On this page you find all studio and live musicians who have been credited on official Bob Dylan album releases. Linked musician names lead to this musician’s offical website or to another site that he or she is featured on (in case no official website exists).
Note on compilation entries: Only those musicians are listed who actually performed with Bob Dylan.
Please feel free to report missing or incorrect information.
| Allen, Colin | Real Live | drums |
| Aronoff, Kenny | Under the Red Sky | drums |
| Atkins, Bill | Blonde On Blonde | key |
| Atkinson, Sweet Pea | Under the Red Sky | voc |
| Baez, Joan | Live 1964 Live 1975 |
voc voc, guit |
| Baird, Mike | Down in the Groove | drums |
| Baxter, Bucky | MTV Unplugged Time Out Of Mind |
pedal steel, guit pedal steel, guit |
| Beckett, Barry | Slow Train Coming | key, perc |
| Bell, Vincent | Desire | bellzouki |
| Berline, Byron | Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid | voc, fiddle |
| Berment, Mike | Knocked Out Loaded | drums |
| Biggs, Rayse | Under the Red Sky | trumpet |
| Blade, Brian | Time Out Of Mind | drums |
| Blake, Norman | Nashville Skyline | guit |
| Blakley, Ronee | Desire Live 1975 |
voc voc |
| Bloomfield, Michael | Highway 61 Revisited | guit |
| Blu, Peggi | Empire Bourlesque Knocked Out Loaded Down in the Groove |
voc voc voc |
| Bowens, Sir Harry | Under the Red Sky | voc |
| Britt, Robert | Time Out Of Mind | guit |
| Bromberg, David | New Morning | guit |
| Brooks, Harvey | New Morning | bass |
| Brown, Alexandra | Down in the Groove | voc |
| Brown, Tony | Blood On the Tracks | bass |
| Buckins, Mickey | Slow Train Coming | perc |
| Burke, Clem | Knocked Out Loaded | drums |
| Burke, Gary | Hard Rain | drums |
| Burn, Malcolm | Oh Mercy | tamb, key |
| Burnett, T-Bone | Hard Rain Knocked Out Loaded Live 1975 |
guit, piano guit guit |
| Butler, Wayne | Blonde On Blonde | trombone |
| Buttrey, Kenneth A. | Blonde On Blonde Nashville Skyline John Wesley Harding |
drums drums drums |
| Byrd, Debra | Empire Bourlesque | voc |
| Cage, Buddy | Blood On the Tracks | guit |
| Campbell, Larry | Love And Theft
Masked & Anonymous |
guit, violin, banjo, mandolin guit |
| Campbell, Mike | Empire Bourlesque Knocked Out Loaded Together Through Life |
guit guit guit, mandolin |
| Cash, Johnny | Nashville Skyline | voc, guit |
| Cashdollar, Cindy | Time Out Of Mind | slide guit |
| Chops | Empire Bourlesque | horns |
| Clark, Alan | Infidels Empire Bourlesque Down in the Groove |
key key key |
| Cornelius, Ron | New Morning | guit |
| Cortese, Dom | Desire | acc |
| Cropper, Steve | Anniversary Concert | guit |
| Crosby, David | Under the Red Sky | voc |
| Cross, Billy | Street Legal At Budokan |
guit guit |
| Da Costa, Paulinho | Under the Red Sky | percs |
| Daniels, Charlie | New Morning Nashville Skyline |
bass bass |
| Danko, Rick | Blonde On Blonde The Basement Tapes Planet Waves Before the Flood Bootleg Series Vol. 4 |
bass, violin, voc bass, mandolin, voc bass bass, voc bass, voc |
| Dennis, Carolyn | Shot of Love Slow Train Coming Street Legal Empire Bourlesque Knocked Out Loaded Down in the Groove |
voc voc voc voc voc voc |
| Dickenson, Jim | Time Out Of Mind | key, org |
| Dopsie, Rockin | Oh Mercy | org |
| Douglas, Steve | Shot of Love Street Legal At Budokan Knocked Out Loaded |
sax sax sax, flute, recorder sax |
| Drake, Pete | Nashville Skyline John Wesley Harding |
guit guit |
| Drummond, Tim | Shot of Love Slow Train Coming Saved |
bass bass bass |
| Dunbar, Sly | Infidels Empire Bourlesque Down in the Groove |
