covers) | ||||||
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| Date | Venue | Title | No of Disks | Label/Source | Sound | Art/setlist/info |
| 1999-00-00 | various European venues | Across the Borderline | Flac/2CD | Wild Wolf 4-99 1/2 | 8 | Great first disc with all acoustic played songs. Second disc is all electric. |
| 1999-02-15 | Grand Rapids, MI Van Andel Arena | Honky Tonk Blues | Flac | Montserrat/GR15.02.99 1/2 | 7 | w/Horn section from the Brian Setzer Orchestra. |
| 1999-02-25 | Portland, Maine Civic Center | Dressed Up Like A Squire | 2CDr | Mighty Quinn 001 | A | - |
| 1999-04-22 | Barcelona, Palacio Municipale Des Esportes | Restless Hungry Feelings | 2CDr | Q Records 26-27 | 9 | - |
| 1999-04-25 | Zurich, Hallenstadion | Master Of Zurich '99 | Flac/2CD | LR 011/012 | 8,5 | w/Steve van Zandt and Nils Lofgren in encore Not Fade Away. |
| 1999-04-28 | Ljubljana | Roadmaps for the Soul | 2CDr | Rattlesnake 064/65/Sbd | 9 | - |
| 1999-04-29 | Graz, Austria | Graz 1999 | 2CDr | Bach | A | - |
| 1999-04-30 | Vienna, Stadthalle | Rolling Through Stormy Weather | 2CDr | Dandelion 125-26 | 8.5 | Scratch track 2 disc 2. |
| 1999-06-14 | Eugene EMU Ballroom | Oregon 1999 Soundboard | 2CDr | Dylantree/Sbd | A+ | Great clubshow, perfect soundboard recording. Live debut Down Along The Cove. |
| 1999-06-14 | Eugene EMU Ballroom | Ace of Clubs | Flac/1CD | Wild Wolf 99-001 | 8 | Disc 1 of 5 with four 1999 'Small Venue' shows. Encores of this show are on dics 5. Live debut of Down Along The Cove. Breakout gig without Paul Simon in this 1999 US Summer Tour with him. |
| 1999-06-16 | Sacramento, CA | Arco Arena | 2CDr | - | A | Three duets w/Paul Simon, who was the opening act. |
| 1999-06-30 | New York City, NY | Crossroads | Flac | Sbd | A | Crossroads Benefit Concert w/Eric Clapton. |
| 1999-07-06 | Detroit, MI St. Andrews Hall | Ace of Clubs | Flac/1CD | Wild Wolf 99-002 | 8 | Disc 2 of 5 with four 1999 'Small Venue' shows. Bob Dylan was the opening act for Paul Simon. |
| 1999-07-11 | Cincinnati, OH Bogarts | Ace of Clubs | Flac/1CD | Wild Wolf 99-003 | 8 | Disc 3 of 5 with four 1999 'Small Venue' shows. Great gig, without Paul Simon. |
| 1999-07-26 | New York City, NY Tramps | Ace of Clubs | Flac/1CD | Wild Wolf 99-004 | 8 | Disc 4 of 5 with four 1999 'Small Venue' shows. Great gig. Without Paul Simon. |
| 1999-06/07-00 | various | Ace of Clubs | Flac/1CD | Wild Wolf 99-005 | 8 | Disc 5 of 5 with four 1999 'Small Venue' shows. Encores of previous 4 shows plus bonus: Highlands from 1999-07-27. |
| 1999-07-26,27 | Tramps & Madison Square Garden, NYC | No More Alibis | 3CDr | Rattlesnake 003-4-5 | 8 | Four duets w/Paul Simon |
| 1999-07-28 | Holmdel, NJ | - | 2CDr | Schubert/Aud | A- | - |
| 1999-07-30 | Wantagh NY, Jones Beach Amphitheater | Something Is Happening On Mr. Jones Beach | Flac/3CD | Rattlesnake 29/30/31 | A | Complete recording with Paul Simon as opening act. Dylan and Simon played four duets: The Sound Of Silence (Simon); I Walk The Line (Johnny Cash); The Wanderer (E. Maresca); Knockin' On Heaven's Door. Openingtrack Oh Babe, It Ain't No Lie is missing. |
| 1999-09-08 | Antioch, TN Music Center | World Full Of Lies | Flac | Thinman 066/067 LB-7077 | 8.5 | w/Marty Stuart as guest guitar player on all songs. The four bonus tracks (The Boxer, I Walk The Line, The Wanderer, Knockin' On Heaven's Door) are duets with Paul Simon from the Simon portion of the same show. |
| 1999-10-26 | Chicago, Il | Park West | 2CDr | LB-4725 & LB-4728 | A | early & late show |
| 1999-11-11 | Augusta, ME | Augusta 99 | Flac/2CD | Cagey: 012/ mono aud | A- | Live debut I'm Your Hoochie Cooche Man. |
| 1999-11-14 | Worcester, MA Centrum Arena | Highlands Of Worcester | 1CDr | Wild Wolf 11.14.99 | 8 | Incomplete recording. Missing: Love Sick, Like A Rolling Stone, Not Fade Away. |