Never Ending Tour
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The Never Ending Tour is the popular name for Bob Dylan
’s endless touring schedule since June 7, 1988.
During the past 23+ years, musicians have come and gone and the band has continued to evolve. Dylan and his band have amassed a huge fan base; some fans have traveled around the world to attend as many Dylan shows as possible.
According to the count maintained by Olof Björner
's Dylan website Still On The Road, Dylan played his 2000th show of the Never Ending Tour on October 16, 2007, in Dayton, Ohio
. Dylan has attributed much of the versatility of his live shows to the talent of his backing band, with whom he recorded the albums "Love and Theft" (2001), Modern Times
(2006), Together Through Life
(2009), and Christmas in the Heart
(2009).
listened to Deevoy's interview tape, and points out in The Bob Dylan Encyclopedia that though Deevoy's article put the phrase into Dylan's mouth, in fact the label came from Deevoy in the following exchange:
Dylan has been dismissive of the Never Ending Tour tag. In the sleeve notes to his album World Gone Wrong
(1993), Dylan wrote:
Don't be bewildered by the Never Ending Tour chatter. There was a Never Ending Tour but it ended in 1991 with the departure of guitarist G. E. Smith
. That one's long gone but there have been many others since then: 'The Money Never Runs Out Tour' (Fall of 1991 'Southern Sympathizer Tour' (Early 1992) 'Why Do You Look At Me So Strangely Tour' (European Tour 1992) 'The One Sad Cry Of Pity Tour' (Australia & West Coast American Tour 1992) 'Outburst Of Consciousness Tour' (1992) 'Don't Let Your Deal Go Down Tour' (1993) and others, too many to mention each with their own character & design."
In a 2009 interview with Rolling Stone
magazine, Dylan queried the validity of the term Never Ending Tour, saying:
The tour was interrupted in 1997 when Dylan was forced to cancel dates after suffering a serious medical issue in May. CBS Records
announced he was being hospitalized for a potentially fatal chest infection, histoplasmosis
. Since the tour began in 1988, Dylan's 1997 stay in hospital has been his longest break from touring.
This introduction was adapted from an article by Jeff Miers about Dylan that had appeared in a local newspaper, The Buffalo News, on August 9, 2002.
Andrew Muir published Razor's Edge: Bob Dylan and the Never Ending Tour in September 2001. The book chronicles the first fifteen years of Dylan's Never Ending Tour from the point of view of a committed fan of the Tour, analysing how Dylan varies his interpretations of his songs, and exploring Dylan's possible motivations.
The only complete live album of material recorded with the Never Ending Tour band is MTV Unplugged
recorded in 1994 and released in 1995.
In 1994, Bob Dylan's performance of "Highway 61 Revisited
" was recorded at Woodstock '94
and released on CD and VHS
.
In 2001, Sony released Live 1961–2000: Thirty-Nine Years of Great Concert Performances which included six songs recorded on the Never Ending Tour between 1994 and 2000. The songs were: "Somebody Touched Me", "Dignity
", "Cold Irons Bound
", "Born in Time", "Country Pie" and "Things Have Changed
".
Dylan's performance of "Down Along the Cove" from the Bonnaroo Music Festival
2004 was released on the Bonnaroo 2004 CD by Sanctuary Records
in 2005.
Spanish TV station TVE2 broadcast three songs, "It Ain't Me Babe
", "Rollin' and Tumblin'
" and "Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues
", from the concert that Dylan performed at the Rock In Rio Festival
, in Madrid on July 6, 2008.
Dylan's 2008 album, The Bootleg Series Vol. 8: Tell Tale Signs
, included eight live performances from the Never Ending Tour, recorded between 1992 and 2004. The songs were "High Water (For Charley Patton)
", "Ring Them Bells", "Cocaine Blues
", "The Girl on the Greenbriar Shore", "Lonesome Day Blues", "Cold Irons Bound
", "Things Have Changed
", and "Tryin' to Get to Heaven".
In 2009, former Never Ending Tour drummer, Winston Watson released a DVD, Bob Dylan Never Ending Tour Diaries: Drummer Winston Watson's Incredible Journey, documenting his years touring with Dylan between 1992 and 1996.
