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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.

Rosanne Cash, Mary Chapin-Carpenter, and Shawn Colvin -- a trio of the most gifted singer-songwriters around and major Bob Dylan fans all -- teamed up to trade verse for a gorgeous, harmony-drenched cover of "You Ain't Goin' Nowhere," a "Basement Tapes" gem that was rerecorded by Dylan with Happy Traum for 1972's "Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits Vol. II" set, as well as being a standout cut on The Byrd's 1968 classic "Sweethearts Of The Rodeo" album. Despite the level of reverence Harrison held for Dylan, he wasn’t happy with the “Tangled Up in Blue” singer after his 30th-anniversary concert. The 1992 event took place at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Artists such as Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, and Kris Kristofferson put on a four-hour show to celebrate Dylan’s body of work. Crew [For House Band] – Anthony Aquilato, Artie Smith, Cesar Diaz*, Jeff Shaw (2), Lisa Sharken, Richard Brister Finally, after the television satellite feed was shut down, Bob Dylan generously returned to the stage for a lovely, understated version of "Girl Of The North Country" that proved one more time what one man can do armed only with his voice, guitar, and extraordinary songs.Within the expressions of grand homage such as this, there’s often the danger artists will call more attention to themselves than the subject at hand, but both Neil Young and Eric Clapton avoid that pitfall. Each man personally impassioned by what they chose as the former tears it up vocally on “Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues” and is no less fervent instrumentally on “All Along the Watchtower (simultaneously offering his affection for Jimi Hendrix and igniting his future with The MG’s). For his part, Slowhand delivers eloquent emotionalism in the form of “Love Minus Zero/No Limit” and “Don’t Think Twice It’s All right,” both of which he might’ve done well to make part of his repertoire over the years. Cissy Houston, Katrice Barnes, Gary Houston, Jerry Barnes, Rose Mitcham, Gynnice Coleman, Leotis Clyburn, Curtis King, Brenda White King, Dennis Collins, Christine Ohlman, Sheryl Crow

The 2DVD and Blu-ray versions of The 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration – Deluxe Edition include 40 minutes of previously unreleased material including behind-the-scenes rehearsal footage, interviews and more. 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. On October 16th, 1992 a concert was held in Madison Square Gardens to celebrate the work of Bob Dylan and the fact that in March 1962, Columbia Records had released Bob Dylan’s eponymous debut. Some of the greatest musicians and singers of the time attended. Originally released on double CD in 1993, the version I have was reissued in March of this year. For some reason, I had not bothered to get it, but as this version was comparatively cheap, I thought that after 21 years, I ought to give it a listen. Bob Dylan’s 2012 Tempest showed that the fire in his belly has yet to be extinguished, and the only predictable quality about the artist is his steadfast unpredictability. But if it’s impossible to say what the future will bring for Dylan, the reissue of The 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration is a worthwhile occasion to raise a glass to absent friends and savor a most remarkable body of work. Dylan once wrote, “It’s not dark yet...but it’s getting there.” But this triumphant, all-star 1992 evening could well turn out to be just the halfway point in the career of Bob Dylan.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

Authenticity could have been a buzzword of the evening, particularly for the folk artists such as Richie Havens or Dylan’s own heroes The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem. Lou Reed, too, is almost disarmingly real with his epic reading of the densely-written yet utterly enigmatic blues/cautionary tale “Foot of Pride.” The Infidels outtake mashes up religious allusions and all-too-real evocations of the worst humanity has to offer, and Reed brought his trademark no-nonsense, street-level grit to its evocative lyrics. The Bob Dylan – The 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration – Deluxe Edition is the first Dylan title to follow the historic November 5 release of Bob Dylan Complete Album Collection Vol. One, a colossal library box housing the artist’s official Columbia Records album canon, from 1962’s Bob Dylan through 2012’s Tempest. Crew [Ntsc Engineering Crew] – Al Vasquez, Anthony Defonzo, Barry Lialk, Drory Yellin, Greg Gerner, James Lytle, John Huntigton, Joseph Annecharico, Kelly Britt, Kurt Heitmann, Lee Griffin, Mark Miller (51), Neida Martinez, Pat Breen, Patt Hitt, Steve Kaufman, Victor Smith Selected items are only available for delivery via the Royal Mail 48® service and other items are available for delivery using this service for a charge. Columbia Records & Legacy Recordings Release Bob Dylan – The 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration – Deluxe Edition for First Time on DVD and Blu-ray Disc

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Harrison was a longtime fan of Dylan. He eventually had the opportunity to work with him in the Traveling Wilburys. The supergroup also had Roy Orbison, Tom Petty, and Jeff Lynne as members. According to Petty, Harrison and Dylan were fans of each other’s work.

You can make fun of his voice and scratch your noggin about his seemingly dour demeanor, but the one thing everyone seems to agree on about Bob Dylan is that he’s written some of the greatest songs in history. Look at one of his earliest: “Blowin’ In the Wind” is easy on the ears and asks a series of rhetorical questions, searching for answers, in front of your face, or off in a distance, unreachable, blowing in the wind. It was initially called a protest song (a claim Dylan vehemently denies) and performed in earnest by Peter, Paul & Mary. How the then-21-year-old folk singer stumbled upon such a simple, yet profound sense of the times explains why 30 years later in 1992, some of music’s biggest and brightest came together for The 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration to honor the songs and the man who wrote them. One day George was hiding in the hedge at the house where we were recording,” Petty explained. “As everybody flew off, George would rise up out of the bushes with his video going. And he did that with Bob. I think George frightened Bob. When the Wilburys started, George was so reverent of Bob.” The former Beatle was not happy about the 30th-anniversary concert Viewed anew from a 20-year perspective, Bob Dylan – The 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration – Deluxe Edition is a remarkable testament to the enduring legacy and ongoing musical influence of Bob Dylan. That valedictory gathering from more than 20 years ago proved to be a mid-career retrospective of a recording artist and performer who continues to inform and transform the cultural landscape.Now you may remember that Ronnie Wood used to make solo albums and his version of the song “Seven Days” is next. It’s good and Ronnie does his best Dylan impersonation. Nice guitar work from Ronnie, Steve Cropper & GE Smith. Even Booker T plays guitar! 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. Edition makes this historic all-star musical event available for the first time on Blu-ray. Also includes 40 minutes of previously unreleased material including behind-the-scenes rehearsal footage, interviews and more. Harrison was so angry, he made T-shirts with dollar signs on them and sent them to me and Bob,” Dylan’s former road manager Victor Maymudes wrote, per Rolling Stone. Harrison would have preferred that the event had been more like previous charity concerts, like his 1971 Concert for Bangladesh. George Harrison wasn’t the only one upset at Bob Dylan after the concert