The Concert Series number 36: 1985 – Live Aid

By Tony Attwood

The aim of this series is to provide one Dylan concert to listen to with reasonable acoustics for each year since Bob started performing regularly.  However, there have of course, been some years when Bob hasn’t performed very often on stage, so on occasion the choice of shows is limited.

But if you have a particular concert that you feel should be included and you know of a recording of it on the internet which can be replicated here, please do send in your suggestion to Tony@schools.co.uk   Don’t worry if we already have a concert for that year – there is nothing to say we can’t have more than one entry each time.

Today it is 1985 – and there is a list of all the other concerts included in the series, below.

This appearance from Dylan at the Live Aid concert only included three songs, in which he was accompanied by Keith Richards and Ron Wood.

The three songs chosen were a curious collection – Hollis Brown was a fairly regular choice by Dylan, being performed from 1962 onward and reaching 211 performances all told – the last in 2012.

But for “When the Ship Comes In,”  this was one of just three performances and it was in fact the last time ever that Bob performed the song.

Ballad of Hollis Brown however had 211 performances stretching from 1962 on to 2012

The concerts so far in this series (each of which are much longer than the above)