, a Newsweek
reporter who interviewed Dylan in 2004, "basically it has to do with his guitar not giving him quite the fullness of sound he was wanting at the bottom. He's thought of hiring a keyboard player so he doesn't have to do it himself, but hasn't been able to figure out who. Most keyboard players, he says, like to be soloists, and he wants a very basic sound." Dylan's touring band has two guitarists along with a multi-instrumentalist who plays pedal & lap steel, mandolin, banjo, violin and viola. From 2002 to 2005, Dylan's keyboard had a piano sound. In 2006, this was changed to an organ sound. At the start of his Spring 2007 tour in Europe, Dylan once again began playing guitar. Currently, he plays Organ and will play songs on guitar and take center-stage with just his harmonica and microphone.
Currently, Bob Dylan's band consists of the following members:
During a 2006 interview with Rolling Stone, Dylan spoke about his current band:
Other notable members include Denny Freeman
(Guitar, Slide Guitar from 2005–2009), Larry Campbell
(Guitar, Slide Guitar, Pedal Steel, Banjo, Cittern, Mandolin & Violin from 1997–2004), Freddy Koella (Guitar from 2003–2004), David Kemper
(Drums from 1996–2001), Bucky Baxter
(Pedal Steel from 1992–1999), John "J.J." Jackson (Guitar from 1991–1997) and G.E. Smith (Guitar from 1988–1990). Between the years 2003-2004, Tommy Morrongiello, a technician on the tour, would frequently play guitar with Dylan & his Band. Charlie Sexton
, who played the guitar from 1999 until 2002, returned as the lead guitarist in Dylan's band for the fall 2009 tour, replacing Denny Freeman.
Over the years, many artists have been special guests at shows, playing songs with Dylan & his Band. Artists include Phil Lesh
, Jack White
, Paul Simon
, Ronnie Wood, Bruce Springsteen
, Bono
, Norah Jones
, Willie Nelson
, John Mellencamp
, Tom Petty
, Neil Young
, Jimmie Vaughan
, Carl Perkins
, Elvis Costello
, Amos Lee
, Patti Smith
, Van Morrison
, Warren Haynes
, Al Kooper
, Jorma Kaukonen
, Paul James
, Kenny Wayne Shepherd
, Dave Stewart
, Chrissie Hynde
, Nils Lofgren
, Dave Matthews
, Susan Tedeschi
, Dave Alvin
, Chuck Loeb
, Dickey Betts
, Ian Moore
, Roger McGuinn
, César Díaz
, Boyd Tinsley
, LeRoi Moore
, Doug Sahm
, Aimee Mann
, Liz Souissi, Ray Benson
, Leon Russell
, Lukas Nelson and Mark Knopfler
.
Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan is an American singer-songwriter, musician, poet, film director and painter. He has been a major and profoundly influential figure in popular music and culture for five decades. Much of his most celebrated work dates from the 1960s when he was an informal chronicler and a seemingly...
’s endless touring schedule since June 7, 1988.
During the past 23+ years, musicians have come and gone and the band has continued to evolve. Dylan and his band have amassed a huge fan base; some fans have traveled around the world to attend as many Dylan shows as possible.
According to the count maintained by Olof Björner
Olof Björner
Olof Björner is a Swedish researcher who has specialized in documenting the live performances and recording sessions of American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan...
's Dylan website Still On The Road, Dylan played his 2000th show of the Never Ending Tour on October 16, 2007, in Dayton, Ohio
Dayton, Ohio
Dayton is the 6th largest city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Montgomery County, the fifth most populous county in the state. The population was 141,527 at the 2010 census. The Dayton Metropolitan Statistical Area had a population of 841,502 in the 2010 census...
. Dylan has attributed much of the versatility of his live shows to the talent of his backing band, with whom he recorded the albums "Love and Theft" (2001), Modern Times
Modern Times (Bob Dylan album)
Modern Times is singer-songwriter Bob Dylan's 32nd studio album, released by Columbia Records in August 2006. The album was Dylan's third straight to be met with nearly universal praise from fans and critics...
(2006), Together Through Life
Together Through Life
Together Through Life is the 33rd studio album by Bob Dylan, released on April 28, 2009, on Columbia Records. The album debuted at number one in several countries, including the U.S. and the UK...
(2009), and Christmas in the Heart
Christmas in the Heart
Christmas in the Heart is Bob Dylan's 34th studio album and first Christmas album, released on October 13, 2009 on Columbia. The album comprises a collection of hymns, carols, and popular Christmas songs...
