Flagging Down the Double E's

Flagging Down the Double E's

It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Y2K

1999-11-20, University of Delaware, Newark, DE

Ray Padgett
Jan 02, 2026
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Bob Dylan & Susan Tedeschi Highway 61 Revisited 20 November 1999 Newark,  Delaware

Another request today, from Andrew. On November 20, 1999, Bob Dylan played the 1,165th concert of the Never Ending Tour. That is a fairly meaningless statistic. Here’s a more interesting one: It was also his final show of the millennium. Though I’d never count Bob out, the odds are pretty good it will be his only millennium-ending show ever.

Not that he …

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