All Along The Watchtower - George Harrison, Ringo Starr, Bob Dylan Rock'n'Roll Hall Of Fame 1/20/88

Bob looked confused and anxious as hell. There’s George, always around to save and hold it all together 🤍 I love them together. It’s so sad that George had to go so early, the world is missing him. It’ll be a sad, sad day when Bob’s time comes. 🥺

Love the ways George takes care of Bob.

There was more talent in that stage that day than what we have seen in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in the last 20 years.

Yes, there was too much confusion

George Harrison and Bob Dylan were truly good friends that went way back to 1964 and they created Rock's greatest supergroup with the Travelling Wilbury's. I'd Have You Anytime. George & Bob- 1968.

Always sounds like a good idea to get 40 rock stars on one stage...

Thank goodness George Harrison was there to clue Dylan into what was happening there.  Obviously Bob had nothing to do with the planning or execution of this performance...but it seemed like everyone else was in on it.  Only George seemed to realize that Dylan was needing some guidance into the planned tribute that they had worked out with out consulting Dylan first. 

I bet Yoko was dying to get to the microphone for a good old scream.

I always thought that when me and a bunch of drunk mates get together and play and sing this that we were doing an awful job. according to this vid, it turns out that we are also some of the finest musicians in the world. Never knew.

All that talent on one stage, remarkable.

I would've loved to hear Harrison record a cover of All Along the Watchtower. He did an excellent job with "If Not for You" and "Abandoned Love"

way too crowded, too much confusion but lots of fun

It's a darn shame it's hard to hear George and Bob singing... that mic needed to be louder. I tell you the stage was filled with starlight that night -- look at all the amazing musicians on the stage! BRAVO!!

This is the first time I’ve really looked at all of this RxR Hall of Fame stuff closely since it happened ( mainly because I’ve been bedridden with this god awful Coronavirus). I get a real kick out of everyone being a critic! Of course you have every right to critique things after all everyone has an opinion.if I can let me try to clear up some misconceptions. I think I have a unique position in that I happened to the person in charge of the band gear on stage that night. Pairing up musicians with guitars, tuning up guitars etc.( does Jeff Beck get a 1950’s Fender Telecaster, does Dave Edmunds get a Gibson ES 335 - you get the point).in no way was the first couple of RxR Hall of Fames supposed to be for public consumption. They were not broadcast and the tapes were meant for the Hall of Fame archives only. The event took place at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel grand ballroom and was a sit down black tie. $1000 a plate dinner. and awards ceremony to raise money to construct the actual RxR Hall of Fame building.The point was to honor the great musicians from the early years of rock and roll who laid the foundation that got us to where we are today. Nobody came to the first few award dinners thinking they needed to or where going to perform for the public.They came to honor those that came before them have dinner get drunk and have a good time. Nowadays the RxR Hall of Fame ceremonies are completely different in that the bands being inducted practice for weeks before the show and bring their lighting designers and sound men with them so they don’t miss a cue. Back in the beginning it was more like a wedding reception where at the end of the night you got drunk and started stealing the microphone from the wedding band to sing and have fun.Of course it was chaos ! These absolute legendary musicians just wanted a chance to hang out with their legends. Bob Dylan told me being able to stand next to Little Richard was unbelievable for him. I remember standing between Billy Joel and Neil Young during all the confusion on stage and asking Neil’ you like this ?” And having Neil reply “ are you kidding this is the most fun I’ve had in years’. Our idols got to meet their idols! Poor Paul Shaffer was tasked to try and keep things orderly and he went down swinging only because everyone was too busy having fun and not worrying what they looked like. A strange concept in today’s socially conscious world. If I had a choice I would certainly take the former over the latter RxR Hall of Fame ceremonies. It was innocent it was fun and unfortunately those days are gone. Ed

Best thing that Ever happened to George is when the Beatles broke up. Sure, they "made him famous" but all the jamming he dod with all the rockers after Made Him Happy❤

Absolutely brilliant...this is what music is about...having some fun..

no one can enunciate and phrase words like dylan, his timing with the phrasing, the feeeel in the enunciation and the emphatic dynamics of the vocal. he is a pure natural. even with the changes in his voice as he gets older, compare his phrasing to George's when they first start christmas just passed, and i had never listened to dylan's xmas album, Christmas in the Heart before, though it's been out for several years. i listened it to it, picking songs here and there rather than the whole playlist, and something about them, i connected with, even though i haven't been into xmas carols since i was a kid. He did his interpretation of Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas and i realized, as it was just kind of playing in the background, that although that song has played commercially most or all of my life, i never really heard most of the words before, but with Dylan singing them, they pulled me in and i heard them for the first time, and related to them. rock on dylan

someone lost their job as audio engineer lol

First time yo ever see this. Impressed to see Les Paul himself playing. Freaking awesome!

George was a true legend as a person as well