(2009).
Name
The tour's name was cemented when journalist Adrian Deevoy published his interview with Dylan in Q Magazine no.39, December 1989. The critic Michael GrayMichael Gray (author)
Michael Gray is a British author who has written extensively about popular music.Gray grew up on Merseyside, attended Birkenhead School, and read History and English Literature at the University of York. Gray subsequently lived and worked in North Devon, Birmingham, West Malvern, London and North...
listened to Deevoy's interview tape, and points out in The Bob Dylan Encyclopedia that though Deevoy's article put the phrase into Dylan's mouth, in fact the label came from Deevoy in the following exchange:
- AD: 'Tell me about this live thing. You've gone straight into this tour again — one tour virtually straight into the next one.'
- BD: 'Oh, it's all the same tour.'
- AD: 'It's the Never Ending Tour?'
- BD: (unenthusiastically) 'Yeah, yeah'.
Dylan has been dismissive of the Never Ending Tour tag. In the sleeve notes to his album World Gone Wrong
World Gone Wrong
World Gone Wrong is singer-songwriter Bob Dylan's 29th studio album, released by Columbia Records in October 1993.It was Dylan's second consecutive collection of only traditional folk songs, performed acoustically with guitar and harmonica...
(1993), Dylan wrote:
Don't be bewildered by the Never Ending Tour chatter. There was a Never Ending Tour but it ended in 1991 with the departure of guitarist G. E. Smith
G. E. Smith
George Edward "G. E." Smith is an American guitarist. He was the lead guitarist in the band Hall & Oates and the musical director of Saturday Night Live. Smith was lead guitarist of Bob Dylan's touring band from June 7, 1988 to October 19, 1990...
. That one's long gone but there have been many others since then: 'The Money Never Runs Out Tour' (Fall of 1991 'Southern Sympathizer Tour' (Early 1992) 'Why Do You Look At Me So Strangely Tour' (European Tour 1992) 'The One Sad Cry Of Pity Tour' (Australia & West Coast American Tour 1992) 'Outburst Of Consciousness Tour' (1992) 'Don't Let Your Deal Go Down Tour' (1993) and others, too many to mention each with their own character & design."
In a 2009 interview with Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone is a US-based magazine devoted to music, liberal politics, and popular culture that is published every two weeks. Rolling Stone was founded in San Francisco in 1967 by Jann Wenner and music critic Ralph J...
magazine, Dylan queried the validity of the term Never Ending Tour, saying:
"Critics should know there is no such thing as forever. Does anybody call Henry FordHenry FordHenry Ford was an American industrialist, the founder of the Ford Motor Company, and sponsor of the development of the assembly line technique of mass production. His introduction of the Model T automobile revolutionized transportation and American industry...
a Never Ending Car Builder? Anybody ever say that Duke EllingtonDuke EllingtonEdward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington was an American composer, pianist, and big band leader. Ellington wrote over 1,000 compositions...
was on a Never Ending Bandstand Tour? These days, people are lucky to have a job. Any job. So critics might be uncomfortable with my working so much. Anybody with a trade can work as long as they want. A carpenter, an electrician. They don't necessarily need to retire."
The tour was interrupted in 1997 when Dylan was forced to cancel dates after suffering a serious medical issue in May. CBS Records
CBS Records
CBS Records is a record label founded by CBS Corporation in 2006 to take advantage of music from its entertainment properties owned by CBS Television Studios. The initial label roster consisted of only three artists; rock band Señor Happy and singer/songwriters Will Dailey and P.J...
announced he was being hospitalized for a potentially fatal chest infection, histoplasmosis
Histoplasmosis
Histoplasmosis is a disease caused by the fungus Histoplasma capsulatum. Symptoms of this infection vary greatly, but the disease primarily affects the lungs...
. Since the tour began in 1988, Dylan's 1997 stay in hospital has been his longest break from touring.
Dylan's introduction
Since August 15, 2002, Dylan has been introduced at the beginning of most of his concerts with an announcement made by a member of his stage crew, the stage manager, Al Santos:This introduction was adapted from an article by Jeff Miers about Dylan that had appeared in a local newspaper, The Buffalo News, on August 9, 2002.
