Bob Dylan 2014 Never Ending Tour
Touring band
Bob Dylan: vocal, grand piano, harmonica
Charlie Sexton: lead guitar
Stu Kimball: electric and acoustic rhythm guitar
Donnie Herron: violin, viola, electric mandolin, banjo, pedal steel & lap steel guitar
Tony Garnier: double bass (with bow) and bass guitar
George Recile: drums & percussion
Standard set list for most concerts this year: 1. Things Have Changed; 2. She Belongs To Me; 3. Beyond Here Lies Nothin’; 4. What Good Am I?; 5. Waiting For You; 6. Duquesne Whistle; 7. Pay In Blood; 8. Tangled Up In Blue; 9. Love Sick.
(15 minutes Intermission)
10. High Water (For Charley Patton); 11. Simple twist Of Fate; 12. Early Roman Kings; 13. Forgetful Heart; 14. Spirit On The Water; 15. Scarlet Town; 16. Soon After Midnight; 17. Long And Wasted Years.
Encore: 18. All Along The Watchtower; 19. Blowin’ In The Wind.
From July on What Good Am I? Is replaced by Workingman’s Blues #2 in slot 4. In the last leg Stay With Me from the not yet released album Shadows In The Night appears as second encore. Dylan plays different sets during festivals in the Europe Summer Tour.
This year’s first tour starts with nine concerts in Zepp DiverCity in Tokyo during a 19 show Tour of Japan. In August and September Dylan tours Down Under (19) followed by an US Fall Tour (33).
In February and March Dylan with his touring band records Shadows In The Night, an album with songs Frank Sinatra once played. The sessions are in the same Capitol Studio in Los Angeles, used by Frank Sinatra in the fifties.
Releases
The Bootleg Series, Vol. 11: The Basement Tapes, released in November in the standard edition with two CDs (The Basement Tapes Raw) and box set with six CDs and a book (The Basement Tapes Complete).
Recommended bootleg
Zepp Divercity Tokyo 2014 (Crystal Cat Records 142-43). Tokyo, Zepp Divercity, April 4. With live debut Huck´s Tune.
| 2014 * * * * * * * * * * 92 shows, 43 different songs played. One live debut, one cover played. | ||||||
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| Date | Venue | Title | No of Disks | Label/Source | Sound | Art/setlist/info |
| 2014-04-04 | Tokyo, Zepp Divercity | Zepp Divercity Tokyo 2014 | 2CDr | Crystal Cat Records 142-43 | A+ | Standard set list, except live debut of Huck´s Tune. |
| 2014-06-16 | Cork | Live at The Marquee 2014 | 2CDr/Tao | Godfather Records GR-1008/1009 LB-11881 | A | Marquee Festival, Standard set list |
| 2014-07-14 | Helsingborg, Sofiero Castle and Park | Helsingborg 2014 | 2CDr | Crystal Cat Records 1044-45 | A | Standard set list |
| 2014-07-15 | Gothenburg, Trädgärdsföreningen | Gothenburg 2014 | 2CDr | Crystal Cat Records 1046-47 | A | Alternative set list, only encores same as night before |
| 2014-08-27 | Brisbane | The Tivoli | 2CDr | Audiowhore | A | Art-Deco style theatre, capacity of 1,500 people. Only show of 16 in Australian Tour with different songs played |