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 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

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 Cesar Diaz – Guitar & Amp Tech 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

Lou Volpano – Project Manager

David Wild – liner notes

Certifications

See also List of songs written by Bob Dylan List of artists who have covered Bob Dylan songs

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