Bob Dylan The Concert Series Santa Monica 1979

by Tony Attwood

In this series I am trying to find a recording of a concert in each year, which represents in some way what Bob was doing and sounding like in that particular year.

A list of all the concerts in this series is given at the foot of the article.

Of course, the idea of having a concert that signifies the whole year is ludicrous, I know that, but it’s never stopped me before.

A list of our other current and recent series can be found on the home page.

The concert….

1. Gotta Serve Somebody
2. I Believe in You
3. When You Gonna Wake Up?
4. When He Returns
5. Man Gave Names to All the Animals
6. Precious Angel
7. Slow Train
8. Covenant Woman
9. Gonna Change My Way of Thinking
10. Do Right to Me Baby
11. Solid Rock
12. Saving Grace
13. Saved
14. What Can I Do for You?
15. In the Garden
16. Blessed Be the Name
17. Pressing On

Previously in this series

• 2025:  April 2025, Iowa
• 2024: Erfurt 8th October 2024
• 2024:  The Mountain View, California concert in full on 3 August 2024.
• 2024:  What Dylan played on 7 July 2024, and how it sounded.
• 2023: New York Beacon Theater
• 2022: London
• 2021: The Beacon Theatre NYC, 21 November 2o21
• 2019: 14 October Palo Alto.
• 2018: Macron, Georgia, 27 October
• 2017: 17 November New York 
• 2015:Regensburg  11 November
• 2013: Blackpool (UK) 24 November
• 2012: Wisconsin: 5 November
• 2010: Kansas City
• 2009:  Paris, 8 April 2009
• 2007: St Louis
• 2006: Atlanta 5 May
• 2004: Glasgow.
• 2002: 9 February 2002: Atlanta. Sublime
• 2000: Portsmouth.   25 September 2000.
• 1999: April 7 1999   Lisbon
• 1997: August 7.  Molson Amphitheatre, Toronto
• 1995: Brighton (“The Brighton Centre”)
• 1993: Mansfield MA – the soundboard recording.
• 1992: Bob Dylan, Little Moses and the complete March 1992 concert
• 1991: Stuttgart.   The worst show ever?
• 1990:  Oxford, Mississippi. 25th October
• 1989: Vaughan, Ontario
• 1988: 30 June.  New York.
• 1986: 3 August 2024. Mountain View, California; 3 August 2024
• 1985: July 13: Live Aid.
• 1984: Newcastle:  St James Park, 5th July 1984.
• 1981: Earls Court, London 28 June
• 1980: 15 January Seattle
• 1979: 18 November, Santa Monica
• 1978: Earls Court, London 1978
• 1976: Fort Collins 23 May 1976
• 1976: January 1976: the rehearsals
• 1975: Rolling Thunder at the Falls
• 1974:  Largo, Maryland; 15 January 1974
• 1973: We have no concert for this year but you might care to read Bob Dylan in 1973
• 1972:  New Years Eve 1971
• 1971: Maddison Square Gardens.  1 August
• 1969: The Isle of Wight (four songs).
• 1968: Concert for Woodie Guthrie
• 1967: I regret we have no concerts for this year
• 1966: Manchester 1966, the full concert.
• 1965:  The Hollywood Bowl 3 September
• 1964: The Festival Hall, London –
• 1961:  The Carnegie Chapter Hall concert in full: 4 November 1961