Bob Dylan - The 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration

The 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration is a live double-album release in recognition of Bob Dylan's 30 years as a recording artist. Recorded on October 16, 1992 at Madison Square Garden in New York City, it captures most of the concert, which featured many artists performing classic Dylan songs, before ending with three songs from Dylan himself.

The house band for the show were the surviving members of Booker T. and the MG's: Booker T. Jones on organ, Donald "Duck" Dunn on bass, and Steve Cropper on guitar. Joining them is drummer Anton Fig filling in for the late Al Jackson, plus drummer Jim Keltner. Longtime Saturday Night Live bandleader G. E. Smith served as the musical director.


General:

Artist : Various
Album : Bob Dylan - The 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration
Genre : Rock/Folk/Country
Year : 1993
Label : Columbia
Tracks : 15
Playtime : 01:15:13
Size : 172.88 MB
Codec : MPEG 1 Layer III / FhG / 320 kbps


Track List:

All songs written by Bob Dylan

CD1:

01. Like A Rolling Stone (06:54) John Cougar Mellencamp
02. Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat (04:19) John Cougar Mellencamp
03. Introduction (00:55) Kris Kristofferson
04. Blowin' In The Wind (08:53) Stevie Wonder
05. Foot Of Pride (08:47) Lou Reed
06. Masters Of War (05:06) Eddie Vedder and Mike McCready (of Pearl Jam)
07. The Times They Are A-Changin' (03:01) Tracy Chapman
08. It Ain't Me, Babe (03:50) June Carter Cash and Johnny Cash
09. What Was It You Wanted (05:47) Willie Nelson
10. I'll Be Your Baby Tonight (03:04) Kris Kristofferson
11. Highway 61 Revisited (05:05) Johnny Winter
12. Seven Days (05:26) Ronnie Wood
13. Just Like A Woman (05:49) Richie Havens
14. When The Ship Comes In (04:23) The Clancy Brothers, Robbie O'Connell and Tommy Makem
15. You Ain't Goin' Nowhere (03:52) Mary Chapin Carpenter, Rosanne Cash and Shawn Colvin

CD2:

01. Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues (05:37) Neil Young
02. All Along The Watchtower (06:20) Neil Young
03. I Shall Be Released (04:26) Chrissie Hynde
04. Don't Think Twice, It's All Right (06:09) Eric Clapton
05. Emotionally Yours (05:43) O'Jays
06. When I Paint My Masterpiece (04:23) The Band
07. Absolutely Sweet Marie (04:43) George Harrison
08. License To Kill (04:52) Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers
09. Rainy Day Women #12 & 35 (04:44) Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers
10. Mr. Tambourine Man (04:10) Roger McGuinn with Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers
11. It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding) (06:21) Bob Dylan
12. My Back Pages (04:39) Bob Dylan, Roger McGuinn, Tom Petty, Neil Young, Eric Clapton and George Harrison
13. Knockin' On Heaven's Door (05:38) Everybody Sings!
14. Girl Of The North Country (05:12) Bob Dylan


 Bob-Fest!

The 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration, which reached #40 in the US and went gold,was released in August 1993 just before Dylan was about to deliver his second folk studio set inside of a year, World Gone Wrong. The concert was dubbed "Bobfest" by Neil Young at the beginning of his "All Along the Watchtower" cover.

A VHS collection of the same name was released on August 25, 1993. On March 4th, 2014, the concert was released in Deluxe Edition 2-DVD and Blu-Ray sets with bonus performances and behind-the-scenes rehearsal footage, as well as a 2-CD set with two bonus rehearsal tracks.


Personnel:

Bob Dylan – guitar, vocals

The Band:
Rick Danko – guitar, bass guitar, vocals
Levon Helm – mandolin, vocals
Garth Hudson – accordion
Richard Bell – accordion
Randy Ciarlante - drums, vocals
Jim Weider – guitar, vocals

Additional musicial guests:

Jerry Barnes – choir, chorus
Katreese Barnes – choir, chorus
Mary Chapin Carpenter – guitar, vocals
John Cascella – accordion, keyboards
Johnny Cash – vocals
June Carter Cash – vocals
Rosanne Cash – guitar, vocals
Tracy Chapman – guitar, vocals

The Clancy Brothers:
Bobby Clancy – percussion, vocals
Liam Clancy – guitar, vocals
Paddy Clancy – Harmonica, vocals

Eric Clapton – guitar, vocals
Leotis Clyburn – choir, chorus
Dennis Collins – background vocals, choir, chorus
Shawn Colvin – guitar, vocals
Steve Cropper – guitar
Sheryl Crow – background vocals, choir, chorus
Donald "Duck" Dunn – bass guitar
Ron Fair – piano
Anton Fig – percussion, drums
Lisa Germano – violin
Nanci Griffith – guitar, vocals (home video edition only)
David Grissom – guitar
George Harrison – guitar, vocals
Ritchie Havens – guitar, vocals
Sophie B. Hawkins – vocals
Carolyn Hester – vocals
Cissy Houston – choir, chorus
Chrissie Hynde – guitar, vocals
Darryl Keith John – background vocals
Booker T. Jones – organ
Jim Keltner – drums
Brenda King – background vocals, choir, chorus
Curtis King – background vocals, choir, chorus
Al Kooper – organ
Kris Kristofferson – guitar, vocals
Tommy Makem – banjo, vocals
Kerry Marx – guitar
Mike McCready – guitar
Roger McGuinn – guitar, vocals
Sue Medley – background vocals
John Mellencamp – vocals
Willie Nelson – guitar, vocals
Robbie O'Connell – guitar, vocals
Sinead O'Conner – vocals
Christine Ohlman – background vocals, choir, chorus

The O'Jays:
Eddie Levert – vocals
Sam Strain – vocals
Walter Williams – vocals

Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers:
Mike Campbell – guitar
Howie Epstein – guitar, lap-steel guitar, bass guitar, vocals
Stan Lynch – drums
Tom Petty – guitar, vocals
Benmont Tench – organ

Mickey Raphael – harmonica
Pat Peterson – percussion, background vocals
Lou Reed – guitar, vocals
G. E. Smith – musical director, guitar, mandolin
George Thorogood – guitar
Eddie Vedder – vocals
Mike Wanchic – guitar
Don Was – bass guitar
Johnny Winter – guitar, vocals
Stevie Wonder – harmonica, piano, vocals
Ronnie Wood – guitar, vocals
Neil Young – guitar, vocals
Reggie Young – guitar