Touring is something you either love or hate doing. I’ve experienced both. I try to keep an open mind about it. Right now, I’m enjoying it. The crowds make the show. Going onstage, seeing different people every night in a combustible way, that’s a thrill. There’s nothing in ordinary life that even comes close to that.
– Bob Dylan (Edna Gundersen interview for USA Today – April 1999)
| Never Ending Tour 1999 | |
|---|---|
| Start date | January 26, 1999 |
| End date | November 20, 1999 |
| Legs | 5 |
| No. of shows | 98 in North America 21 in Europe – 119 in total |
Every N.E.T. junkie seems to agree that 1999 was a wonderful Dylan year. Strong performances in all 5 legs.
Pavilhão do Atlântico
Parque das Nações
Lisbon, Portugal
7 April 1999
- Bob Dylan (vocal & guitar)
- Bucky Baxter (pedal steel guitar & electric slide guitar)
- Larry Campbell (guitar)
- Tony Garnier (bass)
- David Kemper (drums & percussion)
Tryin´ To Get To Heaven
The air is getting hotter
There’s a rumbling in the skies
I’ve been wading through the high muddy water
With the heat rising in my eyes
Every day your memory grows dimmer
It doesn’t haunt me like it did before
I’ve been walking through the middle of nowhere
Trying to get to heaven before they close the door
Hallenstadion
Zürich, Switzerland
25 April 1999
- Bob Dylan (vocal & guitar)
- Bucky Baxter (pedal steel guitar & electric slide guitar)
- Larry Campbell (guitar)
- Tony Garnier (bass)
- David Kemper (drums & percussion)
Not Dark Yet
Shadows are falling and I been here all day
It’s too hot to sleep and time is running away
Feel like my soul has turned into steel
I’ve still got the scars that the sun didn’t let me heal
–
World Arena
Colorado Springs, Colorado
6 June 1999
- Bob Dylan (vocal & acoustic guitar)
- Paul Simon (vocal & electric guitar)
- Mark Stewart (electric & acoustic guitar, dobro. Mandolin, cello),
- Vincent Nguini (electric guitar)
- Chris Botti (trumpet)
- Jay Ashby (slide trombone, percussion)
- Andy Snitzer (soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone, synthesizer),
- Tony Cedras (keyboards, accordion)
- Alain Mallet (keyboards)
- Bakithi Kumalo (bass)
- Jamey Haddad (percussion)
- Steve Shehan (percussion)
- Steve Gadd (drums)
The Sound of Silence (Paul Simon)
Hello darkness, my old friend,
I’ve come to talk with you again,
Because a vision softly creeping,
Left its seeds while I was sleeping,
And the vision that was planted in my brain
Still remains
Within the sound of silence
Madison Square Garden
New York City, New York
27 July 1999
- Bob Dylan (vocal & guitar)
- Charlie Sexton (guitar)
- Larry Campbell (guitar, mandolin, pedal steel guitar & electric slide guitar)
- Tony Garnier (bass)
- David Kemper (drums & percussion)
Highlands
Well my heart’s in The Highlands, gentle and fair
Honeysuckle blooming in the wildwood air
Bluebells blazing where the Aberdeen waters flow
Well my heart’s in The Highlands
I’m gonna go there when I feel good enough to go
–
University Of Illinois Conference Center Pavilion
Chicago, Illinois
31 October 1999
- Bob Dylan (vocal & guitar)
- Charlie Sexton (guitar)
- Larry Campbell (guitar, mandolin, pedal steel guitar & electric slide guitar)
- Tony Garnier (bass)
- David Kemper (drums & percussion)
Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again
Oh, the ragman draws circles
Up and down the block
I’d ask him what the matter was
But I know that he don’t talk
And the ladies treat me kindly
And they furnish me with tape
But deep inside my heart
I know I can’t escape
Oh, Mama, can this really be the end
To be stuck inside of Mobile with the
Memphis blues again
–
Simple Twist of Fate
They sat together in the park
As the evening sky grew dark
She looked at him and he felt a spark
Tingle to his bones
‘Twas then he felt alone
And wished that he’d gone straight
And watched out for a simple twist of fate
–
Value City Arena
Jerome Schottenstein Center
Ohio State University
Columbus, Ohio
3 November 1999
- Bob Dylan (vocal & guitar)
- Charlie Sexton (guitar)
- Larry Campbell (guitar, mandolin, pedal steel guitar & electric slide guitar)
- Tony Garnier (bass)
- David Kemper (drums & percussion)
Señor (Tales Of Yankee Power)
Señor, señor
Can you tell me where we’re headin’?
Lincoln County Road or Armageddon?
Seems like I been down this way before
Is there any truth in that, señor?
–
-Egil
What about the Crossroads gig with Eric Clapton…?
http://alldylan.com/june-30-bob-dylan-eric-clapton-madison-square-garden-new-york-city-1999-full-concert-video/