drums, percs drums drums |
| Dunn, Donald “Duck” | Shot of Love Anniversary Concert |
bass bass |
| Dye, Debi | At Budokan | voc |
| East, Nathan | Down in the Groove | bass |
| Epstein, Howie | Empire Bourlesque Knocked Out Loaded |
bass bass |
| Feiten, Buzzy | New Morning | guit |
| Fig, Anton | Empire Bourlesque Knocked Out Loaded Anniversary Concert |
drums drums drums |
| Ford, Robben | Under the Red Sky | guit |
| Fortina, Carl | Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid | harmonium |
| Foster, Gary | Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid | recorder, flute |
| Freeman, Denny | Modern Times | guit |
| Froom, Mitchell | Down in the Groove | key |
| Full Force | Down in the Groove | voc |
| Gabriel, Milton | Knocked Out Loaded | drums |
| Garcia, Jerry | Down in the Groove Dylan & The Dead |
voc guit, voc |
| Garnier, Tony | MTV Unplugged Time Out Of Mind Love And Theft Masked & Anonymous Modern Times Together Through Life |
bass bass bass bass bass bass |
| Glaub, Bob | Empire Bourlesque | bass |
| Goldstein, Harvey | Highway 61 Revisited | bass |
| Green, Willie | Down in the Groove Oh Mercy |
voc drums |
| Gregg, Bobby | Highway 61 Revisited | drums |
| Griffin, Paul | Blonde On Blonde Highway 61 Revisited Blood On the Tracks |
piano piano, org org |
| Grombacher, Myron | Down in the Groove | drums |
| Hall, Bobbye | Street Legal At Budokan |
perc perc |
| Hall, Tony | Oh Mercy | bass |
| Harris, Emmylou | Desire | voc |
| Harris, Hilda | New Morning | voc |
| Harris, Jo Ann | Street Legal At Budokan |
voc voc |
| Harrison, George | Under the Red Sky Anniversary Concert |
guit voc, guit |
| Hart, John | Oh Mercy | sax |
| Havis, Regina | Slow Train Coming Saved |
voc voc |
| Heffington, Don | Empire Bourlesque Knocked Out Loaded |
drums drums |
| Helm, Levon | The Basement Tapes
Planet Waves |
drums, mandolin, bass, voc drums drums, voc |
| Hendrix, Muffy | Knocked Out Loaded | voc |
| Herron, Donnie | Modern Times Together Through Life |
guit, violin guit, banjo, mandolin, trumpet |
| Hidalgo, David | Together Through Life | acc, guit |
| Hill, Beau | Down in the Groove | Key |
| Hornsby, Bruce | Under the Red Sky | piano |
| Hudson, Garth | Blonde On Blonde The Basement Tapes Planet Waves |
key, sax org, clavinette, acc, sax piano org clavinette, org |
| Hunter, Carol | Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid | guit, voc |
| Ingber, Ira | Knocked Out Loaded | guit |
| Jackson, John “J.J.” | MTV Unplugged | guit |
| Jackson, Randy | Down in the Groove Under the Red Sky |
bass bass |
| Jamerson, James, Jr. | Knocked Out Loaded | bass |
| John, Elton | Under the Red Sky | piano |
| Johnson, Bashiri | Empire Bourlesque | percs |
| Johnson, Daryl | Oh Mercy | percs |
| Jolivet, Larry | Oh Mercy | bass |
| Jones, Booker T. | Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid | bass |
| Jones, Mickey | Bootleg Series Vol. 4 | drums |
| Jones, Philip Lyn | Knocked Out Loaded | conga |
| Jones, Priscilla | Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid | voc |
| Jones, Steve | Down in the Groove | guit |
| Jordan, Steve | Down in the Groove | drums |
| Katz, Fred | Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid | cello |
| Keltner, Jim | Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid Saved Shot of Love Empire Bourlesque Anniversary Concert Time Out Of Mind |
drums drums drums drums drums drums |
| Kemper, David | Time Out Of Mind Love And Theft |
drums drums |
| Kennedy, Jerry | Blonde On Blonde | guit |
| Kimball, Stuart | Empire Bourlesque Modern Times |
