Audio: Tom Waits cover from last night
Bob Dylan still had a few tricks up his sleeve for his Halloween show at the Aragon Entertainment Center in Chicago last night (October 31). Not only did Dylan perform “It’s All Good” (from “Together Through Life”) for the first time ever, but the band covered a verse of the Tom Waits song, “Jesus Gonna Be Here” (actually guitarist Stu Kimball sang, introduced as Waits). Tour debut for “To Ramona”. Here's the set list, courtesy Bob Links.
1. Gonna Change My Way Of Thinking (Bob on keyboard)
2. Lay, Lady, Lay (Bob on guitar)
3. Beyond Here Lies Nothin' (Bob on keyboard, Donnie on trumpet)
4. To Ramona (Bob on keyboard and harp, Donnie on electric mandolin)
5. It's All Good (first live performance) (Bob on keyboard)
6. The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll (Bob on keyboard. Donnie on electric mandolin)
7. Cold Irons Bound (Bob center stage on harp)
8. This Dream Of You (Bob on guitar, Donnie on electric mandolin)
9. Jesus Gonna Be Here (1 verse) (song by Tom Waits) (Bob on keyboard, Stu on vocals)
10. Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum (Bob on keyboard then center stage on harp)
11. Forgetful Heart (Bob center stage on harp, Donnie on violin)
12. Highway 61 Revisited (Bob on keyboard)
13. Workingman's Blues #2 (Bob on keyboard then center stage on harp)
14. Thunder On The Mountain (Bob on keyboard)
15. Ballad Of A Thin Man (Bob center stage on harp)
(encore)
16. Like A Rolling Stone (Bob on keyboard)
17. Jolene (Bob on keyboard)
18. All Along The Watchtower (Bob on keyboard)
Bob Dylan's joke introduction (audio)
Reviews of previous Chicago shows are here and here.
For article on rare Halloween CD, go here. Story on Dylan's Halloween radio special, go here.
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