I did a few tours with Bob in the mid 90’s on the lighting crew. JJ Jackson was on guitar. I was playing the intro to ‘Pinball Wizard’ on guitar and he asked me to show it to him. he had a book of Robert Johnson songs for guitar that he was learning from. Real nice guy. I got a full set of harmonicas that Bob played through on one of the tours. I was the only guy on the crew that Bob talked to. My job was to babysit the lighting dimmers at stage right. Bob came over and chatted with me as Jewel, one of the opening acts was playing. He said she had a lot of guts getting out there and playing acoustic guitar by herself. One day he wanted to see the stage light set up from the house, so I ran through the looks for him that the lighting designer had programmed. Unfortunately, that was the day that Lighting Designer decided to go back to the hotel early. Bob kept a Harley road king in the lighting trailer and Tony Garnier had a Dyna wide glide. We would take them off the trailer for them and they would ride between cities sometimes. I bought a wide glide after riding Tony’s around on the Tulane university campus. I quite enjoyed my time on those tours, a few of the guys had come off of Frank Zappa and were quite a fun bunch to work with. The sound guy would always pull Bob’s guitar fader down when he soloed, said he was doing the audience a favor. Bob would do martial arts moves just before going onstage, and playing with his hair. I’d be standing next to him when his tour manager would say he’s ready, I’d call “standby to kill house lights” and “house lights, go” on the intercom, to kill the lights in the house, and the crowd would go wild.

Great video. But one major omission ... Mick Ronson, and everything he did on the Rolling Thunder Review tour. Listen to the fantastic live album 'Hard Rain'.

My respect for Bob Dylan just keeps growing

Love the last scene where Bob smiles at the audience and seems to be saying "I aint too bad meself"

Can't beat the Charlie and Larry combo...those days will not be matched. Let's not forget Tony Garnier who has been Bob's captain now for 35 years. Tony is, IMHO, the one who has been proven to be irreplaceable.

McCoy's guitar on desolation Row is incredible.

One of the joys of getting old ~ spending an afternoon catching up on Dylan stories like this. Thank you so much 🙏

Love Charlie McCoy’s bass playing on John Wesley Harding. He can play virtually any instrument well.

Love Mike Bloomfield. You can see he delights in the mayhem of 1965. What he cooked up with Bob for Highway 61 Revisited has never been bettered.

Whoever put this montage of familiar memories together created a gem! Bless you, Thanx for the memories

Love Mike Bloomfield's contributions to those Dylan's tunes, Bob Dylan surrounds himself with the, "BEST", inclusive of his own prowess thru many a decade, always a song and dance man...tanks for sharing

Those 8 years Larry Campbell played in his band were absolutely incredible.

Denny Freeman also played with Bob Dylan for a period of time and his work is magical. Another great Austin, Texas guitar player.

What a gem!!! Priceless!!! I have loved these musicians all my life. With the deepest appreciation and respect for this documentary of artistry. ❤️ An energy of harmony in spheres.

The late great Mick Ronson also played with Dylan. So many of my favorite artists LOVE Dylan. Try as I might, I have never been able to figure out what is so great about him.

I have seen Bob live on many occasions, I just can't imagine music without him, beautiful soul.

Poet, musician, philosopher, visionary... Bob has it all! There is no one else even close.

My favorite Dylan guitar player story is when brought in Slash to the Under the Red Sky sessions and then asked him to play like Django Reinhardt. Slash said to someone, "Why doesn't he just go get this Django guy?"

I love how happy Dylan looks playing with Campbell and Sexton. He's having a blast!

Mick Taylor, saw Dylan in 84 at St James’s Park Newcastle England with Taylor on guitar, one of the best concerts I’ve seen

Mike Bloomfield was an incredibly sweet person, so passionate about life and people..he called me from rehab...still makes me tear up.🥀

brilliant video, really enjoyed it, Bob Dylan is so special !! enjoyed his music for 60 years, seen him live once, his music never gets old. a remarkable man.

Buddy Cage told an interesting story during a lightening delay in a Richmond concert about working with Bob on Meet Me In The Morning for Blood On The Tracks - a Saturday morning by himself on the CBS Symphony sound stage at CBS Studios and after listening to the song - Bob came down from the production booth and said, "I sing for four verses, and you play for one." Then Bob turned and took the long walk back to booth. You can't mistake that sound of Buddy's pedal steel on that tune. It can be heard at the very start of the recording, then again at during the fourth verse. Buddy left us much the better - God Bless.

Charlie McCoy is a great artist who didn’t get the notoriety he deserved . His harmonica playing brings chills up your spine.

I saw Bob and Tom Petty do an acoustic set at Wembley Arena 20+ years ago. They nearly lifted the roof off, just two with acoustics. Certainly one of the most impressive things I've witnessed.

