The 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration

The thirtieth Anniversary Live performance Celebration is a dwell double-album launch in recognition of Bob Dylan’s 30 years as a recording artist. Recorded on October 16, 1992, at Madison Sq. Backyard in New York Metropolis, it captures many of the live performance, which featured many artists performing traditional Dylan songs, earlier than ending with three songs from Dylan himself.

The home band for the present have been the surviving members of Booker T. & the M.G.’s: Booker T. Jones on organ, Donald “Duck” Dunn on bass, and Steve Cropper on guitar. Becoming a member of them was drummer Anton Fig filling in for the late Al Jackson, plus drummer Jim Keltner. Longtime Saturday Evening Reside bandleader and preliminary lead guitar participant in Dylan’s By no means Ending Tour G. E. Smith served because the music director of the entire occasion in addition to a sideman on guitar and mandolin for a number of artists. Background singers have been Sheryl Crow and Sue Medley amongst others.

The thirtieth Anniversary Live performance Celebration, which reached No. 40 (within the US and went gold), was launched in August 1993 simply earlier than Dylan was about to ship his second folks studio set inside a yr, World Gone Incorrect. The live performance was dubbed “Bobfest” by Neil Younger originally of his “All Alongside the Watchtower” cowl.

A VHS assortment of the identical title was launched on August 25, 1993. On March 4, 2014, the live performance was launched in Deluxe Version 2-DVD and Blu-ray units with bonus performances and behind-the-scenes rehearsal footage, in addition to a 2-CD set with two bonus rehearsal tracks.

Reception

Skilled scores
Assessment scores
Supply	Ranking
Allmusic	^[1]
The Encyclopedia of Common Music	^[2]

Observe itemizing

All tracks are written by Bob Dylan.

Disc one
No.	Title	Performer(s)	Size
1.	“Like a Rolling Stone”	John Cougar Mellencamp	6:53
2.	“Leopard-Pores and skin Tablet-Field Hat”	John Cougar Mellencamp	4:20
3.	“Introduction”	Kris Kristofferson	0:55
4.	“Blowin’ within the Wind”	Stevie Surprise	8:53
5.	“Foot of Satisfaction”	Lou Reed	8:47
6.	“Masters of Warfare”	Eddie Vedder and Mike McCready of Pearl Jam	5:06
7.	“The Occasions They Are A-Changin'”	Tracy Chapman	3:01
8.	“It Ain’t Me Babe”	June Carter Money and Johnny Money	3:50
9.	“What Was It You Needed”	Willie Nelson	5:47
10.	“I will Be Your Child Tonight”	Kris Kristofferson	3:04
11.	“Freeway 61 Revisited”	Johnny Winter	5:05
12.	“Seven Days”	Ronnie Wooden	5:26
13.	“Simply Like a Lady”	Richie Havens	5:50
14.	“When the Ship Comes In”	The Clancy Brothers, Robbie O’Connell and Tommy Makem	4:23
15.	“You Ain’t Going Nowhere”	Mary Chapin Carpenter, Rosanne Money and Shawn Colvin	3:52
16.	“Do not Assume Twice, It is All Proper” (rehearsal bonus observe from the 2014 Remastered Deluxe Version)	Eric Clapton	6:27

Disc two
No.	Title	Performer(s)	Size
1.	“Simply Like Tom Thumb’s Blues”	Neil Younger	5:38
2.	“All Alongside the Watchtower”	Neil Younger	6:20
3.	“I Shall Be Launched”	Chrissie Hynde	4:26
4.	“Do not Assume Twice, It is All Proper”	Eric Clapton	6:09
5.	“Emotionally Yours”	The O’Jays	5:43
6.	“After I Paint My Masterpiece”	The Band	4:23
7.	“Completely Candy Marie”	George Harrison	4:43
8.	“License to Kill”	Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers	4:52
9.	“Wet Day Girls #12 & 35”	Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers	4:44
10.	“Mr. Tambourine Man”	Roger McGuinn with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers	4:10
11.	“It is Alright, Ma (I am Solely Bleeding)”	Bob Dylan	6:21
12.	“My Again Pages”	Bob Dylan, Roger McGuinn, Tom Petty, Neil Younger, Eric Clapton and George Harrison	4:39
13.	“Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door”	All	5:38
14.	“Lady from the North Nation”	Bob Dylan	5:12
15.	“I Consider in You” (rehearsal bonus observe from the 2014 Remastered Deluxe Version)	Sinéad O’Connor	6:20

Personnel

Bob Dylan – guitar, vocals, harmonica

Extra musicians

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
Jerry Barnes – choir, refrain
Katreese Barnes – choir, refrain
Mary Chapin Carpenter – guitar, vocals
John Cascella – accordion, keyboards
Johnny Money – vocals
June Carter Money – vocals
Rosanne Money – guitar, vocals
Tracy Chapman – guitar, vocals
The Clancy Brothers
- Bobby Clancy – bodhrán, vocals
- Liam Clancy – guitar, vocals
- Paddy Clancy – harmonica, vocals
Eric Clapton – guitar, vocals
Leotis Clyburn – choir, refrain
Dennis Collins – background vocals, choir, refrain
Shawn Colvin – guitar, vocals
Steve Cropper – guitar
Sheryl Crow – background vocals, choir, refrain
Donald “Duck” Dunn – bass guitar

Ron Honest – piano
Anton Fig – percussion, drums
Lisa Germano – violin
Nanci Griffith – guitar, vocals (residence video version solely)
David Grissom – guitar
George Harrison – guitar, vocals
Richie Havens – guitar, vocals
Sophie B. Hawkins – vocals
Carolyn Hester – vocals
Cissy Houston – choir, refrain
Chrissie Hynde – guitar, vocals
Darryl Keith John – background vocals
Booker T. Jones – organ
Jim Keltner – drums
Brenda King – background vocals, choir, refrain
Curtis King – background vocals, choir, refrain
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’Connor – vocals
Christine Ohlman – background vocals, choir, refrain
The O’Jays
- Eddie Levert – vocals
- Sam Pressure – vocals
- Walter Williams – vocals
Pat Peterson – percussion, background vocals
Tom Petty and 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
Lou Reed – guitar, vocals
G. E. Smith – music director, guitar, mandolin, bass
George Thorogood – guitar
Eddie Vedder – vocals
Mike Wanchic – guitar
Don Was – bass guitar
Johnny Winter – guitar, vocals
Stevie Surprise – harmonica, piano, vocals
Ronnie Wooden – guitar, vocals
Neil Younger – guitar, vocals
Reggie Younger – guitar

Technical

Jeff Kramer- manufacturing

Don DeVito – manufacturing
Jeff Rosen – manufacturing

David Hewitt Engineer Distant Recording Companies Silver Truck

David Thoener – mixing
Kevin Wall – govt manufacturing

David Wild – liner notes

Certifications


Area	Certification	Licensed items/gross sales
Australia (ARIA)^[3] video	Gold	7,500^{^}
United States (RIAA)^[4]	Gold	500,000^{^}
^{^} Shipments figures primarily based on certification alone.

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