Concert for George: Why not Dylan?

Dylan makes me uncomfortable when he's onstage because he seems VERY uncomfortable---and i'm a big fan---and I enjoy some of his later records.

The Concert for George tribute is one of the best I've seen (minus the Shankar stuff----just as tedious as it was in 1971). Dylan or no Dylan. I think it may be the best concert film I own----right up there with The Last Waltz.

Clapton is to be commended----it's better than I ever thought it could be.

 

He was there when it counted for George.

 

Yes, I realize Roger and George were not close personal friends but when you get your sound from him and hence perhaps much of your success, it's a way to acknowledge his influence and say thank you. I don't know the details as to how people were invited or even if McGuinn inquired about it. McGuinn and George did play "Bobfest" many years back to acknowledge Dylan's influence on them. George's 12 string Rick sound and many of Dylan's songs made up much of the Byrds success

 

Again, Bobfest and Concert For George are two totally different apples and oranges type tribute shows. Bobfest was an influence, some friends, and some flavors of the day so to speak--like most tribute concerts seem to be. Concert For George was strictly personal friends only, set up that way from the beginning by a close personal friend. I think it was the right decision, and what made that show so much more special and heartfelt than all of the others before it.

 

John Cleese? Sure you don't mean Terry Gilliam (who was there)?

 

Leon should have been there too but I don't think he was invited.

 

Python were doing very well thank you very much before George stepped in to help on 'Life of Brian'.

Frankly, and I'll be shot down for this, the concert is better for not having Dylan there. He's a marmite artist for me.


and all I said was that concert was good enough for Jehovah...

 

Maybe he didn't want to be there or wasn't invited ???

 

I can't find the quote but Dylan had some beautiful things to say about George after George passed away... Bob's relationship with George and presumably Olivia and Dhani is his business.... but i am guessing that Bob and George had a lot of mutual love and respect for each other.

 

Maybe he realized that George wasn't going to be there. So there was no point in "being there for George".

 

Steve Winwood didn't play but he was in the audience

 

Why wasn't Stig O'Hara there? That irks me to no end.

 

Dylan was incredibly supportive of George, on both a professional and personal level. Not playing in the tribute concert doesn't change that.

 

I agree with you BUT ................this show is great as it went down...George touched a lot of folks including Dylan--IMO a Traveling Wilburys live performance with remaining members and a couple of solo tunes would have enhanced it even further.

 

He was most certainly invited and he was obviously aware of the event. Check out post #4 for a comment Dylan made in concert on November 13, about two weeks before the tribute concert.
I have no idea why Dylan wasn't present at the George tribute, but I guess he had his reasons.

 

I seem to remember reading somewhere that Leon wanted to be there but for some reason, perhaps medical, he was unable to fly to England.

 

Clapton said there was 3 weeks of rehearsal prior to the show. If Bob was on tour maybe he couldn't commit to the rehearsals?

 

"Something" from MSG Nov. 13, 2002. Dylan's introduction is missing on this recording, where he claimed that couldn't attend the tribute concert, but George was "a great buddy" or something like that.

 

That's a pretty good tribute, isn't it?