Book and live recordings and broadcasts
The only complete live album of material recorded with the Never Ending Tour band is MTV Unplugged
MTV Unplugged (Bob Dylan album)
MTV Unplugged is a live album by Bob Dylan, released in 1995 by Columbia Records . It documents Dylan's appearance on the then-highly popular MTV Unplugged television series, recorded at Sony Music Studios in New York on November 17, 1994 and November 18, 1994...
recorded in 1994 and released in 1995.
In 1994, Bob Dylan's performance of "Highway 61 Revisited
Highway 61 Revisited (song)
"Highway 61 Revisited" is the title track of Bob Dylan's 1965 album Highway 61 Revisited. It was also released as the B-side to the single "Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window?" later the same year...
" was recorded at Woodstock '94
Woodstock '94
Woodstock '94, often called the "commercial Woodstock" or "Mudstock", was a music festival organized to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the original Woodstock Festival of 1969...
and released on CD and VHS
VHS
The Video Home System is a consumer-level analog recording videocassette standard developed by Victor Company of Japan ....
.
In 2001, Sony released Live 1961–2000: Thirty-Nine Years of Great Concert Performances which included six songs recorded on the Never Ending Tour between 1994 and 2000. The songs were: "Somebody Touched Me", "Dignity
Dignity (Bob Dylan song)
"Dignity" is a song by Bob Dylan, first released on Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits Volume 3 in 1994. It was recorded during the Oh Mercy studio sessions but didn't make it on to the album. The version released on Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits Volume 3 was remixed and overdubbed by Brendan O'Brien...
", "Cold Irons Bound
Cold Irons Bound
"Cold Irons Bound" is a Grammy Award-winning song written by Bob Dylan, released in 1997 on his critically acclaimed album Time Out of Mind. An alternate version was released on the Masked and Anonymous soundtrack in 2003. A live version was released in Japan on the compilation Live 1961-2000:...
", "Born in Time", "Country Pie" and "Things Have Changed
Things Have Changed
"Things Have Changed" is a song from the film Wonder Boys, written and performed by Bob Dylan. The song was released as a single on May 1, 2000...
".
Dylan's performance of "Down Along the Cove" from the Bonnaroo Music Festival
Bonnaroo Music Festival
The Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival is an annual four day music festival created and produced by Superfly Productions and AC Entertainment, held at Great Stage Park on a 700-acre farm in Manchester, Tennessee. It hosted its tenth annual event June 9–12, 2011...
2004 was released on the Bonnaroo 2004 CD by Sanctuary Records
Sanctuary Records
Sanctuary Records Group Limited was a record label based in the United Kingdom and a subsidiary of Universal Music Group. Until June 2007, it was the largest independent record label in the UK and the largest independent music management company in the world...
in 2005.
Spanish TV station TVE2 broadcast three songs, "It Ain't Me Babe
It Ain't Me Babe
"It Ain't Me Babe" is the title of a 1964 song by Bob Dylan, first included on his album Another Side of Bob Dylan. The song's opening line is allegedly influenced by musicologist/folk-singer John Jacob Niles' composition "Go 'Way From My Window." Niles is referred to by Dylan as an early...
", "Rollin' and Tumblin'
Rollin' and Tumblin'
"Rollin' and Tumblin" is a blues song that has been recorded hundreds of times by various artists. Considered as a traditional, it has been recorded with different lyrics and titles...
" and "Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues
Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues
"Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues" is a song written and performed by Bob Dylan. It was originally recorded on August 2, 1965 and released on the album Highway 61 Revisited. The song was later released on the compilation album Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits Vol...
", from the concert that Dylan performed at the Rock In Rio Festival
Rock in Rio
Rock in Rio is a series of music festivals held in three cities: Rio de Janeiro in Brazil, Lisbon in Portugal and Madrid in Spain.Four incarnations of the festival were in Rio de Janeiro, in 1985, 1991, 2001 and 2011, four in Lisbon, in 2004, 2006, 2008 and 2010, and two in Madrid in 2008 and 2010....
, in Madrid on July 6, 2008.
Dylan's 2008 album, The Bootleg Series Vol. 8: Tell Tale Signs
The Bootleg Series Vol. 8: Tell Tale Signs
The Bootleg Series Vol. 8 – Tell Tale Signs: Rare and Unreleased 1989–2006 is a compilation album by singer-songwriter Bob Dylan in his official "bootleg series" of rare and unissued recordings. It was originally released as a double, and triple album. It was later released as a single album,...
