Bob Dylan - 1999-06-30 - New York, NY (SBD)

Bob Dylan

1999-06-30
Crossroads Benefit
Madison Square Garden
New York, NY
Soundboard Recording
320 kbps
Artwork Included

01. Don’t Think Twice, It’s Alright
02. It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry
03. Born In Time
04. Leopard Skin Pillbox Hat
05. Not Dark Yet
06. Crossroads (with Eric Clapton)

Encores
07. Sunshine of Your Love (Eric Clapton)
08. Bright Lights, Big City (Eric Clapton, Bob Dylan, Sheryl Crow and David Sanborn)

Bob Dylan - 1999-06-30 - New York, NY (SBD)

Well, in a month dedicated to Bruce Springsteen, there’s probably no better way to finish off our tribute than with a post featuring the man to who Bruce has been most often compared. On June 30, 1999, 15 years ago today, Eric Clapton fronted a sold-out benefit concert at New York's Madison Square Garden on June 30, 1999, to raise funds for the Crossroads Centre, the drug and alcohol rehab facility he established on the Caribbean island of Antigua. The event, billed as Eric Clapton and Friends, featured an opening set by EC, followed by performances by Sheryl Crow and Mary J. Blige, both backed by Slowhand on guitar. Clapton followed those 2 with another set of his own, after which, a special guest strode on stage. Bob Dylan took a night off from his tour with Paul Simon to join EC for a 6 song set. This soundboard recording captures Dylan’s entire performance, as well as the 2 song encore, which included Dylan returning to the stage for Bright Lights, Big City.

Bob Dylan/Bruce Springsteen Connections

• Bruce Springsteen signed a record deal with Columbia Records in 1972, with the help of John Hammond, who had signed Bob Dylan to the same label a decade earlier.
• In his early days, Springsteen was often called the next Bob Dylan. For example, Peter Knobler of Crawdaddy once wrote “He sings with a freshness and urgency I haven't heard since I was rocked by 'Like a Rolling Stone.” 
• Springsteen inducted Dylan into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1988. 
• Also in 1988, when Bruce headlined the Amnesty International Human Rights Now Tour, he included a cover of Dylan’s Chimes of Freedom in his set list. 
• Springsteen appeared with Dylan in Little Steven’s 1985 video for the song Sun City which was produced to protest apartheid. 
• According to legend, when Dylan first met Springsteen, Bob greeted Bruce by saying “Hey, I hear you’re the new me.”