guit guit |
| King, Bobby | Down in the Groove | voc |
| King, Clydie | Saved Shot of Love Down in the Groove |
voc voc voc |
| Klein, Larry | Down in the Groove | bass |
| Knopfler, Mark | Slow Train Coming Infidels Down in the Groove |
guit guit guit |
| Konikoff, Sanford “Sandy” | Blonde On Blonde | drums |
| Kooper, Al | Highway 61 Revisited Blonde On Blonde New Morning Knocked Out Loaded Under the Red Sky Anniversary Concert |
org, piano org, guit, horn, key org, piano, guit, horn key key, org org |
| Kortchmar, Danny | Shot of Love Down in the Groove |
guit guit |
| Kreutzmann, Bill | Dylan & The Dead | drums |
| Kunkel, Russ | Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid New Morning |
tamb drums |
| Langhorn, Bruce | Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid | guit |
| Lanois, Daniel | Oh Mercy Time Out Of Mind |
guit guit |
| Lesh, Phil | Dylan & The Dead | bass |
| Lindley, David | Under the Red Sky | guit |
| Luther | Desire | congas |
| Lynch, Stan | Knocked Out Loaded Anniversary Concert |
drums percs |
| Madaio, Steve | Knocked Out Loaded | trumpet |
| Mangurian, Tony | Time Out Of Mind | percs |
| Mansfield, David | Street Legal Hard Rain At Budokan Live 1975 |
violin, mandolin guit guit, violin, mandolin guit, mandolin, violin |
| Manuel, Richard | Blonde On Blonde The Basement Tapes Planet Waves Bootleg Series Vol. 4 |
drums, key, voc piano, drums, harm, voc drums, piano piano, drums, org, voc piano |
| Marrow, Queen Esther | Empire Bourlesque Knocked Out Loaded |
voc voc |
| McCoy, Charles | Highway 61 Revisited Blonde On Blonde Nashville Skyline |
guit bass, guit, harm, trumpet bass bass |
| McCrary, Regina | Shot of Love | voc |
| McGuiness, Syd | Empire Bourlesque | guit |
| McGuinn, Roger | Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid Anniversary Concert Live 1975 |
guit voc, guit guit, voc |
| McKenzie, John | Knocked Out Loaded | bass |
| McLagen, Ian | Real Live | key |
| McMurray, David | Under the Red Sky | sax |
| Melamed, Vince | Knocked Out Loaded | key |
| Meyers, Auggie | Time Out Of Mind Love And Theft |
org, acc org, acc |
| Meyers, Larry | Knocked Out Loaded | mandolin |
| Michel, Ted | Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid | cello |
| Mitchell, Donald Ray | Under the Red Sky | voc |
| Moss, Wayne | Blonde On Blonde | guit, voc |
| Muhoberac, Jaimie | Under the Red Sky | org |
| Mundi, Billy | New Morning | drums |
| Muscle Shoals Horns | Slow Train Coming | horns |
| Mydland, Brent | Down in the Groove Dylan & The Dead |
voc key |
| Neuwirth, Bobby | Live 1975 | guit, voc |
| Neville, Cyril | Oh Mercy | perc |
| O’Brien, Brendan | MTV Unplugged | org |
| Oldham, Spooner | Saved | key |
| Owens, Frank | Highway 61 Revisited | piano |
| Paris, John | Empire Bourlesque Knocked Out Loaded |
bass bass |
| Parris, Brian | Knocked Out Loaded | drums |
| Pasqua, Alan | Street Legal, At Budokan | key, key |
| Patterson, Brenda | Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid | voc |
| Paul, Terry | Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid | bass, voc |
| Perkins, Al | Knocked Out Loaded | guit |
| Perlman, Ted | Empire Bourlesque | guit |
| Petty, Tom | Knocked Out Loaded Anniversary Concert |
guit voc, guit |
| Pickhardt, Carl | Shot of Love | piano |
| Pounds, Raymond Lee | Knocked Out Loaded | key, drums |
| Quebec, Madelyn | Shot of Love Empire Bourlesque Knocked Out Loaded Down in the Groove |
voc voc voc voc, key |
| Recile, George | Modern Times Masked & Anonymous Together Through Life |
drums drums drums |
