Bob Dylan / Keith Richards / Ron Wood - Blowin' In The Wind (Live Aid 1985)

Bob Dylan, Keith Richards and Ron Wood performing at Live Aid in front of 100,000 people in the John F. Kennedy Stadium, Philadelphia USA on the 13th July, 1985. The event was organised by Sir Bob Geldof and Midge Ure to raise funds for the Ethiopian famine disaster. Broadcast across the world via one of the largest satellite link-ups of all time, the concerts were seen by around 40% of the global population.
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[MrAschiff]

Bob Dylan busting a string and Ron Wood giving him his guitar and then fetches another for himself. Priceless.

[lawrencegordon]

Ideal song for Live Aid 1985...23 yrs after he wrote it, he sounded better than ever--phrasing, lyrics, acoustic guitars--we'll never see or hear anybody like Bob Dylan...the only Nobel Laureate in contemporary music history

[KittyGrizGriz]

Don’t care what anyone says I’ll always love Bob Dylan . . . ♥️

[cristinabumbac]

Miraculous scene! Jack Nicholson introducing Bob Dylan with such an enthusiasm! And Dylan singing one of the iconic songs with Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood! All the applauses are not enough. Thanks.

[rac]

39 years later and all three of them are still going strong. How impressive

[arnoldbroberg]

I've grown old now. But I also grew up during on of the best times to be born into. What a time to be young. Watching all the wonderful things from that era come into focus. The social changes...the cool cars and to some degree the early marijuana days... but mostly the music. The music. Watching these treasures brings back the memories from those times. They carry me back to a time of great hope. And prosperity....How lucky we were to be there. And as Paul Simon says in a song about old friends... "preserve your memories...they're all that's left you". And these poets singing their music. They trigger those memories again. What a great way to grow old. I'm so grateful to have landed here, back then.

[SlimDavenport]

Ron Wood: ‘In New York, towards the middle of 1985, Bob Dylan rang to ask if I wanted to do a charity gig with him. "Sure, " I said.
He showed up at my house to talk about what songs we might do.
Bob was showing me chords when I suggested getting Keith involved. Dylan agreed, so I rang Keith, two hours later the doorbell rang, and there was Keith saying: "So what do you want?"
I said: "Bob is downstairs, be nice to him." He followed me in and threw open his arms: "Bob...So great to see you!"
The three of us started rehearsing and got through pretty much the whole Dylan catalogue.
On the day of the gig, a limo came to pick up Keith and me. Before we got in, a truck pulled up with Dylan on board – the driver was his daughter.
Keith looked at me and said: "This better be good."
It was better than good, it was Live Aid.
There were 72, 000 people at Wembley Stadium in London, and 92, 000 when we played at JFK Stadium in Philadelphia, plus 1.5billion people watching on TV in a hundred countries, all to help raise funds for famine relief in Ethiopia.
On the stairs up to the stage, Bob said: "Let's do Blowin' In The Wind." I said: "What?" But by then it was too late to argue. I couldn't believe it: that was the only song of his we hadn't rehearsed.
Right in the middle of it, one of Bob's guitar strings broke. I thought fast and handed my guitar to him, leaving me there in front of all those people, playing air guitar.
I was eventually handed another guitar, and when we finished our last song we turned around to find the entire cast on stage behind us’.

[sheilamccoy]

The lyrics seem so holy. A hope of Heaven to help. Begging at the "live Aid concert" for help for the poor at so many levels by Bob and all the other artists looking so deluxe them selves in their efforts;you KNOW Heaven was applauding.

[DavesGarden]

Bob Dylan is one of the greatest songwriters ever, he wrote some classic songs and many other singers covered them

[marceck]

3:37 the look Bob Dylan gives Ronnie during Keith's "solo". Priceless.

[kazabushy]

So sweet that Ronnie gave up his guitar when Dylan's string broke. You don't see it folks, but he proceeded to air guitar until another guitar came out for him. He even chucked a Townshend windmill👍😊❤

[jasoncarlton]

I was in between living situations at the time and i watched it in the Bus station in Colorado Springs on one of those little TV's that you had to feed with quarters to watch..Made it all that more special..I'm a relic from a bygone era, lost in a world of Cultural Oblivion.

[johnlemon]

When I was very young my dad would play me old
Folk and country songs on his guitar this was my favourite
So this song brings back so many childhood memories and this performance is sick

[glbale]

I was 20 years old watching this. Doesn't seem that long ago. Glad these three gentlemen are still with us and still playing.

[RosettaAbatematteo]

There can only be one ! What a line up🎉🎉🎉Jack Nicholsen, Bob Dylan, Keith Richards, Ron Wooda🎉🎉🎉The voice of America! 🎉🎉🎉Excellent performance!🎉🎉🎉

[tpf]

he knew that the essence of his songs are about the philosophical aspects and poetic beauty in them, even melodies don't matter much

[sydmandelbaum]

Was there with my 8 year old daughter who is now 42. We met Chevy Chase at our hotel after the show and Tom Petty.Dick Gregory, Eddie Kendricks, David Ruffian and got yheir autographs

[mariahelenaricardodossanto]

Que trio de feras, só feras!!! Não fazem mais exemplares como estes. Privilégio de minha geração

[mdemma]

Lord help our Country. History is repeating itself. Relevant Song 2021

[TheMarkchelak]

Gentleman, thank you! Never Never to be repeated! Lightining in a bottle.