Bob Dylan and Paul Simon - Portland

The Never-Ending Tour is the popular name for Bob Dylan's endless touring schedule since June 7, 1988.   This leg of that tour began in Colorado Springs, Colorado, on June 6th, and involved 38 shows co-headlining with Paul Simon. The two rock icons switched who opened for who each night but the songs that the artists performed together were what really got the crowd going.

Shortly before Bob Dylan and Paul Simon went on the road together, the two of them got together at Paul Simon’s NYC apartment with a couple of acoustic guitars and began sketching out ideas for possible onstage collaborations. “We were singing folk songs,” Simon said. “Some were obscure, some were better known. It was just two acoustic guitars and it sounded great. But as we got closer to the show, it became apparent what people wanted to hear was us singing each other’s songs. So that’s what we did.”

Bob Dylan’s Set                                                    Paul Simon’s Set

Hallelujah I'm Ready                                            Bridge Over Troubled Water

Mr. Tambourine Man                                           Can't Run But

Masters of War                                                     The Boy in the Bubble

Girl From the North Country                                The Coast

Tangled Up in Blue                                              Trailways Bus

All Along the Watchtower                                   Mrs. Robinson

Not Dark Yet                                                        Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard

Stuck Inside of Mobile With the M.B.A.             Further to Fly

Just Like a Woman                                               Graceland

Highway 61 Revisited                                          The Cool, Cool River

Love Sick                                                              Slip Slidin' Away

Like a Rolling Stone                                             Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes

Don't Think Twice, It's All Right                         You Can Call Me Al

                                                                          Late in the Evening

                                                                        Still Crazy After All These Years

                                                                      The Boxer

Bob Dylan and Paul Simon together 

The Sound of Silence

I Walk the Line / Blue Moon of Kentucky

Knockin' on Heaven's Door