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 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration
Live album by various artists
Released	August 24, 1993 (1993-08-24)
Recorded	October 16, 1992
Venue	Madison Square Garden, New York City
Genre	Rock
Length	148:24
Label	Columbia
Producer	Jeff Kramer Jeff Rosen Don DeVito
Various artists chronology
Good as I Been to You (1992) The 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration (1993) World Gone Wrong (1993)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[2]

The house band for the show were 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. Joining them was drummer Anton Fig filling in for the late Al Jackson, plus drummer Jim Keltner. Longtime Saturday Night Live bandleader and initial lead guitar player in Dylan's Never Ending Tour G. E. Smith served as the music director of the whole event as well as a sideman on guitar and mandolin for several artists. Background singers were Sheryl Crow and Sue Medley among others.

The 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration, which reached No. 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 4, 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.

Track listing

Disc one

No.	Title	Performer(s)	Length
1.	"Like a Rolling Stone"	John Cougar Mellencamp	6:53
2.	"Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat"	John Cougar Mellencamp	4:20
3.	"Introduction"	Kris Kristofferson	0:55
4.	"Blowin' in the Wind"	Stevie Wonder	8:53
5.	"Foot of Pride"	Lou Reed	8:47
6.	"Masters of War"	Eddie Vedder and Mike McCready of Pearl Jam	5:06
7.	"The Times They Are A-Changin'"	Tracy Chapman	3:01
8.	"It Ain't Me Babe"	June Carter Cash and Johnny Cash	3:50
9.	"What Was It You Wanted"	Willie Nelson	5:47
10.	"I'll Be Your Baby Tonight"	Kris Kristofferson	3:04
11.	"Highway 61 Revisited"	Johnny Winter	5:05
12.	"Seven Days"	Ronnie Wood	5:26
13.	"Just Like a Woman"	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 Cash and Shawn Colvin	3:52
16.	"Don't Think Twice, It's All Right" (rehearsal bonus track from the 2014 Remastered Deluxe Edition)	Eric Clapton	6:27
Total length:			81:39

All tracks are written by Bob Dylan

Disc two

No.	Title	Performer(s)	Length
1.	"Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues"	Neil Young	5:38
2.	"All Along the Watchtower"	Neil Young	6:20
3.	"I Shall Be Released"	Chrissie Hynde	4:26
4.	"Don't Think Twice, It's All Right"	Eric Clapton	6:09
5.	"Emotionally Yours"	The O'Jays	5:43
6.	"When I Paint My Masterpiece"	The Band	4:23
7.	"Absolutely Sweet Marie"	George Harrison	4:43
8.	"License to Kill"	Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers	4:52
9.	"Rainy Day Women #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's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)"	Bob Dylan	6:21
12.	"My Back Pages"	Bob Dylan, Roger McGuinn, Tom Petty, Neil Young, Eric Clapton and George Harrison	4:39
13.	"Knockin' on Heaven's Door"	All	5:38
14.	"Girl from the North Country"	Bob Dylan	5:12
15.	"I Believe in You" (rehearsal bonus track from the 2014 Remastered Deluxe Edition)	Sinéad O'Connor	6:20
Total length:			79:18

Personnel

• Bob Dylan – guitar, vocals, harmonica

Additional 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, 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 – bodhrán, 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 Richie 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

Sinéad O'Connor – vocals Christine Ohlman – background vocals, choir, chorus The O'Jays Eddie Levert – vocals Sam Strain – 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 Wonder – harmonica, piano, vocals Ronnie Wood – guitar, vocals Neil Young – guitar, vocals Reggie Young – guitar

Technical

Jeff Kramer- production

Don DeVito – production Jeff Rosen – production

David Hewitt Engineer Remote Recording Services Silver Truck David Thoener – mixing Kevin Wall – executive production

David Wild – liner notes

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[3] video	Gold	7,500^
United States (RIAA)[4]	Gold	500,000^
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

See also

• List of songs written by Bob Dylan
• List of artists who have covered Bob Dylan songs

References

1. allmusic
2. Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.
3. "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2014 DVDs" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved July 24, 2020.
4. "American album certifications – Various – 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved July 24, 2020.

External links

• The 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration at MusicBrainz (list of releases)