| JACK-A-ROE | November 16, 1993 (late) | Supper Club (New York City) |
| JACK O'DIAMONDS | perhaps late 1959 | |
| Dylan told an interviewer in 1985 that this song, learned from an Odetta LP, was part of his earliest club repertoire. | ||
| JAMES ALLEY BLUES | perhaps spring 1961 | |
| Documented only on the May 1961 Minnesota Party Tape; that informal recording appears devoted to songs Dylan added to his repertoire during his early days in New York City. | ||
| JERRY | perhaps spring 1960 | |
| Reported as a regular feature of Dylan's St. Paul club sets. | ||
| JESSE JAMES | perhaps fall 1960 | |
| Recorded on the East Orange Tape shortly after Dylan's arrival in New York City, this song probably entered Dylan's repertoire after his return to Minnesota in the fall of 1960. | ||
| JESUS CHRIST | probably late summer 1960 | |
| Recorded on the September 1960 Minneapolis tape, at about the time Dylan's devotion to Guthrie began. | ||
| JESUS MET THE WOMAN AT THE WELL | perhaps fall 1960 | |
| Recorded on the East Orange Tape shortly after Dylan's arrival in New York City, this song probably entered Dylan's repertoire after his return to Minnesota in the fall of 1960. | ||
| JIM JONES | February 5, 1993 | Point Depot (Dublin) |
| JOHNNY B. GOODE | August 3, 2003 | Float Rite Amphitheater (Somerset) |
| Performed with the Grateful Dead. Dylan also played guitar on this song (with the Grafitti Band) during his 1987 Palomino Club walk-on.. | ||
| JOHNNY I HARDLY KNEW YE | probably early 1960 | |
| Recorded only on Bonnie Beecher's first Dylan home tape, generally dated to September 1960, but mentioned as a regular feature of Dylan's performances for most of the year. | ||
| JUST A LITTLE BIT | October 17, 1981 | Mecca Auditorium (Milwaukee) |