Dylan spent the first half of 1977 engaged in divorce proceedings and a custody battle with his first wife, Sara, while editing "Renaldo and Clara", an ill-fated film that was shot during the fall of 1975, when Dylan was on the first leg of the Rolling Thunder Revue tour. With the summer approaching, Dylan took a break from the film and returned to his farm in Minnesota, where he was accompanied by his children and Faridi McFree, with whom Dylan had started a relationship. There he began writing a new set of songs, including "Changing of the Guards," "No Time to Think," and "Where Are You Tonight?" At least six of the nine songs ultimately included on "Street-Legal" were written during this time.