Bob Dylan — Trouble No More: A Musical Film
Recorded 1980
Massey Hall; Kleinhans Music Hall · Toronto; Buffalo · Canada; United States
Setlist
Wrong timestamp?
Tour albumSlow Train Coming1979 · Slow Train ComingThe album carries the gospel tour and supplies Slow Train, When He Returns, Precious Angel and Do Right to Me Baby.“To see Dylan on the final leg of the 1979–1980 tour, when Christian faith redefines his repertoire.”
Context
In April 1980, Dylan takes to the stages of Toronto and Buffalo the change that had divided his listeners. Slow Train Coming had put Christian faith at the center of his writing. Now songs from that album share space with the material from Saved, on a tour that trades old hits for songs of devotion.
Dylan sings in front of a band with Fred Tackett, Tim Drummond and Jim Keltner, backed by the keyboards of Spooner Oldham and Terry Young. The female voices take a decisive part in the ensemble. Solid Rock, Saved and Pressing On lead the selection, while the rehearsal of Abraham, Martin and John brings Dylan and Clydie King together at the piano.
Decades later, Jennifer Lebeau turns these performances into a film that also includes rehearsals and sermons performed by Michael Shannon. The sermons belong to the 2017 construction, not the 1980 stages. Released on DVD in the deluxe edition of Trouble No More, the film gives room back to a phase often reduced to religious controversy.
- Abraham, Martin and John brings Dylan and Clydie King together in a rehearsal duet at the piano.
Lineup at this show
The lineup of this performance — not necessarily the current one.
- Bob DylanVocals, guitar, piano and harmonica; bass on the opening rehearsal
- Fred TackettGuitar
- Tim DrummondBass; guitar on the opening rehearsal
- Jim KeltnerDrums
- Spooner OldhamKeyboards
- Terry YoungKeyboards
- Clydie KingBacking vocals and vocals on Abraham, Martin and John
- Gwen EvansBacking vocals
- Mona Lisa YoungBacking vocals
- Regina McCraryBacking vocals
- Mary Elizabeth BridgesBacking vocals
Trivia
Michael Shannon plays a preacher in scenes produced for the film, not in the 1980 performances.
The sermons performed by Shannon are texts written for the film, not transcripts of Dylan's words.
The opening rehearsal shows Dylan on bass and Tim Drummond on guitar.
Abraham, Martin and John brings Dylan and Clydie King together at the piano.
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