Bob Dylan began his Rough And Rowdy Ways spring tour on Tuesday night [March 25, 2025] in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
While the majority of Dylan’s band remained the same – Tony Garnier (guitar, piano, harp), Bob Britt (acoustic guitar, electric guitar) and Doug Lancio (acoustic guitar, electric guitar) – Jim Keltner, who had been drumming with Dylan since the Outlaw Festival last June, was replaced by Anton Fig.
Fig has previously played with Dylan before, on “Clean Cut Kid” from 1985’s Empire Burlesque and “Drifting Too Far From Home” on 1986’s Knocked Out Loaded. He was also drummer at the 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration in October, 1992.
As a session musician, Fig’s credits include Paul Simon, Warren Zevon, Roseanne Cash, Rodney Crowell and Cyndi Lauper, as well as being drummer with David Letterman‘s house band from 1986 – 2015.
Aside from Fig’s introduction, the setlist remained unchanged from the previous leg of the tour:
All Along the Watchtower
It Ain’t Me, Babe
I Contain Multitudes
False Prophet
When I Paint My Masterpiece
Black Rider
My Own Version of You
To Be Alone with You
Desolation Row
Key West (Philosopher Pirate)
Watching the River Flow
It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue
I’ve Made Up My Mind to Give Myself to You
Mother of Muses
Goodbye Jimmy Reed
Every Grain of Sand
