The 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration

Infobox Album
Name = The 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration
Type = Live Album
Artist = Bob Dylan
Released = August 24, 1993
Recorded = October 16, 1992
Genre = Rock
Length = 2:28:24
Label = Columbia Records
Producer = Jeff Rosen and Don DeVito
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:lvg9keptjq70 link]
Last album = Good as I Been to You
(1992)
This album = "The 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration"
(1993)
Next album = World Gone Wrong
(1993)

"The 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration" is a live double-album release in recognition of Bob Dylan's 30 years as a recording artist. Recorded in October, 1992 at Madison Square Garden in New York City, it captures most of a show full of celebrities, new and veteran, performing classic Dylan songs, before ending with a few performances from Bob Dylan himself. The house band for the show is 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 and session drummer Jim Keltner, filling in for the late Al Jackson. Longtime Saturday Night Live bandleader G.E. Smith is the musical director for the show.

"The 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration", which reached #40 in the US and went gold,Fact|date=April 2008 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 by Sony August 25, 1993.

Track listing

All songs by Bob Dylan.

ong/Performer(s)

Disc one

#"Like a Rolling Stone" John Cougar Mellencamp – 6:53
#"Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat" John Cougar Mellencamp – 4:20
#"Introduction by Kris Kristofferson" – 0:55
#"Blowin' in the Wind" Stevie Wonder – 8:53
#"Foot of Pride" Lou Reed – 8:47
#"Masters of War" Eddie Vedder and Mike McCready – 5:06
#"The Times They Are A-Changin'" Tracy Chapman – 3:01
#"It Ain't Me Babe" June Carter Cash and Johnny Cash – 3:50
#"What Was It You Wanted?" Willie Nelson – 5:47
#"I'll Be Your Baby Tonight" Kris Kristofferson – 3:04
#"Highway 61 Revisited" Johnny Winter – 5:05
#"Seven Days" Ronnie Wood – 5:26
#"Just Like a Woman" Richie Havens – 5:50
#"When the Ship Comes In" The Clancy Brothers and Robbie O'Connell with special guest Tommy Makem – 4:23
#"You Ain't Going Nowhere" Mary Chapin Carpenter, Rosanne Cash and Shawn Colvin – 3:52

Disc two

#"Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues" Neil Young – 5:38
#"All Along the Watchtower" Neil Young – 6:20
#"I Shall Be Released" Chrissie Hynde – 4:26
#"Don't Think Twice, It's All Right" Eric Clapton – 6:09
#"Emotionally Yours" O'Jays – 5:43
#"When I Paint My Masterpiece" The Band – 4:23
#"Absolutely Sweet Marie" George Harrison – 4:43
#"License to Kill" Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers – 4:52
#"Rainy Day Women #12 & 35" Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers – 4:44
#"Mr. Tambourine Man" Roger McGuinn with Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers – 4:10
#"It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)" Bob Dylan – 6:21
#"My Back Pages" Bob Dylan, Roger McGuinn, Tom Petty, Neil Young, Eric Clapton, George Harrison – 4:39
#"Knockin' on Heaven's Door" Everyone – 5:38
#"Girl from the North Country" Bob Dylan – 5:12

Personnel

*The Band - Performer
*Jerry Barnes - Choir, Chorus
*Katreese Barnes - Choir, Chorus
*Richard Bell - Accordion
*Mike Campbell - Guitar
*Mary Chapin Carpenter - Guitar, Vocals, Performer
*John Cascella - Accordion, Keyboards
*Johnny Cash - Vocals, Performer
*June Carter Cash - Vocals, Performer
*Rosanne Cash - Guitar, Vocals, Performer
*Tracy Chapman - Guitar, Vocals, Performer
*The Clancy Brothers - Performer
*Bobby Clancy - Percussion, Vocals
*Liam Clancy - Guitar, Vocals
*Paddy Clancy - Harmonica, Vocals
*Eric Clapton - Guitar, Vocals, Performer
*Leotis Clyburn - Choir, Chorus
*Dennis Collins - Background Vocals, Choir, Chorus
*Shawn Colvin - Guitar, Vocals, Performer
*Steve Cropper - Guitar
*Sheryl Crow - Background Vocals, Choir, Chorus
*Rick Danko - Guitar, Bass (Electric), Vocals
*Don DeVito - Producer
*Donald "Duck" Dunn - Bass
*Bob Dylan - Guitar, Vocals, Performer
*Howie Epstein - Bass
*Ron Fair - Piano
*Anton Fig - Percussion, Drums
*Lisa Germano - Violin
*Nanci Griffith - Guitar, Vocals, Performer (VHS but not CD version)
*David Grissom - Guitar
*George Harrison - Guitar, Vocals, Performer
*Richie Havens - Guitar, Vocals, Performer
*Levon Helm - Mandolin, Vocals
*Cissy Houston - Choir, Chorus
*Garth Hudson - Accordion
*Chrissie Hynde - Guitar, Vocals, Performer
*Darryl Keith John - Background Vocals
*Booker T. Jones III - Organ
*Jim Keltner - Drums
*Brenda King - Background Vocals, Choir, Chorus
*Curtis King - Background Vocals, Choir, Chorus
*Al Kooper - Organ
*Kris Kristofferson - Guitar, Vocals, Performer
*Eddie LeVert - Vocals
*Tommy Makem - Banjo, Vocals, Performer
*Kerry Marx - Guitar
*Mike McCready - Guitar, Performer
*Roger McGuinn - Guitar, Vocals, Performer
*Sue Medley - Background Vocals
*John Mellencamp - Vocals, Performer
*Willie Nelson - Guitar, Vocals, Performer
*Robbie O'Connell - Guitar, Vocals, Performer
*Christine Ohlman - Background Vocals, Choir, Chorus
*The O'Jays - Performer
*Pat Peterson - Percussion, Background Vocals
*Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers - Performer
*Tom Petty - Guitar, Vocals, Performer
*Mickey Raphael - Harmonica
*Lou Reed - Guitar, Vocals, Performer
*Jeff Rosen - Producer
*G.E. Smith - Guitar, Mandolin
*Sam Strain - Vocals
*Benmont Tench - Organ
*David Thoener - Mixing
*George Thorogood - Guitar
*Eddie Vedder - Vocals, Performer
*Kevin Wall - Executive Producer
*Mike Wanchic - Guitar
*Don Was - Bass
*Jim Weider - Guitar, Vocals
*David Wild - Liner Notes
*Walter Williams - Vocals
*Johnny Winter - Guitar, Vocals, Performer
*Stevie Wonder - Harmonica, Piano, Vocals, Performer
*Ronnie Wood - Guitar, Vocals, Performer
*Neil Young - Guitar, Vocals, Performer
*Reggie Young - Guitar
*Lou Volpano - Contract Management

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