Bob Dylan
Birmingham, Alabama
Jefferson Civic Center
3 December 1978
01 – My Back Pages (instrumental)
02 – She’s Love Crazy
03 – Mr. Tambourine Man
04 – Shelter From The Storm
05 – It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue
06 – Tangled Up In Blue
07 – Ballad Of A Thin Man
08 – Maggie’s Farm
09 – I Don’t Believe You
10 – Like A Rolling Stone
11 – I Shall Be Released
12 – Senor (Tales Of Yankee Power)
13 – The Times They Are A-Changin’
14 – Rainy Day Women # 12 & 35
15 – It Ain’t Me, Babe (acoustic)
16 – Am I Your Stepchild?
17 – One More Cup Of Coffee (Valley Below)
18 – Blowin’ In The Wind
19 – Girl From The North Country
20 – Where Are You Tonight? (Journey Through Dark Heat)
21 – Masters Of War
22 – Just Like A Woman
23 – To Ramona
24 – All Along The Watchtower
25 – All I Really Want To Do
26 – It’s Alright, Ma (I’m Only Bleeding)
27 – Forever Young
28 – Changing Of The Guards
Concert # 56 of the 1978 US Fall Tour. 1978 concert # 105
Concert # 82 with the 1978 World Tour Band:
Bob Dylan (vocal & guitar),
Billy Cross (lead guitar),
Alan Pasqua (keyboards),
Steven Soles (rhythm guitar, backup vocals),
David Mansfield (violin & mandolin),
Steve Douglas (horns),
Jerry Scheff (bass),
Bobbye Hall (percussion),
Ian Wallace (drums),
background vocals:
Helena Springs,
Jo Ann Harris,
Carolyn Dennis.
1 instrumental without Bob Dylan.
3, 5, 15, 16, 22 Bob Dylan (harmonica).
14 Helena Springs, Jo Ann Harris, Carolyn Dennis (vocals) without Bob Dylan.
15 Bob Dylan solo (vocal, harmonica & guitar).
BobTalk:
- You know they used to have these carnivals come through town in the 50ís.
I don’t know if they still have them. Everyone had someone called a geek.
You know what a geek is? A geek is somebody who eats a live chicken.
Right out front he bites the head off, eats that.
Then he continues to eat the rest of it. The whole thing used to cost a
quarter, now it would cost 5-6 dollars. But then it cost a quarter.
Anyway, he was a pretty little …, what you call low down, you know,
nobody wants to talk to him eat with him, bother with him, hang out with
him. But I was talking to the bearded lady one day at breakfast.
She told me that this man was so awful that he used to think that
everyone else was strange and that he was straight. Anyway, that kind of
shocked me at first but I can remember that years later people, were
looking at me in a funny way, so. (before Ballad Of A Thin Man) - I first played this song at the Newport Folk Festival, and they booed me
out of town. But it didn’t bother me none. I’ve played it ever since.
(before Maggie’s Farm) - Thank you. I was riding on a train one time from Durango, Mexico to
San Diego. I fell asleep once and I woke up and the train was parked
outside Monterey. I was a little bit groggy, so I stared into the window
which was a like a long mirror. An I saw about one family get off the train.
About 17 or 18 kids, I saw them get off the train, and I saw this old man
step up to the train. Anyway, in the mirror he looked, all he was wearing
was a blanket. Must have been about 150 years old at least.
Anyway, he came up the aisle and he sat down next to me on the other
side of the aisle. And finally I just couldn’t stand it anymore,
I just had to turn and look at him. I looked at him, I could see that
both his eyes were on fire, were burning, and his nostrils had smoke
coming out. I figured this was the man I wanted to talk to.
(before SeÒor (Tales Of Yankee Power)) - A few years ago I went to a high holy gypsy holiday. It happened to be on
the same day that I was born on. So, I knew about this for years, anyway.
A few years back I went over to see what the gypsies did on the day that
I was born on. It turned out that their holy day was like Christmas for
them. They celebrate for a week in a place in the south of France.
Like they party for a week. And they throw some (….)down the street.
Anyway I was fortunate to meet the king of the gypsies over there.
And, … very interesting, the king of the gypsies had 16 wives and
125 children, and a few friends on the side. Anyway, that kind of changed
my way of thinking on all this. So, I stayed with them for about a week.
I did everything twice. Anyway, it was time to go. I told the king it was
time to go now. …. What would you like (….) I couldnít think of anything
I hade done except drink coffe, so I said just give me one more cup Of
coffee for the road. He put it in a bag and I went down the road to the
valley below. - Thank you! Ladies and gentlemen, on the drums tonight, give him a warm
hand, from Kingston, Jamaica, Mr. Ian Wallace. Yes, that’s him.
Alright, on the bass guitar, Jerry Scheff. On the keyboards, from
Trinidad, Alan Pasqua. On the lead guitar, the oldest member of this
group, was born in 1921., ladies and gentlemen Mr. Billy Cross.
He’s just beginning to live. The youngest member of this group, fifteen
years old, he’s been with me five years. Doesn’t smoke dope, drink whiskey,
chase women. All that’s gonna change tonight, David Mansfield. Oh yeah,
he plays the violin, mandolin and the dobro.
All right, on the rhythm guitar, a man from Bogota, Colombia, doesn’t
speak any English, but he does play his heart out doesn’t he?
Gave up a career as a sports car driver to join this band. Ladies and
gentlemen, Mr. Steven Soles. If he stops playing, heís gonna start driving
the bus. On the tenor saxophone a man who’s really actually a legend in
his own lifetime. He used to play with Duane Eddy. On one of Duane Eddy’s
tours. He made many of Phil Spectors greatest records. Steven Douglas.
He’s gonna blow something for you now all by himself. Gotta give him his
credit. On the backup vocals tonight, three young ladies I can’t really
do with out anymore. I know I don’t have the greatest voice in the world,
but they make it sound just a little bit better.
On the right, Jo Ann Harris. In the middle, Helena Springs.
And on the other side is Carolyn Dennis. On the conga drums, can you hear
the conga drums out there? From Detroit City, the most amazing Miss
Bobbye Hall. We’re about to get out of here. But we may be back I’m not
ready to be put out in the pasture just yet. (before It’s Alright, Ma
(I’m Only Bleeding)) - All right, thank you very much for coming. We’re gonna get out of here now.
I wrote this song for one of my babies when he was a baby. He’s not a baby
anymore and he’s not here, but I wanna play it anyway. (before Forever Young)
1 new song (3%) compared to previous concert. No new songs for this tour.
Mono audience recording, 140 minutes.
LB-11999 ; 69min+47min+32min ; 3CDR ; Rating: B
12/3/78, Birmingham, Alabama
version “d”
bittorrent download 07/15;
this is a not close eac match on d1t1 to LB-8206, that has more digital flaws;
(did not listen to all of this)
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