Musicians Gather for Dylan Benefit

The songs of Bob Dylan came to Gotham's Beacon Theater Wednesday night for the "I'm Not There" - The Music of Bob Dylan Benefit Concert. Dylan took the film's title to heart and was not at the event but a slew of well-known musicians including Jim James, The Roots, Al Kooper & Funky Faculty, Yo La Tengo with Stanley "Buckwheat" Dural and John Doe hit the stage to belt out a few well known anthems including "The Times They Are a-Changin,"  "A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall" and "All I Really Want to Do."

"No one has really mentioned Bob Dylan tonight," Doe said before beginning his song set. "He is probably out there tonight performing on some stage and that makes me happy."

"I'm Not There" helmer Todd Haynes and pic's thesps Bruce Greenwood and a barely audible, gum chewing Heath Ledger presented bands while fellow actor Marcus Carl Franklin performed. (A. Morfoot)