Charlie McCoy has music in his DNA. He can do anything

Bob Dylan is awesome and many artists think so, based on how many of his songs have been covered by other artists. He was so impressed with Hendrix' cover of "All Along The Watchtower" that it completely changed the way he played it live, from that point forward ‼️😁 He doesn't just know lead guitarists but he's a capable one himself, based on the videos I've seen of him playing lead, trading lead with his lead guitarist, and doing harmony leads with his lead guitarist ‼️🧐😲

The tour with GE Smith was outstanding! I saw them at the Summit (before it was a mega-church), Steve Earle opened, Bob came out solo and played a beautiful rendition of "Barbry Allen" before the trio joined him. Memorable!

Mick Taylor in the 80’s on Infidels and Empire Burlesque. Great player and toured with Dylan too

what an amazing life to play with all of those guitarists. My favorite was seeing him with Jerry Garcia in 1986; loved those shows

Just a reminder, Mark Knopfler not only played guitar on Infidels, he produced the album.

👍👍 Really enjoyed this. favorited and subbed. Of all those pickers Robbie Robertson gave me chills

Jessie Ed Davis is another great one -- His slide solo on "Watching the River Flow " is classic..

That Mark Knopfler…holy burning talent and all that jazz.🔥🔥🔥

First time I heard Dylan was on my way to Humble Pie concert with AC/DC as opening band. My brother had a Dylan cd in his 8 track. Best of Bob Dylan. I remember being mesmerized by this guy. When I got out of the car I looked to see the name on the cassette. The rest is history for my appreciation for Dylan.

Thanks. Great job putting all the info and video together. This topic of Dylan's guitarists has always interested me. I enjoyed your video.

Imagine if Roy Buchanan had played with Bob. His guitar playing is totally insane it's that amazing.

Love the "Peggy O" part!!! Go GE Smith.....saw the Rolling Thunder Revue in Waterbury Ct at the Palace Theater...🔥🔥🔥🎵🎶🎵

Very well thought out with excellent music choices. Great Job!

Mike Campbell is the best guitarist nobody talks about….most melodic, skilled, can play ANYTHING

Charlie McCoy playing the harmonica was absolutely beautiful.

❤ this post- Bob Dylan's music is FANTASTIC 🎶 Bob Dylan and his music will NEVER be forgotten- my fervent prayer 🙏 ❤️

I’m pretty old,I was totally into Dylan when I first heard him! When he played with The Band loved that too! The Band is way up there on my Favorite bands. Heard him live for the first time a couple of years ago, he played keyboard and he was sooooo good.

Superb lighting and gorgeous subject

Great video! 👏👏👏 Brings back a lot of memories. Hey, I was there from the start when I bought Dylan's first eponymous album. It's been a great ride! I also saw Ronnie Hawkins and the Hawks ( The Band) play in Fayetteville, Arkansas way back in the early days.

This man should never die. ..

Nice video indeed! very interesting to see and hear about Bob's collaborations with those very good musicians, some of the best.

Thanks for this video!!! I was lucky enough to see Bob Dylan 3 times - in Ann Arbor, Detroit, and Paris. Each show different, and each show great. He is the reason I began to play guitar, many years ago. I consider him the Master Poet of the music of our time.

Needless to say, Bob has great taste in guitar players. Re Mick Taylor, his live playing with the Stones from 1969-1973 should be in the Guitar Pantheon.

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ I have no idea why it was or how it came to be, but for my generation it truly was all about the lead guitar. It makes total sense that Bob would identify the best fit for any given event, tour and period of his extraordinary career.

Great video! Thank you so much!

brilliantly put together video - kudos to Miles of Entertainemnt - Thank you.

😎 Thanks Miles ⚓️ WOW!!! I got to see Charlie Sexton with Elvis Costello at Hardly Strictly Bluegrass 2022. Really something, because I’ve not been to very many live shows. When seeing a talent as Elvis with a killer band it really puts a perspective like no other. I’d got to see Joan at HSB too, a long time back… her Dylan impressions were to die for. ⚓️

As a man in my early 30s I’m so thankful for time out of mind, love and theft, and modern times especially for spirit on the water. To me it’s as good as his “golden era”

Excellent interview w GE, man.

I'm sure there are many excellent musicians, but I'm staying with Dylan ❤❤❤

Another great is on rough and rowdy ways where Blake Mills plays on most of the songs. Blake has made videos of his parts that can be found on youtube. For me, his playing is one of the main reasons I liked that album

That was great. I saw Dylan with the Hawks in '65 which, needless to say, was as good as it got. I lost interest after the motorcycle accident and Rolling Thunder. But now I've got a hankering to see him again, if not just to check out the band. What an amazing cavalcade of guitar players.

What a fantastic video! Beginning to end!

Charlie has been a guest on our stage here in Wheeling WV many times. Very recently also I might add. He is a legend and great harmonica player.

