Bob Dylan Live In Toronto June 5th 1990

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Bob Dylan Live In Toronto
The O'Keefe Center
June 5th 1990
Setlist:
Subterranean Homesick Blues
I'll Remember You
Stuck Inside A Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again
Tears Of Rage
Masters Of War
Gotta Serve Somebody
Tomorrow Is A Long Time
Desolation Row
The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll
John Brown, One Too Many Mornings
Everything Is Broken
Simple Twist Of Fate
All Along The Watchtower
I Shall Be Released
Like A Rolling Stone
Barbara Allen
The Times They Are A-Changin'
Highway 61 Revisited

[@trudy5963]

Damn! This is rock and roll. Those guitars!!! Been a fan since '66 - Man I was 14 and now I'm 71 and he just keeps getting better. And GE Smith!!!

[@jeffkenny9448]

Possibly the best Dylan show I ever attended. He was absolutely on fire that night, especially the acoustic set. Best version of Desolation Row I ever heard, and it’s as great as I remembered it from this show. This was the 2nd time I ever saw Bob live, I was only 14 at the time, but already a huge fan discovering his endless goldmine of songs. So amazing to find this on here after all these years, and be able to relive that night at the O’keefe. Thanks for posting this!

[@paulcrepeau7488]

Bob almost never took on solos or played power chords until the late ‘80s. That was when he remembered something the old bluesman Lonnie Johnson had taught him in the early ‘60s. In a way, it helped to revive his career at a time when he was contemplating getting out of the music business. Read about it in Bob’s autobiographical book, “Chronicles: Volume One.” 🎸

[@gjs9441]

Line up: Bob Dylan (guitar, vocals), G.E. Smith (guitar), Tony Garnier (bass), Chris Parker (drums). G.E. Smith's last show with Bob was four months later in New York City at the Beacon Theatre, October 19, 1990. He quit because Lorne Michaels urged him to stay with Saturday Night Live although Dylan did him "a very good offer". In 2021 Garnier still is in Dylan's band.

[@bill5102]

I remember the early Never Ending Tour days well. I loved GE Smith, thanks for posting. In late June of 88 I was privileged to be sitting front row at Jones Beach theater NY, I had last seen Dylan with Petty and had no idea what was about to hit me. I figured Bob would step out with a large new band and his back up singers. I was blown away! 4 people on stage of which one was Bob, a totally stripped down band and he launches into Subterranean Homesick Blues, that concert was incredible, In late June of 88 the new band had developed their sound and was just hitting their stride. During the acoustic set in between songs Dylan said into the mike, "How am I doing Baby?" One last thought is that both 89 and 90 would each have their own unique sound as well.

[@stevetautog880]

Bill I was there at the both Jones Beach shows also, my first two Dylan shows , I was 31 yrs old and I was so happy from the shows they were amazing, and of course I loved GE' s guitar especially as I try to play like him,,,,,,,

[@andrewhindley7548]

Saw dylan in Hague london and Brussels 89, great memories

[@user-hf4kt8ts1l]

Upgrade Dy|an subt|e Dylan

[@telabib]

G.E. Smith's guitar playing really complimented Dylans songs.

[@green323turbo]

maybe a bit on the raunchy side, but sounds good.

[@holyworrier]

I think raunchy was the idea on that tour. Wonderful stuff. I caught them in '89 in Knoxville.

[@davidgrantgordon]

great complementarity.

[@williamcoleman9174]

NET June 1988 was mentioned previously...saw 2 nights at Garden State Arts Center (PNC Bank AC now)-Holmdel, 2 at Jones Beach and one at the Mann Music Ctr in Philly...5 shows over a 10 day stretch with the most incredible changing setlist from one show to the next...one particular GSAC show, Lakes of Pontchartrain into Trail of the Buffalo acoustic GE & Bob was simply incredible...Thanks for this post, memories came flooding back!

[@mikemckenna4684]

I was at this show and still have my ticket stub. Nice to find it on KZbin.

[@wernermeyer2251]

Great GE Smith. Thank you for posting.

[@randallleonard4344]

Brilliant lyrics, indifferent singing , garage rock blare.

