All-star Tribute Pays Homage to Dylan, Benefits Music For Youth

Patti Smith, Phil Lesh, Cat Power, and Seal are just a few of the dozen artists slated to pay tribute to Bob Dylan at a benefit concert at NYC’s Avery Fisher Hall this November. A benefit event for the Music For Youth foundation, the Dylan tribute follows on the heels of MYF’s 2005 homage to Joni Mitchell, which raised $130,000 to further the organization’s efforts to orchestrate the collaboration of music industry executives and educators to bring music education to at-risk youth.

Indicating the extreme breadth and depth of Dylan’s musical influence over the past 40 years, performers range from the avant-garde pianist Philip Glass to recent indie favorites Clap Your Hands Say Yeah. “There are so many talented songwriters– Dylan's contemporaries and younger– who are inspired by his genius,” noted event producer Michael Dorf, who also produced the Mitchell concert last year. “We could have booked a full week of shows.”

The concert will be held November 9th, 2006, at 8:00 PM at the Avery Fisher Hall at the Lincoln Center in New York City. While most of the concert-only tickets have been snatched up already, tickets that include admittance to a pre-show VIP reception are still available for $350, $500, and $1,000. Further information about the event and Music For Youth’s mission is available at http://www.musicforyouth.org.

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