| Ripley, Steve | Shot of Love | guit |
| Rivera, Scarlet | Desire Hard Rain Live 1975 |
violin strings violin |
| Rix, Luther | Live 1975 | drums, perc |
| Robbins, Hargus | Blonde On Blonde | piano, key |
| Robertson, Jaime | Blonde On Blonde | |
| Robertson, Robbie | Blonde On Blonde The Basement Tapes Planet Waves Before the Flood Bootleg Series Vol. 4 |
guit, voc guit, drums, voc guit guit, voc guit |
| Robillard, Duke | Time Out Of Mind | guit |
| Robinson, Albertine | New Morning | voc |
| Roger, Jolly | Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid | banjo |
| Ronson, Mick | Hard Rain Live 1975 |
guit guit |
| Rubin, Jr., Alton | Oh Mercy | drums |
| Ruffner, Mason | Oh Mercy | guit |
| San Filippo, Vito | Knocked Out Loaded | bass |
| Santana, Carlos | Real Live | guit |
| Savakus, Russ | Highway 61 Revisited | bass |
| Savigar, Kevin | Down in the Groove | key |
| Scheff, Jerry | Street Legal | bass |
| Scher, Richard | Empire Bourlesque | key |
| Sealove, Carl | Knocked Out Loaded | bass |
| Sexton, Charlie | Love And Theft Masked & Anonymous |
guit guit |
| Seymour, Patrick | Knocked Out Loaded | key |
| Shakespeare, Robbie | Infidels Empire Bourlesque Down in the Groove |
bass bass bass |
| Shelton, Stephen | Down in the Groove | drums, key |
| Sherman, Jack | Knocked Out Loaded | guit |
| Simonon, Paul | Down in the Groove | bass |
| Slash | Under the Red Sky | guit |
| Smith, G.E. (George Edward) | Anniversary Concert | guit |
| Smith, W.M. “Smitty” | Shot of Love | org |
| Soles, Steven | Desire Street Legal Hard Rain At Budokan Live 1975 |
voc guit guit, voc guit, voc guit, voc |
| South, Joe | Blonde On Blonde | guit |
| Spinetti, Henry | Down in the Groove | drums |
| Springs, Helena | Slow Train Coming Street Legal At Budokan |
voc voc voc |
| Starr, Ringo | Shot of Love | drums |
| Stewart, Dave | Knocked Out Loaded | guit |
| Stewart, Maeretha | New Morning | voc |
| Stoltz, Brian | Oh Mercy | guit |
| Stoner, Rob | Desire Hard Rain At Budokan Live 1975 |
bass, voc bass, voc bass, voc bass |
| Strzelecki, Henry | Blonde On Blonde | bass |
| Sutton, Greg | Real Live | bass |
| Synegal, Paul | Oh Mercy | guit |
| Tackett, Fred | Saved Shot of Love |
guit guit |
| Taylor, Mick | Infidels Real Live Empire Bourlesque |
guit guit guit |
| Tench, Benmont | Shot of Love Empire Bourlesque Knocked Out Loaded |
key key key |
| Thomas, Annette May | Knocked Out Loaded | voc |
| Traum, Happy | Greatest Hits, Vol II | bass, guit, voc |
| Urban Blight Horns | Empire Bourlesque | horns |
| Vaughan, Jimmie | Under the Red Sky | guit |
| Vaughan, Stevie Ray | Under the Red Sky | guit |
| Wachtel, Robert “Waddy” | Under the Red Sky | guit |
| Wallace, Ian | Street Legal At Budokan |
drums drums |
| Was, David | Under the Red Sky | voc |
| Was, Don | Under the Red Sky | bass |
| Watson, David | Empire Bourlesque | sax |
| Watson, Winston | MTV Unplugged Time Out Of Mind |
drums drums |
| Weir, Bob | Down in the Groove, Dylan & The Dead | voc, guit |
| Weiss, Donna | Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid | voc |
| Wellstood, Dick | Biograph | piano |
| Winger, Kip | Down in the Groove | bass |
| Withers, Pick | Slow Train Coming | drums |
| Wood, Ron | Shot of Love Empire Bourlesque Knocked Out Loaded Down in the Groove |
guit guit guit bass |
| Wright, Elisecia | Knocked Out Loaded | voc |
| Wyeth, Howie | Desire Hard Rain Live 1975 |
drums drums, piano drums, piano |
| Young, Mona Lisa | Saved | voc |
| Young, Neil | Anniversary Concert | voc, guit |
| Young, Terry | Saved | key, voc |