This tour's song chart is now complete:

http://www.rustradio.org/chart.php?tour=euro2008

And here is a chart analysis:

The addition of Homegrown on the last show made for 53 different songs in 21
shows. The last show was the longest one, with 26 songs in total. The core
setlist of songs that he would play on every concert of this tour consisted
of: From Hank To Hendrix, Ambulance Blues, A Man Needs A Maid, Harvest, Love
Art Blues, Dirty Old Man, Spirit Road, Oh Lonesome Me and No Hidden Path.

He would vary the set throughout the tour, especially the acoustic set.
There he played rare songs like Try, Kansas, Stringman, Love In Mind,
Campaigner, Separate Ways, Flying On The Ground Is Wrong, On The Way Home
and even Mexico. Mexico and Try were debuted on the American leg of the
tour in 2007, and Neil seems to like Try, he played it on over half the
shows in Europe.

Both Spirit Road and No Hidden Path proved again to be good jamming-songs.
Neil enjoyed them both, and especially No Hidden Path became longer and
longer, turning into a 25+ minute song on one show. Quite often would Neil
hurt his fingers or nails while attacking Old Black on No Hidden Path! The
Sultan made its appearance again, which would always be played on the last
show of a run of multiple shows in one venue.

On the last of the three Amsterdam shows, Neil changed the electric set. He
not only started playing Powderfinger as of the 2nd show, but on this 3rd
show also introduced three new songs for the band, Down By The River, Hey
Hey My My and Too Far Gone. After this show he would add more songs
associated more with Crazy Horse than with any other band: Fuckin' Up, Roll
Another Number and Tonight's The Night. However, those last two featured Ben
Keith and Ralph Molina on the original arrangement, so it's quite a logical
choice for the band.

Neil was very talkative on these shows. There would often be some chatter
with the crowd, and some of the rarities played on the tour were direct
requests from people in the front rows.

I wonder what's in store for us on the upcoming summer tour.. The same band,
and no acoustic set? Possibly Crazy Horse? Yet something else? Can we dream
of a double-band-tour simmilar to the one he did on the International
Harvesters and Crazy Horse tour of 1985?

There will be a chart for that tour, I'll keep you posted!
--
Roel - rdvdijk@...
"Obviously Doing Well"