The Outlaw Music Festival kicked off in style last night, with Bob Dylan reintroducing classic songs to his setlist for the first time in over a decade.
Attendees have since shared a setlist of the gig, with an unknown blues cover played by Dylan and the band. Along with the unknown cover were songs like To Ramona, which had not been played live by Dylan since 2017. Dylan was seen playing guitar on It Ain’t Me Babe and provided a cover of a Bobby Troup song, which last appeared in his setlist in 1986. The thirteen-song set marks the first performance from Dylan since the brief hiatus of his Rough and Rowdy Ways Tour, which has been shelved temporarily as the veteran songwriter joins the Outlaw Music Festival lineup.
A full setlist of what Dylan played at last night’s show can be found below.
- I’ll Be Your Baby Tonight
- It Ain’t Me, Babe
- Forgetful Heart (first time live since 2015)
- Axe and the Wind (George Butler cover)
- To Ramona (first time live since 2017)
- Route 66 (Bobby Troup cover – first time live since 1986)
- All Along the Watchtower
- I’ll Make It All Up to You (Charlie Rich cover)
- It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry
- Mr. Tambourine Man (first time live since 2010)
- Under the Red Sky
- Scarlet Town
- A Rainy Night in Soho (The Pogues cover)
Amid the live debuts of A Rainy Night in Soho and I’ll Make It All Up to You is a blues number fans are still trying to identify. Fans took to the r/BobDylan subreddit in an attempt to figure out what the song was, though nobody has an answer yet.
Other users have suggested Dylan may have played other songs too, though confirmation from Dylan setlist veteran Bill Pagel is yet to come. One user wrote: “Pretty sure he also did Don’t Be Cruel between All Along the Watchtower and I’ll Make It Up to You.
“Even the all-knowing Bob set list master, Bill Pagel, hasn’t come up with a title of that unknown song yet. Apparently it was a blues and had the line, ‘You never can tell which way the axe will fall’ in it. I’ve spent the past hour trying variations on Google and come up with nada.”
Others were thrilled with the inclusion of classic songs like To Ramona and Mr. Tambourine Man. One wrote: “According to setlist.com, it was the first Mr. Tambourine Man since 2010. What a gem that was. Beautiful version.” Another added: “And first To Ramona since 2017!”