, included eight live performances from the Never Ending Tour, recorded between 1992 and 2004. The songs were "High Water (For Charley Patton)
High Water (For Charley Patton)
"High Water " is a song by Bob Dylan, released on his 31st studio album "Love and Theft" in 2001. The song draws its title from the Charley Patton song "High Water Everywhere", which is one of many songs based on the 1927 Louisiana flood...
", "Ring Them Bells", "Cocaine Blues
Cocaine Blues
"Cocaine Blues" is a Western Swing song written by T. J. "Red" Arnall, a reworking of the traditional song "Little Sadie". This song was originally recorded by W. A. Nichol's Western Aces on the S & G label, probably in 1947, and by Roy Hogsed and the Rainbow Riders May 25, 1947, at Universal...
", "The Girl on the Greenbriar Shore", "Lonesome Day Blues", "Cold Irons Bound
Cold Irons Bound
"Cold Irons Bound" is a Grammy Award-winning song written by Bob Dylan, released in 1997 on his critically acclaimed album Time Out of Mind. An alternate version was released on the Masked and Anonymous soundtrack in 2003. A live version was released in Japan on the compilation Live 1961-2000:...
", "Things Have Changed
Things Have Changed
"Things Have Changed" is a song from the film Wonder Boys, written and performed by Bob Dylan. The song was released as a single on May 1, 2000...
", and "Tryin' to Get to Heaven".
In 2009, former Never Ending Tour drummer, Winston Watson released a DVD, Bob Dylan Never Ending Tour Diaries: Drummer Winston Watson's Incredible Journey, documenting his years touring with Dylan between 1992 and 1996.
Band
For a two and a half year period, between 2003 and 2006, Dylan ceased playing guitar, and stuck to the keyboard during concerts. Various rumors circulated as to why Dylan gave up guitar during this period, none very reliable. According to David GatesDavid Gates
David Gates is an American singer-songwriter, best known as the lead singer of the group Bread, which reached the tops of the musical charts in Europe and North America on several occasions in the 1970s. The band was inducted into the Vocal Group Hall of Fame...
, a Newsweek
Newsweek
Newsweek is an American weekly news magazine published in New York City. It is distributed throughout the United States and internationally. It is the second-largest news weekly magazine in the U.S., having trailed Time in circulation and advertising revenue for most of its existence...
reporter who interviewed Dylan in 2004, "basically it has to do with his guitar not giving him quite the fullness of sound he was wanting at the bottom. He's thought of hiring a keyboard player so he doesn't have to do it himself, but hasn't been able to figure out who. Most keyboard players, he says, like to be soloists, and he wants a very basic sound." Dylan's touring band has two guitarists along with a multi-instrumentalist who plays pedal & lap steel, mandolin, banjo, violin and viola. From 2002 to 2005, Dylan's keyboard had a piano sound. In 2006, this was changed to an organ sound. At the start of his Spring 2007 tour in Europe, Dylan once again began playing guitar. Currently, he plays Organ and will play songs on guitar and take center-stage with just his harmonica and microphone.
Currently, Bob Dylan's band consists of the following members:
- Bob Dylan – vocals, electric guitar, organ, harmonica
- Stu Kimball – electric guitar, acoustic guitar
- Donnie Herron – pedal steel, lap steel, electric mandolin, banjo, violin, viola
- Charlie SextonCharlie SextonCharles Wayne Sexton is an American guitarist, singer and songwriter best known for the 1985 hit Beat's So Lonely and as the guitarist for Bob Dylan's backing band from 1999 to 2002 and since 2009...
– electric guitar - Tony GarnierTony Garnier (musician)Tony Garnier is an American bassist , best known as an accompanist to Bob Dylan, with whom he has played since 1989...
– bass guitar, upright bass - George Receli – drums
Other notable members include Denny Freeman
Denny Freeman
Denny Freeman is an American Texas and electric blues guitarist. Although he is primarily known as a guitar player, Freeman has also played piano and electric organ, both in concert and on various recordings...
(Guitar, Slide Guitar from 2005–2009), Larry Campbell
Larry Campbell (musician)
Larry Campbell is a multi-instrumentalist who plays many stringed instruments in genres including country, folk, blues, and rock...
