Then, in October 1987, playing Locarno. Switzerland, “and Tom Petty’s band and the female singers he now says he used to hide behind, Dylan had his breakthrough. It was an outdoor show – he remembers the fog and the wind – and as he stepped to the mike, a line came into his head. “It’s almost like I heard it as a voice. It wasn’t like it was even me thinking it. I’m determined to stand, whether God will deliver me or not. And all of a sudden everything just exploded. It exploded every which way. And I noticed that all the people out there – I was used to them looking at the girl singers, they were good-looking girls, you know? And like I say, I had them up there so I wouldn’t feel so bad. But when that happened, nobody was looking at the girls anymore. They were looking at the main mike. After that is when I sort of knew: I’ve got to go out and play these songs. That’s just what I must do … He’s been at it ever since.
~From “Dylan Lives” Newsweek 1997 cover story (David Gates)

Piazza Grande
Locarno, Switzerland
5 October 1987

• Bob Dylan (vocal & guitar) with Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers.
• Tom Petty (guitar)
• Mike Campbell (guitar)
• Benmont Tench (keyboards)
• Howie Epstein (bass)
• Stan Lynch (drums)
  and with The Queens Of Rhythm: Carolyn Dennis, Queen Esther Marrow, Madelyn Quebec (backing vocals)

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I never dreamed it could be
A someone made just for me.
When I’m letting her have her way,
I’m here to see what she has to say.
Aw, the poor girl always wins the day.
I’m stayin’ ahead of the game,
And she’s a-doin’ the same,
And the whiskey flyin’ into my head.
The fiddler’s arm has gone dead,
And talk is beginning to spread

Wonderful performance.

35th Guitar Festival
Theatre Axerquia
Cordoba, Spain
July 9, 2015

• Bob Dylan – vocal & piano
• Tony Garnier – bass
• George Recile – drums
• Stu Kimball – rhythm guitar, maracas
• Charlie Sexton on lead guitar
• Donnie Herron – banjo, electric mandolin, pedal steel, lap steel

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The falling leaves
Drift by the window
The autumn leaves
Of red and gold

Pala Alpitour
Torino, Italy
July 2, 2015

• Bob Dylan – piano & vocals
• Tony Garnier – bass
• George Recile – drums
• Stu Kimball – rhythm guitar, maracas
• Charlie Sexton on lead guitar
• Donnie Herron – banjo, electric mandolin, pedal steel, lap steel

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How many roads must a man walk down
Before you call him a man?
Yes, ’n’ how many seas must a white dove sail
Before she sleeps in the sand?
Yes, ’n’ how many times must the cannonballs fly
Before they’re forever banned?
The answer, my friend, is blowin’ in the wind
The answer is blowin’ in the wind

Campo Base
San Daniele del Friuli, Italy
June 27, 2015

• Bob Dylan – piano & vocals
• Tony Garnier – bass
• George Recile – drums
• Stu Kimball – rhythm guitar, maracas
• Charlie Sexton on lead guitar
• Donnie Herron – banjo, electric mandolin, pedal steel, lap steel

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