Bob Dylan
Gammage Center
Tempe, Arizona
25 November 1979
Regina McCreary Havis:
Monologue
Havis-Springs-Young:
If I’ve Got My Ticket, Lord (McCoy/Dennis)
It’s Gonna Rain (C Johnson)
Do Lord, Remember Me (trad.)
Look Up And Live By Faith (?)
Oh Freedom (?)
This Train Is Bound For Glory (This Train) (Big Bill Broonzy)
01 – Gotta Serve Somebody
02 – I Believe In You
03 – When You Gonna Wake Up
04 – When He Returns
05 – Man Gave Names To All The Animals
06 – Precious Angel
07 – Slow Train
08 – Covenant Woman
Regina McCreary Havis:
09 – Put Your Hand In The Hand Of The Man From Galilee (Gene MacLellan)
10 – Gonna Change My Way Of Thinking
11 – Do Right To Me Baby (Do Unto Others)
12 – Solid Rock
13 – Saving Grace
14 – Saved (Bob Dylan/Tim Drummond)
15 – What Can I Do For You?
16 – In The Garden
(encore)
17 – Blessed Be The Name
Concert # 19 of the First Gospel Tour.
Concert # 19 with the First Gospel Band:
Bob Dylan (vocal & guitar),
Fred Tackett (guitar),
Spooner Oldham (keyboards),
Tim Drummond (bass),
Terry Young (keyboards),
Jim Keltner (drums),
Regina Havis , Helena Springs , Mona Lisa Young (background vocals).
4 Bob Dylan solo (vocal & guitar) with Spooner Oldham (piano).
14 Bob Dylan (harmonica).
17 Bob Dylan (piano).
BobTalk
[audience: “Subterranean Blues!” -Rock-n-roll!-] Turn the light on out
there. You know when John the Baptist saw Jesus coming up the road, he
said, Behold! The Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world.-
Did you know that? Thatís right, thatís what he said.
Now donít be affected by, by the, uh, in San Francisco, we opened there,
Iíd say about a month ago, about three or four people walked out because
they, they didnít like the message, you know. But . . . weíre still here
now. Donít you walk out before you hear the message, you know? Anyway,
he said, -The Lamb of God ‘which taketh away the sin of the world.-
I wonder how many of you know what itís like? Itís like the Shah of Iran.
Heís been out of the hospital now. Who knows what heís doing there out of
the hospital. Heís walking around, looking out the window.
Meantime 50 people, 50 or 60 American hostages are being held somewhere
out in the desert. This man plundered the country, murdered a lot of people
and escaped. Now they want him to come back. Now, hereís what Jesus would
have done. Jesus would have gone back. See, thatís what Jesus did.
He went back and took all the hostages back. Now, of course, weíre not
expecting the Shah of Iran to do anything like that. Of course, heís just
human. Thatís right, he is! Anyway, weíre gonna start off this song here.
Itís called -Slow Train Coming.- Itís been coming a long time – yeah it is.
All right. Now donít be dismayed by what you read in the newspapers about
whatís happening to the world. Because, now, the world as we know it now
is being destroyed. Iím sorry to say it, but itís . . . itís the truth.
In the matter of a short time — I donít know, maybe in three years, maybe
five years, could be ten years, I donít know – thereís gonna be a war.
Itís gonna be called the war of Armageddon. Itís gonna happen in the Middle
East. Russiaís gonna come down and attack first and you watch for that sign.
Anyway, weíre not worried about that. We know thereís gonna be a new
kingdom set up in Jerusalem for a thousand years. And thatís where Jesus
will set up his kingdom, as sure as youíre standing there, itís gonna
happen. So this is called, “Hanging On To A Solid Rock Made Before The
Foundation Of The World.”
References
Clinton Heylin: Saved! The Gospel Speeches of Bob Dylan. Hanuman Books 1990, pages 33-37.
Watt Alexander: The Gospel Project.
Mono audience recording, 105 minutes.
LB-00338 ; 56min +45min ; 2CDR ; Rating: –
11/25/79 Gammage Center, Tempe
from master,
good to very good sound, sound gets worse midway in d1t3;
has hevay tv band on d1t5 (a bittorrent from 8/06 was a close eac match described as
CDA>WAVELAB>FLAC”);
(a bittorrent from 08/09 with matching md5 is part of the lk 79 series)
themidnightcafe.org 