bobserve (Bob Dylan database)

Screenshot from bobserve.com showing an example setlist page. Red arrow pointing to a clipboard icon in the bottom of the sidebar

September 3, 2010 Yakima, Washington Yakima County Stadium Concert 1. Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat 2. To Ramona 3. I'll Be Your Baby Tonight 4. Things Have Changed 5. Just Like A Woman 6. High Water (For Charley Patton) 7. Honest With Me 8. Forgetful Heart (Bob Dylan, Robert Hunter) 9. Highway 61 Revisited 10. Love Sick 11. Thunder On The Mountain 12. Ballad Of A Thin Man 13. Jolene (Bob Dylan, Robert Hunter) 14. Like A Rolling Stone Never Ending Tour 2010 Tour Leg 3 - USA (Aug-Sep) Musicians Charlie Sexton, Donnie Herron, George Receli, Stu Kimball, Tony Garnier 3, 4 Bob Dylan (guitar). 1, 2, 5, 7, 9-11, 13, 14 Bob Dylan (keyboard). 2, 6, 8, 12 Bob Dylan (harmonica). 2 Donnie Herron (mandolin). 6 Donnie Herron (banjo). 8 Donnie Herron (violin). Info via Bobserve: https://bobserve.com/setlist?event=3471

Need plain Bob Dylan setlist text to accompany a recording or post? Grab one by tapping the clipboard icon on any setlist page. Here's where to find it and what it gives you

Try it yourself: bobserve.com/setlist?even...

Bluesky and Mastodon icons

Added a couple of share buttons in the setlist page side panel. Anyone have the myspace logo I can use?

Btw, here's an example of what it auto posts:

Bob Dylan
October 11, 2022 - Paris, France
Setlist bobserve.com/setlist?even...
Full audio www.youtube.com/watch?v=GfFo...

bobserve redesign has arrived A new look with new features

Explainer for new bobserve redesign and new features

Tapping "Search" menu item calls up a full screen width menu with several search boxes and links Bobserve The Bob Dylan performance database

What's better than a search box?

A mega-menu with lots of search boxes!

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Lots of usability enhancements, big and small, throughout the site. I'll do a newsletter recap when I get chance.

Here's one: bobtalk search results now shows you words around the search term, and highlights the matched word.

The site redesign is here!
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Nothing imploded but I do see a few things that need tweaking.

Here's every "under construction" gif from the 1990s!
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The bobserve site redesign hopefully goes live in the next few days.

Full range of possible outcomes:

1. Everyone loves it
2. Everyone hates it
3. The site implodes due to coding errors

Screen shot of YouTube video entitled "Bob's Serve" showing a man in mid tennis serve on a tennis court

Gonna hang this under the Bobserve sign: "Not just Bob Dylan setlists"

bobserve redesign sneak peak:

Typing in setlist dates to look up shows is kind of a pain.

Soon you'll be able to point-and-click.

A bobserve site redesign is underway and nearly ready.

Would a video walkthrough of the whole site be helpful to anyone? I'm inclined to think no one would take the time to sit through it.

I'm thinking a newsletter documenting every feature with screenshots would be sufficient.

Independent report confirming bobserve.com does not have any trackers

I ran the Blacklight Inspection on bobserve showing there are no hidden pixel or other kinds of privacy-invading trackers. As designed.
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Working on a site redesign, looking for inspiration

Hello, I'm reaching out to let vou know about a security incident that resulted in the email address from your Substack account being shared without your permission. I'm incredibly sorry this happened. We take our responsibility to protect vour data and vour privacy seriously, and we came up short here

A not so great nudge to remind me to finish deleting my site's substack account :-(

Marked-up changes on the setlist page

Home page early layout

Another home page layout

Setlist page concept that became the current incarnation

bobserve website design changes from pre and post 2023 launch.

Profile photo requirements are:

Type: jpg, jpeg, png

Max size: 1Mb

There are - I'll have to look it up in the code and get back to you. It's likely that the limit is 1mb.

Screen clip of the dylyricus myevents page at bobserve.com showing the profile photo in the header.

We now have profile photos at bobserve!

To add yours, go to menu:myself/myprofile and upload it there. Direct link: bobserve.com/user/profile

Now you'll see your own self on the myevents page, like mine below: bobserve.com/myevents

Look Back: An Eventful Week in January 1976 A play-by-play of Bob Dylan's Night of the Hurricane II, and what followed in Texas

A play-by-play of the second Night of the Hurricane 1976, as told through contemporary newspaper accounts. Plus other Bob Dylan appearances offstage and onstage afterwards in Texas.

Includes confirmation of songs not previously listed with Bob Dylan's participation (Mercedes Benz, etc).

Aaaaand we're back

Good advice - I actually just set it up after this started.

bobserve site is temporarily down. Normal service to resume asap.

Olof's Files section is unaffected.

Claude AI made 9000 site requests in hours, contributing with other bots to overrun the server.

Bobserve is hand-created by artisanal coders and researchers and intended for humans not bots :-)

The 2025 Yearly Chronicle is here, with a difference The original Bob Dylan year-in-review series continues

The 2025 Bob Dylan Yearly Chronicle is here, with a difference.

It's now custom-designed for the web, including: filters and images for the Calendar, and the return of favorites like bobtalk highlights, statistics, and new tapes.

Read more below, or go directly there: bobserve.com/yearlychroni...

the bobserve series News about bobserve.com, the Bob Dylan performance database, and related writings.

New bobserve feature coming shortly. Subscribe to the newsletter at blog.bobserve.com if you'd like to hear about it via your inbox.

the bobserve series News about bobserve.com, the Bob Dylan performance database, and related writings.

New bobserve feature coming shortly. Subscribe to the newsletter at blog.bobserve.com if you'd like to hear about it via your inbox.

Wikipedia always impresses, and is well worthy of your donation. Bobserve links to its pages for musicians and venues, and only rarely are entries not found for these.

Sample listing of the most frequently performed songs in 2025 with Desolation Row at the top at 79 performances.

Now that Bob Dylan's acclaimed 2025 tour has concluded (what a year!), log your attendances at bobserve.com/myevents or just browse the 2025 stats at bobserve.com/dylanytics/periodoverview?datefrom=2025&dateto=2025

the bobserve series News about bobserve.com, the Bob Dylan performance database, and related writings.

the bobserve series newsletter is now at blog.bobserve.com instead of Substack.

Subscribe for free for news about bobserve.com, the Bob Dylan database, and related writings.

Existing Substack subscriptions have already been transferred, and there's nothing you need to do.

14. Positively 4th Street I didn't really write that song about, uh, anybody. I just wrote it to write one.

Bobtalk for all Bob Dylan Outlaw shows has been updated by Luke Poling!

He didn't say much but anything he did say was taken down by Luke and used in evidence at bobserve.com

To quote the great Bob Dylan from the Outlaw tour: "Thank you"

Also, this: bobserve.com/setlist/bobt...

@bobserve.com Alpine Valley Outlaws. Full concert audio:
archive.org/details/outl...