great Jim Keltner, who's worked with The Traveling Wilburys and just about everybody else over the years. Dubbed "Bobfest" on stage by a jubilant Neil Young, the 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration reached a transcendent crescendo with an unforgettable performance and all-star jam featuring the evening's honoree. years, came through with a great throatly vocal that was more than a little reminiscent of the song's writer. occasionally in recent years - offered an eloquent and moving solo acoustic version of the often-covered "The Times They Are A-Chanin'," group during Dylan's early folkie days. For the Dylan show, they were joined by their longtime musical associate and special guest Tommy Makem as

Masterpiece." The song was originally recorded with Leon Russell on piano in 1971 for Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits, Vol. II, the same year that it became Younger Than Yesterday". ByrdWatcher: A Field Guide to the Byrds of Los Angeles. Archived from the original on April 28, 2009 . Retrieved August 9, 2009. Dr. Byrds & Mr. Hyde". ByrdWatcher: A Field Guide to the Byrds of Los Angeles. Archived from the original on October 28, 2010 . Retrieved September 15, 2009. The history of The Band is, of course, inextricably tied to that of Bob Dylan. It was inly fitting, then, that the current incarnation of The Band -John Mellencamp, who's been covering "Like A Rolling Stone" in concert for years, bravely took on the Dylan classic early in the show and

The traditionally show-stopping Eric Clapton, who performed a duet with Dylan on "Sing Language" from his "No Reason To Cry" album in 1976, came through with a startling and moving performance at the celebration. The highlight of his set -- which also included a luminous "Love Minus Zero, No Limit" -- was a truly revelatory rendition of "Don't Think Twice, It's Alright," from "The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan," that Clapton and Booker T. Jones rearranged into a seductive new bluesy masterpiece, complete with some incendiary soloing from the guitar master himself. Columbia Records and Legacy Recording, the catalog division of Sony Music Entertainment, have released Bob Dylan – The 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration – Deluxe Edition in three configurations: 2-CD, 2-DVD, and Blu-ray Disc. Campbell, keyboardist Benmont Tench, bassist Howie Epstein and drummer Stan Lynch - were in peak form, offering a totally inspired The riveting acoustic rendition of "Masters Of War" by Pearl Jam's Eddie Vedder and Mike McCready, was arguably the evenings most pleasant surprise. These two young Dylan fans didn't need any loud Seattle sonics to get across Dylan's pointed protest classic from "The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan." Vedder, who blissfully watched rehearsals for the concert from the front row of a nearly empty Madison Square Garden, proved with his wonderfully intense interpretation that when it comes to a great song, there's no such thing as a generation gap.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. Zero, No Limit" - was a truely revelatory rendition of "Don't Think Twice, It's All Right," from The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan, that Clapton and Booker T.

In 1992 the legends were not that old. Dylan was 51. George Harrison, Eric Clapton and most of the vets were not yet fifty. Johnny Cash and Willie Nelson were a little older, but still in full command of their gifts. New kids like Tracy Chapman and Pearl Jam’s Eddie Vedder and Mike McCready were talented enough to command the spotlight even in such heavy company. Those young artists took on what might have seemed to be the most dated songs – “The Times They Are a-Changin’” and “Masters of War” – and proved that those fingers still needed pointing, those arguments were still unsettled. Stevie Wonder’s majestic “Blowin’ in the Wind” suggested how far America had come in its struggle for civil rights since both Dylan and Wonder began performing, while making clear that there were still many struggles ahead.Special Thanks -- Don Ienner, Michele Anthony, Mary Ellen Cataneo, Jay Krugman, Paul Rappaport, Mason Munoz, Ron Wilcox, John Ingrassia, Mark Schwartz, J David Waldman, Mo Ostin, Elliot Groffman, Ruth Richards, Joanna Ifrah, Bobby Brooks, William and Yetta Kramer, Scott Muni, Michael Borofsky, Kathi & Shelly, Sam, Charley, Matthew & Catherine, Madison Square Garden Corporation transformed The M.G.'s and drumming ace Jim Keltner into a fantastically loose, Crazy Horse-styled outfit for a strong reading of "Just Like Tom Thumb's Vedder, who blissfully watched rehearsals for the concert from the front row of a nearly empty Madison Square Garden, proved with his wonderfully recorded for 1962's The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan, the song found Wonder working his gospel-tinged magic alongside Booker T. Jones and The M.G.'s - Rocheleau, J. (2006). " "Far Between Sundown's Finish and Midnight's Broken Toll": Enlightenment and Postmodernism in Dylan's Social Criticism". In Vernezze, P.; Porter, C. (eds.). Bob Dylan and Philosophy. Open Court. pp.69–70. ISBN 0-8126-9592-5.