11 NOVEMBER 1979

WARFIELD THEATER - SAN FRANCISCO, CA


SETLIST:

SERVE SOMEBODY/I BELIEVE IN YOU/WHEN YOU GONNA WAKE UP?/WHEN HE RETURNS/MAN GAVE NAMES TO ALL THE ANIMALS/PRECIOUS ANGEL/SLOW TRAIN COMING/COVENANT WOMAN/PUT YOUR HAND IN THE HAND (Regina Havis, vocals)/GONNA CHANGE MY WAY OF THINKING/DO RIGHT TO ME BABY/SOLID ROCK/SAVING GRACE/SAVED/WHAT CAN I DO FOR YOU/IN THE GARDEN/BLESSED IS THE NAME/PRESSING ON


COMMENTARY:

November 11th is another very fine show capping a strong six-performance week. From the first notes of "Serve Somebody," Dylan and the band are on, and the momentum simply builds. If the first half is simply very good, the entire second half of the concert is superlative. Any of these performances could fit on a "Best of Warfield 1979" collection.


ANNOTATIONS:

SERVE SOMEBODY

I BELIEVE IN YOU

WHEN YOU GONNA WAKE UP?

CROWD: "Corpse Evangelist!"

WHEN HE RETURNS

MAN GAVE NAMES TO ALL THE ANIMALS

PRECIOUS ANGEL

#EDIT - during applause

SLOW TRAIN COMING 

COVENANT WOMAN

Dylan: " Thank you . . Regina McCreary's going to come out here and sing a song called, "Put Your Hand In The Hand Of The Man.""

#EDIT - during applause, omits "Put Your Hand In The Hand"

PUT YOUR HAND IN THE HAND (Regina McCreary, vocals)

CROWD: "Bob Dylan all the way!"

GONNA CHANGE MY WAY OF THINKING

DO RIGHT TO ME BABY 

Dylan: " (inaudible) Is that right? You see, we're living in the end of times now; are we living in the end of times? On the last days of peril the son shall redeem and men will become lovers of their own selves, is that right? So you'll need something strong to hold on to. This one's called, Hanging On To A Solid Rock, Made Before The Foundation Of The World."

SOLID ROCK 

#EDIT - during applause, clips tuning on next song

SAVING GRACE

CROWD: "Just Like A Woman!" "Highway 61!"

SAVED

WHAT CAN I DO FOR YOU

IN THE GARDEN

 

CROWD: "Party!"

#EDIT - during applause

Dylan: "Thank you. On keyboards tonight, give him a hand, Spooner Oldham. On lead guitar, Fred Tackett. Playing the other set of keyboards tonight and vocals, Terry Young. On the drums tonight, Jim Keltner. On the bass guitar, Mister Tim Drummond Singing bottom tonight, Miss Helena Springs. Singing in the middle is Regina Havis. And on top, Mona Lisa Young. Alright. I 'd like to say we have the honor to be presenting this show tonight on the authority of Jesus Christ."

BLESSED IS THE NAME

#EDIT - during applause

PRESSING ON


 SOURCES:

Two known reference tapes circulating:

The first (111179JMMC) is a dual mono audience recording which lacks the seven opening songs by the band and the eighth song, "Put Your Hand In The Hand Of The Man From Galilee" by the band and sung by Regina Havis following "Covenant Woman."

Most of this is a very good recording considering the vintage. Unfortunately, the second half, particularly "Covenant Woman" and "Change My Way Of Thinking," are marred by muddy sound. This recording also includes some obtrusive chatter, particularly annoying on "Precious Angel." Otherwise, it really gives a feel for the fine coordination within this band.

The second (111179SCMC) is a dual mono audience recording which also lacks all nine songs performed by the band.

This recording is also quite good, marred by occasional obtrusive crowd chatter, and exhibits identical destructive edits preceding "Slow Train" and "Saving Grace" suggesting it is simply another incarnation of the same master recording. It is, nevertheless, notable as it lacks some of the non-destructive edits found on the former recording.


 

ANNOTATION KEY:

BLACK TEXT = Confirmed Performance/Comments/Observations

RED TEXT = Flaw or Missing/Unconfirmed Portion of Recording

BLUE TEXT = Dylan's Comments or Statements Transcribed

GREEN TEXT = Notable Performance in my opinion

The purpose of these annotations is to assist listeners in identifying recordings. All annotations reflect any cross-referencing between source recordings, thus edits and omissions which occur on one source tape, but not another, are not reported. The "Sources" section is modeled after Simon's notes in the Unofficial Bob Dylan Free Tape Library.