Bob Dylan, Roger McGuinn, Tom Petty, Neil Young, Eric Clapton, George Harrison – My Back Pages

Artists

Musicians featured in this piece are:

Bob Dylan – guitar, vocals
Roger McGuinn – guitar, vocals
Tom Petty – guitar, vocals
Neil Young – guitar, vocals
Eric Clapton – guitar, vocals
George Harrison – guitar, vocals
G.E. Smith – guitar
Steve Cropper – guitar
Al Kooper – organ
Donald “Duck” Dunn – bass
Anton Fig – drums
Jim Keltner – drums
Stan Lynch – percussion

Written by Bob Dylan. Recorded live at Madison Square Garden, New York City, October 16, 1992, for The 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration. Released on the Bob Dylan: The 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration live album (Columbia Records, 1993) and accompanying home video.

Originally from 1964’s Another Side of Bob Dylan, “My Back Pages” served as the show’s all-star centerpiece, bringing together six lead vocalists across its verses: Roger McGuinn (whose own 1967 Byrds cover was the version most audiences knew), Tom Petty, Neil Young, Eric Clapton, Bob Dylan himself, and finally George Harrison closing it out. It led directly into the full-cast finale of “Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door.” This performance is widely regarded as one of the emotional high points of the entire concert, and one of George Harrison’s final major public appearances.

Bob Dylan, Roger McGuinn, Tom Petty, Neil Young, Eric Clapton, George Harrison – My Back Pages Lyrics

[Verse 1: Roger McGuinn]
Crimson flames tied through my ears
Rolling high and mighty traps
Pounced with fire on flaming roads
Using ideas as my maps
“We’ll meet on edges, soon,” said I
Proud ’neath heated brow