[@toddcopley4651]

Thank you for posting this! So great to see my hero in such fine form. Loved the lineup with GE. Sometimes technology is so awesome! Thanks again!

[@DennisSheaPRM]

GE Smith! What a Bandleader!

[@fadifadidi2808]

energique et electrique avec les guitares bob dylan bien sur brillanttissime merci william

[@_fabio1978]

This is gold, thanks a million for sharing 🙏

[@karmenjazbec7743]

YEAH YOU BOB HONEY AND YOUR BAND ARE THE BEST

[@knockedoutloaded279]

Bob was great in the 80's etc...

[@targarosko]

A MASTERPIECE THANKS ♥♥♥♥♥

[@HerRoyalKateness]

LOL I know what I am doing for the next hour and a half! :) love how the guitar is wailing away , G.E. Smith is playing but it looks like bob. there is no mistaking who is playing the harmonica, though. takes me back to a time that was so very happy compared to the horrors of today.... Oh the fun we had! in the end, my dear sweet friend, i'll remember you. i am not going to tokyo for my birthday, you know where I will be; sitting on this ole bank of sand and possibly a jetty or two. . waiting for you.

[@seanmackey8552]

That's when Bob played 3 nights at the O'keefe Center. I was there all 3 nights. Second show, my Bro and I were in the Front row center! Awesome!!

[@fadifadidi2808]

ca f 2 fois que je vois ce live est je m en lasse pas trop bien a vous de voir merci

[@fadidi8330]

que du bonheur merci avous pour ce concert bob dylan un titan et un tres grand artiste

[@strattelecaster2481]

Interesting that this is only a year or so after he released the magnificent “Oh Mercy” album, yet he only plays one song from that album. That’s Bob I guess.

[@telabib]

Many thanks William for this posting, its really good.

[@nicholasfadely9771]

The clearest footage from 90' I've seen!!!

[@jimronsivalli1675]

G.E. Got he gig because he was a great guitar player and Dylan realized it.

[@davidryan7386]

and he knew pretty peggy-o!

[@jackreimer4993]

I was there . BOB started off rocky but by the 3rd song he clicked. Great concert

[@karmenjazbec7743]

TIMES THEY ARE CHANGING JUST STAY THE SAME IT IS THE WAY I LIKE YOU THE BEST BOB HONEY

[@JB521000]

Awesome!! I saw them at the Garden State Arts Center in summer '89

[@cadlac55]

great post William,thank you,bob s a bit more polished now,compared to early fast beak tour jan/feb. funny to think tony is the new kid in the band..real good gig ,keep on keepin on bro...

[@MurrayMelander]

G.E. Smith got the gig with Dylan because he knew how to play Pretty Peggy O.

[@ljswack]

You are right and He's damn good.

[@green323turbo]

He does sound pretty good. To me this ranks #2 to the 84 tour with Mick Taylor.

[@jnadle1]

On top of that, he led the SNL band during that time along with their drummer Chris Parker.

[@rkcfish204]

I forgot how good these early NET shows were. Dylan was invigorated, committed and stayed close to the original arrangements. Great voice. GE was excellent.

[@davidjenkins3854]

SAW BOB DYLAN AN GE SMITH LIVE IN CHICAGO..IN 88.....BOB DYLAN NEVER SOUNDED SO GOOD...WITH GE BACKING HIM UP...A NITE 2 REMEMBER....

[@Jay-pn4yj]

same in Pittsburgh, outdoors, kids dancing on stage, no one told them to leave

[@magustacrae]

I saw that tour, and probably 25 other shows,... and that ‘88 show with GE is still my favorite of all shows!!!

[@green323turbo]

GE looks like he's the boss at 24:45 . Pretty heavy sounding with that SG.

[@magustacrae]

GE is the boss! That’s why Dylan hired him! That’s why Charlie Sexton works so well with them,... Dylan always needs a leader to tie him to the band. When he doesn’t have that interface guy there- it turns to shit. Very few can read Dylan’s cues like those two guys did/do

[@c95w13]

What a fuckin awesome set list

[@karmenjazbec7743]

IT IS HALF PAST 4 O CLOCK I HAVE ALREADY WOKE UP AND MADE A FIRE IN MY STOWE A DOG AND A CAT ARE SLEEPING IAM DRINKING A COFFEE SMOKING AND LISTENING TO YOU BOB HONEY YOU ARE THE LEGEND I LIKE TO LISTEN TO YOU

[@geraldopessoavelosojuniorv8593]

Fantástico pena que ainda nao veio ao Brasil

[@christopherlani9156]

Thank you for one! just saved my life! Did you say you taped 150 bands in 80s and 90's. Man that was time! are you going to post any more of these jems?