(Guitar, Slide Guitar, Pedal Steel, Banjo, Cittern, Mandolin & Violin from 1997–2004), Freddy Koella (Guitar from 2003–2004), David Kemper
David Kemper
David Kemper is a drummer. He was a long-time member of both the Jerry Garcia Band and Bob Dylan's band . He was with the Jerry Garcia Band for the last eleven years of Garcia's life...
(Drums from 1996–2001), Bucky Baxter
Bucky Baxter
William "Bucky" Baxter is an American multi-instrumentalist from New Jersey. He was born in Melbourne, Florida. He has appeared on various albums by artists such as Bob Dylan, Ryan Adams, Steve Earle, R.E.M., and Joe Henry....
(Pedal Steel from 1992–1999), John "J.J." Jackson (Guitar from 1991–1997) and G.E. Smith (Guitar from 1988–1990). Between the years 2003-2004, Tommy Morrongiello, a technician on the tour, would frequently play guitar with Dylan & his Band. Charlie Sexton
Charlie Sexton
Charles Wayne Sexton is an American guitarist, singer and songwriter best known for the 1985 hit Beat's So Lonely and as the guitarist for Bob Dylan's backing band from 1999 to 2002 and since 2009...
, who played the guitar from 1999 until 2002, returned as the lead guitarist in Dylan's band for the fall 2009 tour, replacing Denny Freeman.
Phil Lesh
Phillip Chapman Lesh is a musician and a founding member of the Grateful Dead, with whom he played bass guitar throughout their 30-year career....
, Jack White
Jack White (musician)
Jack White , often credited as Jack White III, is an American musician, songwriter, record producer and occasional actor...
, Paul Simon
Paul Simon
Paul Frederic Simon is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist.Simon is best known for his success, beginning in 1965, as part of the duo Simon & Garfunkel, with musical partner Art Garfunkel. Simon wrote most of the pair's songs, including three that reached number one on the US singles...
, Ronnie Wood, Bruce Springsteen
Bruce Springsteen
Bruce Frederick Joseph Springsteen , nicknamed "The Boss," is an American singer-songwriter who records and tours with the E Street Band...
, Bono
Bono
Paul David Hewson , most commonly known by his stage name Bono , is an Irish singer, musician, and humanitarian best known for being the main vocalist of the Dublin-based rock band U2. Bono was born and raised in Dublin, Ireland, and attended Mount Temple Comprehensive School where he met his...
, Norah Jones
Norah Jones
Norah Jones is an American singer-songwriter and occasional actress.In 2002, she launched her solo music career with the release of the commercially successful and critically acclaimed album Come Away With Me, which was certified a diamond album in 2002, selling over 20 million copies...
, Willie Nelson
Willie Nelson
Willie Hugh Nelson is an American country music singer-songwriter, as well as an author, poet, actor, and activist. The critical success of the album Shotgun Willie , combined with the critical and commercial success of Red Headed Stranger and Stardust , made Nelson one of the most recognized...
, John Mellencamp
John Mellencamp
John Mellencamp, previously known by the stage names Johnny Cougar, John Cougar, and John Cougar Mellencamp, is an American rock singer-songwriter, musician, painter and occasional actor known for his catchy, populist brand of heartland rock that eschews synthesizers and other artificial sounds...
, Tom Petty
Tom Petty
Thomas Earl "Tom" Petty is an American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. He is the frontman of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers and was a founding member of the late 1980s supergroup Traveling Wilburys and Mudcrutch. He has also performed under the pseudonyms of Charlie T...
, Neil Young
Neil Young
Neil Percival Young, OC, OM is a Canadian singer-songwriter who is widely regarded as one of the most influential musicians of his generation...
, Jimmie Vaughan
Jimmie Vaughan
James Lawrence "Jimmie" Vaughan is an American blues rock guitarist and singer from Dallas, Texas, United States. He is the older brother of the late Stevie Ray Vaughan....
, Carl Perkins
Carl Perkins
Carl Lee Perkins was an American rockabilly musician who recorded most notably at Sun Records Studio in Memphis, Tennessee, beginning during 1954...
, Elvis Costello
Elvis Costello
Elvis Costello , born Declan Patrick MacManus, is an English singer-songwriter. He came to prominence as an early participant in London's pub rock scene in the mid-1970s and later became associated with the punk/New Wave genre. Steeped in word play, the vocabulary of Costello's lyrics is broader...
