“His First New York Concert”
1961, Carnegie Chapter Hall, New York, NY
We’re five entries into a series I titled The Earliest Concert Tapes, but really this is the first one that actually feels like a concert. The previous four were short sets at coffeehouses and folk festivals. Which was Dylan’s bread and butter his first year in New York. Today we hear his first real concert-concert. A real venue, ticketed, with his face on the poster, and a proper 22-song set. As the flyer advertises: “His First New York Concert.”Alas, we don’t have all 22 songs on this tape, but we have 16 of ‘em.
Here is the full setlist. The 16 songs that circulate are in bold.
Pretty Peggy-O (Trad.)
In The Pines (Leadbelly)
Gospel Plow (Trad.)
1913 Massacre (Woody Guthrie)
Backwater Blues (Bessie Smith)
A Long Time A-Growin' (Trad.)
Fixin' To Die (Bukka White)
San Francisco Bay Blues (Jesse Fuller)
Car Song (Woody Guthrie)
Talkin’ Bear Mountain Picnic Massacre Blues
Man On The Street
Sally Gal
This Land Is Your Land (Woody Guthrie)
Talking Merchant Marine (Woody Guthrie)
Black Cross (Lord Buckley)
He Was A Friend Of Mine
Pretty Polly (trad.)
House Of The Risin' Sun (trad.)
The Cuckoo Is A Pretty Bird (trad.)
Freight Train Blues (John Lair)
Song To Woody
Talkin' New York
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