[@LucidVideoGuy]

Yea, I'm posting most of them. They are not all exactly jems but are what they are.

[@christopherlani9156]

And that is enough man!

[@christopherlani9156]

Do you have a channel set up?

[@felipefaglioni]

Já veio sim.

[@robertanderson8261]

I really like this rock band rather than the jazz sound of the group he's been touring with in recent years.

[@jnadle1]

G E and Chris Parker were both on SNL during that time. Tony Garnier was a fill-in bassist instead of T-Bone Wolk.

[@gjs9441]

That's not exactly what happened. T-Bone never was in Dylan's band. He auditioned for Dylan, together with GE and Chris Parker, but aftert they 'got the gig' he decided not to join the Dylan tour because of commitments with Hall & Oates. Then GE invited Kenny Aronson instead, but after a year he got cancer and left for undergoing surgery (and survived). That's where Tony Garnier came in. He was in the SNL band for a short time, so GE knew him and asked him for the Dylan band, where he still is today.

[@JohnnyNowhere]

Don't know if anyone already addressed this, but the royalties are distributed between the writer and the publisher (known as "splits" in the music business). Usually 50/50 but not always.

[@LucidVideoGuy]

Johnny Nowhere That’s interesting, I wonder what determines how they do the exact splitting.

[@JohnnyNowhere]

@@LucidVideoGuy that is usually stipulated in the contract. Publishers have been known to make 60 publisher/40 writer deals with struggling songwriters - and staff songwriters get even less. But a writer who has garnered some success will balk at those sorts of splits, and will generally get a better deal, sometimes with the larger percentage in their favour. Of course, the scenario I'm giving was happening when the labels actually had product to sell. The bottom has pretty much fallen out of the songwriter market, and those of us who are left usually self-publish so that whenever we DO get, say, a licensing deal, we get ALL of the splits. Lol

[@mmcgihon1]

This is far better than in Febuary 1990,in Belfast. He was a tad tiddly/squiffy/drunk.

[@jerrypaul930]

hall & oats. taken break. g e smith. taken band to play with Bob nice

[@CaseyMartin]

Did you shoot this, William?

[@BlankUberEverybody]

+Casey Martin If so its a wonderful stealth job--considering how bulky vid gear was in 1990 not to mention Dylan's insistence on no photography--concert goers had cameras confiscated at the gate back in those days.

[@LucidVideoGuy]

+Casey Martin Oh yea I shot 150 acts in the late 80's early 90's

[@CaseyMartin]

+William Gemmell I bought this from you on the street in Toronto! Yonge and Wellesley(ish). I wore that VHS tape out watching it. Thanks for recording this - this was one of my favorite shows I ever attended.

[@um9272]

G E knows lots more ! But , Where is he ! Where is the rest of the band ?????

[@reepacheirpfirewalker8629]

Too bad he didn't also do the song My Back Pages, I know that my take on things as I am getting toward the end of my days the protest songs were great when I was young and wanted to see all wrongs made right, but then I got towards my 50's and became the last person of my family who escaped from death in so many ways and now I am a lone person of the original 5.

[@Poddles71]

Keep on keepin on brother

[@hanskung3278]

Well who doesn't know how to play Peggy O?

[@jerrypaul930]

t bone wolk. there playing bass

[@gjs9441]

Not T-Bone, it was Tony Garnier. he 's still in Bob's band

[@telabib]

Who is the drummer ?

[@jnadle1]

Chris Parker, also of the SNL band with G.E. Smith by that point.

[@telabib]

@@jnadle1 Thanks.

[@magustacrae]

1:00:07 intro to Simple Twist of Fate

[@magustacrae]

And it keeps getting better from there in out ;)

[@tomwiedell8029]

4:43 so poignant 😊