, Amos Lee
Amos Lee
Amos Lee is an American singer-songwriter whose musical style encompasses folk, rock and soul. Lee has four albums on Blue Note Records and has toured as an opening act for Bob Dylan, Elvis Costello, Norah Jones, Paul Simon, Merle Haggard, Van Morrison, John Prine, Dave Matthews Band and Adele. In...
, Patti Smith
Patti Smith
Patricia Lee "Patti" Smith is an American singer-songwriter, poet and visual artist, who became a highly influential component of the New York City punk rock movement with her 1975 debut album Horses....
, Van Morrison
Van Morrison
Van Morrison, OBE is a Northern Irish singer-songwriter and musician. His live performances at their best are regarded as transcendental and inspired; while some of his recordings, such as the studio albums Astral Weeks and Moondance, and the live album It's Too Late to Stop Now, are widely...
, Warren Haynes
Warren Haynes
Warren Haynes is an American rock and blues guitarist, vocalist and songwriter. Haynes is best known for his work as long time guitarist with The Allman Brothers Band and as founding member of the jam band Gov't Mule. Early in his career he was a guitarist for David Allan Coe and The Dickey...
, Al Kooper
Al Kooper
Al Kooper is an American songwriter, record producer and musician, known for organizing Blood, Sweat & Tears , providing studio support for Bob Dylan when he went electric in 1965, and also bringing together guitarists Mike Bloomfield and Stephen Stills to...
, Jorma Kaukonen
Jorma Kaukonen
Jorma Ludwik Kaukonen Jr. is an American blues, folk, and rock guitarist, best known for his work with Jefferson Airplane and Hot Tuna.-Biography:...
, Paul James
Paul James (Canadian musician)
Paul James is a blues guitarist and vocalist, heading the Paul James Band.He originally was part of the band Lick'n Stick, but went on to found his own band...
, Kenny Wayne Shepherd
Kenny Wayne Shepherd
Kenny Wayne Shepherd is an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter. He has released several studio albums and experienced a rare level of commercial success both as a blues artist and a young musician.-Biography:Shepherd graduated Caddo Magnet High School in Shreveport, Louisiana...
, Dave Stewart
David A. Stewart
David Allan Stewart , often known as Dave Stewart, is an English musician, songwriter and record producer, best known for his work with Eurythmics. He is usually credited as David A. Stewart, to avoid confusion with other musicians named "Dave Stewart".-Early life:Stewart was born in Sunderland,...
, Chrissie Hynde
Chrissie Hynde
Christine Ellen "Chrissie" Hynde is an US musician best known as the leader of the rock/new wave band the Pretenders. She is a singer, songwriter, and guitarist, and has been the only constant member of the band throughout its history.-Early life and career:Hynde is the daughter of a part-time...
, Nils Lofgren
Nils Lofgren
Nils Hilmer Lofgren is an American rock music recording artist, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist...
, Dave Matthews
Dave Matthews
David John "Dave" Matthews is a South African–born American musician and occasional actor, best known as the lead vocalist, songwriter, and guitarist for the Dave Matthews Band...
, Susan Tedeschi
Susan Tedeschi
Susan Tedeschi is an American blues and soul musician, who has received multiple Grammy Award nominations, and is well-known for her singing voice, guitar playing, stage presence, and marriage to blues guitarist Derek Trucks...
, Dave Alvin
Dave Alvin
Dave Alvin , is a guitarist, singer and songwriter. He has been one of the leading proponents of 'roots' or 'American' music, bringing together elements of rock-and-roll, blues, rural and tejano music....
, Chuck Loeb
Chuck Loeb
Chuck Loeb is a guitarist who performs numerous styles of music, most notably jazz. Loeb's own solo projects have generally been commercially successful crossover jazz, which has "contemporary" or "smooth" jazz....
, Dickey Betts
Dickey Betts
Forrest Richard "Dickey" Betts is an American guitarist, singer, songwriter, and composer best known as a founding member of The Allman Brothers Band. He was inducted with the band into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1995 and also won with the band a best rock performance Grammy Award for his...
, Ian Moore
Ian Moore (musician)
Ian Moore is a guitarist and singer-songwriter from Austin, Texas. He studied fiddle as a child, but switched to guitar when wrist problems interfered. His music contains elements of folk, rock and roll, world music, and blues...
