Artist: Bob Dylan
Title Of Album: 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration
Year Of Release: 2014
Genre: Rock/Folk Rock
To commemorate 30 years since the release of Dylan's first Columbia album, a marathon tribute concert was held at New York's Madison Square Garden, with a galaxy of stars and voices from the past taking part. The cumulative effect of this tribute was staggering, revealing just how much truly great Dylan material there is to choose from all of his periods. A firm nucleus of the three surviving members of Booker T. & the MG's, plus G.E. Smith on guitar and Jim Keltner and Anton Fig on drums, anchors the bands, and most of the stars offer fresh slants on songs familiar and obscure. Among the more memorable interpretations are Richie Havens' moving "Just Like a Woman," completely within his style; the Clancy Brothers' fervent conversion of "When the Ship Comes In" to an Irish folk idiom; the swinging, countrified "You Ain't Goin' Nowhere" from Mary Chapin Carpenter, Shawn Colvin, and Rosanne Cash; and a sullen "Masters of War" by Eddie Vedder and Mike McCready on acoustic guitars. Lou Reed went through the bootlegs to come up with the pounding "Foot of Pride," which is perfectly suited to Reed's declamatory style. Eric Clapton shrugs off his diffident manner to deliver one of the most electrifying performances of his life in "Don't Think Twice, It's All Right" -- each guitar lick and vocal cuts angrily to the bone -- and George Harrison makes his first U.S. concert appearance in 18 years with "Absolutely Sweet Marie." Dylan himself appears at the end, wildly improvisational and harshly authentic in voice on "It's Alright, Ma" and "Girl of the North Country."...
01. Like a Rolling Stone [John Mellencamp]
02. Blowin' in the Wind [Stevie Wonder]
03. Foot of Pride [Lou Reed]
04. Masters of War [Eddie Vedder & Mike McCready]
05. The Times They Are a-Changin' [Tracy Chapman]
06. It Ain't 2000 Me Babe [June Carter Cash & Johnny Cash]
07. What Was It You Wanted [Willie Nelson]
08. I'll Be Your Baby Tonight [Kris Kristofferson]
09. Highway 61 Revisited [Johnny Winter]
10. Seven Days [Ron Wood]
11. Just Like a Woman [Richie Havens]
12. When the Ship Comes In [The Clancy Brothers and Robbie O Connell with special guest Tommy Makem]
13. War [Sinead O'Connor]
14. Just Like Tom Thumb s Blues [Neil Young]
15. All Along the Watchtower [Neil Young]
16. I Shall Be Released [Chrissie Hynde]
17. Love Minus Zero/No Limit [Eric Clapton]
18. Don't Think Twice, It s All Right [Eric Clapton]
19. Emotionally Yours [The O Jays]
20. When I Paint My Masterpiece [The Band]
21. You Ain't Goin Nowhere [Mary-Chapin Carpenter, Rosanne Cash & Shawn Colvin]
22. Absolutely Sweet Marie [George Harrison]
23. License to Kill [Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers]
24. Rainy Day Women
#12 & 35 [Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers]
25. Mr. Tambourine Man [Roger McGuinn]
26. It's Alright, Ma (I m Only Bleeding) [Bob Dylan]
27. My Back Pages [Bob Dylan, Roger McGuinn, Tom Petty, Neil Young, Eric Clapton & George Harrison]
28. Knockin' on Heaven's Door [Everyone]
29. Girl of the North Country [Bob Dylan]