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Drammenshallen
Drammen, Norway
10 July 1981

Musicians:

• Bob Dylan (vocal & guitar)
• Fred Tackett (guitar)
• Steve Ripley (guitar)
• Willie Smith (keyboards)
• Tim Drummond (bass)
• Jim Keltner (drums)
• Clydie King, Carolyn Dennis, Regina Havis, Madelyn Quebec (background vocals)
  

Setlist:

1. The Times They Are A-Changin’
   Bob puts something into “The times They Are A-Changin'” that is unique to the evening. It’s not the way he sings the song, in any tecnical sense, but rather the feeling he manages to communicate. There is a sincerity in his singing, an unusual degree of conviction, a fresh, bright enthusiasm often associated with springtime.
   ~Paul Williams (BD Performing Artist 1974-86)
2. Gotta Serve Somebody
3. I Believe In You
   If you wish to meet Dylan, if you wish to spend some time with the private man ans really find out what he’s feeling, what’s going on with him, listen to this performance of “I Believe In you.” It’s straightforward, honest, enormous, filled with the exuberance of a Walt Whitman, Dylan singing in his best North american voice. He’s sharing his soul, and he knows it.
   ~Paul Williams (BD Performing Artist 1974-86)
4. Like A Rolling Stone
5. Till I Get It Right (Red Lane/Larry Henley)
6. Man Gave Names To All The Animals
7. Maggie’s Farm
8. Girl From The North Country
   
9. Ballad Of A Thin Man
10. In The Summertime
    
11. Slow Train
    
12. Carolyn Dennis: Walk Around Heaven All Day (Rev. James Cleveland/Cassietta George)
13. Let’s Begin (Jim Webb)
14. Lenny Bruce
15. Mr. Tambourine Man
    ..a truly spectacular “Mr. Tambourine Man”. ..the real genius of this “version” is the way Dylan alters his inflection throughout, his voice rising on a word or phrase were we would expect it to fall, and vice versa. The effect is to invite us to experience the song as something new …utterly delightful..
    ~Paul Williams (BD Performing Artist 1974-86)
    
16. Solid Rock
17. Just Like A Woman
18. Forever Young
19. Jesus Is The One
20. Heart Of Mine
21. When You Gonna Wake Up
22. In The Garden
    
    
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23. Blowin’ In The Wind
24. It Ain’t Me, Babe
25. Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door