, Roger McGuinn
Roger McGuinn
James Roger McGuinn is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. He is best known for being the lead singer and lead guitarist on many of The Byrds' records...
, César Díaz
César Díaz
César Carrillo Díaz was a Puerto Rican born guitar amplifier technician and guitarist who worked with a number of high profile musicians, most notably Stevie Ray Vaughan, as well as Bob Dylan, Eric Clapton, Keith Richards, Neil Young, and others...
, Boyd Tinsley
Boyd Tinsley
Boyd Calvin Tinsley is an American violinist and mandolinist who performs as a member of the Dave Matthews Band. Within the band, Tinsley has collaborated in writing songs, harmonizing, and singing backing vocals.-Early life:Tinsley was raised in a musical family...
, LeRoi Moore
Leroi Moore
LeRoi Holloway Moore was an American saxophonist best known as a founding member of the Dave Matthews Band. Moore often arranged music for the songs written by frontman Dave Matthews...
, Doug Sahm
Doug Sahm
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, Aimee Mann
Aimee Mann
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, Liz Souissi, Ray Benson
Ray Benson
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, Leon Russell
Leon Russell
Claude Russell Bridges , known professionally as Leon Russell, is an American musician and songwriter, who has recorded as a session musician, sideman, and maintained a solo career in music....
, Lukas Nelson and Mark Knopfler
Mark Knopfler
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2000s
- Never Ending Tour (2000-2002)Never Ending Tour (2000-2009)The Never Ending Tour is a popular name for Bob Dylan's ceaseless performing schedule since June 7, 1988. During the past twenty-three years, musicians have come and gone and the band has continued to evolve. Dylan's touring schedule has not been diminished by his age — he still plays around 100...
- 2003 TourNever Ending Tour 2003The Never Ending Tour is the popular name for Bob Dylan’s endless touring schedule since June 7, 1988 .-The Tour:The 2003 tour started with eleven concerts in Oceania, seven being in Australia and four being in New Zealand. The concert in Melbourne on February 8 was part of the Melbourne...
- 2004 TourNever Ending Tour 2004The Never Ending Tour is the popular name for Bob Dylan’s endless touring schedule since June 7, 1988 .-The Tour:The 2004 tour started with a spring tour of the United States. Dylan performed several residencies during the tour. Including* 3 shows in St...
- 2005 TourNever Ending Tour 2005The Never Ending Tour is the popular name for Bob Dylan’s endless touring schedule since June 7, 1988 .-The Tour:Dylan started to 2005 tour with a tour of the United States with Merle Haggard. The tour included several residencies at various venues...
- 2006 TourNever Ending Tour 2006The Never Ending Tour is the popular name for Bob Dylan’s endless touring schedule since June 7, 1988.-The Tour:The tour started off in Reno, Nevada at the Reno Events Center and the first leg came to an end on May 10, in Hollywood, Florida after 29 concerts....
- 2007 TourNever Ending Tour 2007The Never Ending Tour is the popular name for Bob Dylan’s endless touring schedule since June 7, 1988 .-Tour Information:The tour started off in Europe in a small venue called 'Debaser Medis' in Stockholm, Sweden and continued on to the Globe Arena and the rest of Europe...
- 2008 TourNever Ending Tour 2008The Never Ending Tour is the popular name for Bob Dylan’s seemingly endless touring schedule since June 7, 1988 .-Tour Information:The tour started with three shows at the House of Blues in Dallas, Texas before performing in Latin America and South America...
- 2009 TourNever Ending Tour 2009The Never Ending Tour is the popular name for Bob Dylan’s endless touring schedule since June 7, 1988.-Tour Information:The tour started in Stockholm, Sweden at an intimate concert at Berns Salonger. Dylan performed five concerts in England. One of which was at the Roundhouse in London which was a...
External Links
- BobDylan.com – Official web site, including lyrics and touring schedule
- Expecting Rain – Dylan news and events, updated daily
- BobLinks – Comprehensive log of concerts and set lists with categorized link collection
- Bjorner's Still on the Road – Information on all known recording sessions and performances by Dylan
- Dylan and the Media – An analysis of Dylan's media relations
- Come Writers And Critics – lists all the books, magazines, fanzines... devoted to Bob Dylan
- Le-cartographe.net/ Maps of the Never Ending Tour