Lucky for him that they aren't too particular about their lead singer!

love and theft really is a masterpiece

Excellent video. Never really focused on the guitar players before, it's the whole package for me, but really insightful.

Excellent watch...thank you

Dylan is like magic, always changing and rearranging - "Like a rolling stone, no direction home".

The guitar licks on Desolation Row is sooo pretty. McCoy talks about recording it. So I guess Bloomfield did not play on this song? 🤔 Would have loved to have heard Bloomfield on this song. But I think Desolation Row is an acoustic and maybe Bloomfield focused on electric.

A really good host. Superb info.

Very nice compilation

Han' me down mah walkin' cane, wanna walk n' talk a ways, wear out these boots that came from Spain, see if they bring back the days, I was the new born latest craze, back me up Bo Diddley, you're my newest faze.

I was hoping to see something about Mark Knopfler playing on Bob’s SlowTrain Coming

Charlie’s work on “Soon After Midnight,” on the Tempest album gives it an added, almost magical vibe. Lovely.

When you see all these great guitarists like this. It´s like wow

Bob Dylan, truly an amazing singer/songwriter--he's probably written over 750 songs and has made a significant impact all over the world! Now G E Smith and T Bone Wolk are also legends--both played with #HallandOates, one my favourite bands. T-Bone, incredible musician for over 25 years with H&O--becoming director of music and GE from the late 70's to the mid 80's playing amazing lead guitar with a Rock n Soul ensemble and he was probably involved in 6 or 7 of the 22 Daryl Hall & John Oates studio albums in that short time!

Guitarist in my dads band (Jim Mullen) did a session with him once. After the session musicians had been playing a dead simple song all day and Bob kept screwing his bit up, the manager came over and said, "Bobs voice is shot, lets all come back tomorrow", to which Jim muttered "What voice?" Bobs manager came over and whispered "You wont be needed tomorrow"

Sooooo recognizable. I love it.

The more G. E. Smith videos I see the better I like him, not only as a musician but a great story teller. He gets the 60s "oh wow" enthusiasm to play along with his intelligent drama.

Mick Taylor , my all time favourite in his chosen field.

The moment was historic BECAUSE they booed.

Mick Taylor's feel is supernatural

Great video!

They wanted Bob like they met him. Just his songs with an acoustic guitar. He should have done what Neil Young did. Half the concert solo with piano or acoustic guitar. Last half electric with a band. Neil had Crazy Horse.

Mark knopfler?

Cool rundown!

I saw Dillon and what I believe to be his son playing on a semi trailer at the LA street sceen. I guess they had started early, I was the only one standing in front of the Semi trailer, what a treat and there were hardly anyone very close by but they were enjoying playing thier songs and so was I ....

Charlie Sexton is a great player!

By the way, Duke Robillard is a major talent, as good as any on this documentary. You need to hear the breadth of Duke's music...

Wow 😲. I love reading you and your music....❤️ And I do. Break down and cry like a woman

Charlie Sexton will always be my favorite. Just amazingly tasteful and a very nice human being.

We all know Dylan is famous for one take recording. He's definitely a master of music. I've heard of stories from frustrated musicians that say when they get on stage that rehearsals were about useless because he never played a song the same way twice. He was always changing chords and tempo.

Who isn't particular about their lead guitar player?

I saw Dylan when GE, Walker and Parker were touring with him. He was transforming his old hits into rock'n roll numbers. Uptempo. UT, Knoxville. Loved it.

beautifully done

Robbie Robertson's story is hilarious

Yes the Mick Taylor years were BY FAR the best Stones era.

I was lucky to catch the Charlie Sexton version of the band live a dozen times and always blown away by his tasty licks

I loved Mike Bloomfield. Saw him in the early days about five or six times in the Boston/Cambridge area in '66 and '67. Was disappointed the last time I saw the band in late '67 and Bloomfield was no longer with them, though they were still an excellent band.

The "boos " are a prime example of how people create their own expectations of others and become angry if those expectations are not met . there's an age group that is well known for this type of behavior . i believe they call them children

The real highlight of this video is the lengthy part with GE Smith talking about his experience meeting Dylan and being asked to accompany him on tour. Smith is good at telling stories like that, and it's a very compelling story he tells here.

Bob Dylan is very particular about his lead guitar players

Love Bob Dylan. I found after being a fan for over 40 years, most either love him or don't like him at all. His lyrics are incredible. Covered probably every subject a human can, and even created more magic than a human can. He has such a long career, and changed many times. I did see him once at Mohegan Sun, and he was terrible. Could not understand a single word, or tell what songs he was singing. My friends left after 2 songs. I couldn't take it after about 6 songs. Im just being honest. I don't understand how some peaple just can't say that it is not very good. His albums will always be outstanding, but he should have quit years ago , touring.