To the public, Bob Dylan is an enigma, but the musicians who know him well say he has a solid sense of humor. Dylan takes his music seriously, but he also brings humor on stage and into the recording studio. He also likes to mess with the artists working with him. Here are three artists Dylan has purposely tried to throw off while playing together and their reactions.
Bob Dylan | Evening Standard/Getty Images Bucky Baxter: Bob Dylan embarrassed 1 of his backing musicians
Guitarist Bucky Baxter joined Dylan on tour in the 1990s. Just before playing a song, Dylan abruptly told Baxter to switch instruments.
“One night around that time, at Hammersmith, he was about to go into [his 1963 classic] ‘Don’t Think Twice, It’s Alright,’” Baxter told GQ. “He said, ‘Hey, Bucky! Play mandolin on this.’ I am not really a mandolin player; I could only play in certain keys.
Bob Dylan | Evening Standard/Getty Images Bucky Baxter: Bob Dylan embarrassed 1 of his backing musicians
Guitarist Bucky Baxter joined Dylan on tour in the 1990s. Just before playing a song, Dylan abruptly told Baxter to switch instruments.
“One night around that time, at Hammersmith, he was about to go into [his 1963 classic] ‘Don’t Think Twice, It’s Alright,’” Baxter told GQ. “He said, ‘Hey, Bucky! Play mandolin on this.’ I am not really a mandolin player; I could only play in certain keys.
- 3/2/2023
- by Emma McKee
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Bob Dylan and George Harrison first met in 1964 and worked together many times over the years. Harrison idolized Dylan, and Dylan had great respect for the former Beatle. Dylan trusted him enough that he messed with Harrison while recording a guitar solo. The resulting guitar part was Ok, but not up to Harrison’s usual standards. Dylan would have happily included it in the song but, luckily, Harrison and producer Don Was stepped in.
George Harrison and Bob Dylan | Richard Corkery/NY Daily News Archive via Getty Images Producer Don Was joined Bob Dylan and George Harrison in the studio
Was joined Dylan in the studio in 1989 after years of wanting to work with the prolific artist.
“All my life, I wanted to produce Bob Dylan,” the producer said on Southern Accents Radio, per Yahoo. “There came a day in 1989 when I was in the studio producing [him], and George Harrison...
George Harrison and Bob Dylan | Richard Corkery/NY Daily News Archive via Getty Images Producer Don Was joined Bob Dylan and George Harrison in the studio
Was joined Dylan in the studio in 1989 after years of wanting to work with the prolific artist.
“All my life, I wanted to produce Bob Dylan,” the producer said on Southern Accents Radio, per Yahoo. “There came a day in 1989 when I was in the studio producing [him], and George Harrison...
- 2/18/2023
- by Emma McKee
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Some musicians got early Christmas presents. The Grammys has announced the recipients of their 2021 Lifetime Achievement and Trustees Awards. The Lifetime Achievement honorees are performers who have made lasting contributions to the recording industry, while Trustees winners excelled in fields other than performance.
SEELuke James on his Grammy nomination for ‘To Feel Love/d’ and why this album felt like his ’emancipation’ [Exclusive Video Interview]
The Lifetime Achievement Awards will go to hip-hop pioneers Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five, jazz legend Lionel Hampton, opera singer Marilyn Horne, female rap groundbreakers Salt-n-Pepa, Tejano star Selena, and new wave pioneers Talking Heads. The awards for Hampton and Selena are posthumous.
Trustees Awards are going to veteran engineer Ed Cherney, legendary jazz composer Benny Golson and R&b producer and songwriter extraordinaire Kenny “Babyface” Edmonds. The award for Cherney is also posthumous.
Lastly, Daniel Weiss was chosen to receive a Technical Award for advancing digital...
SEELuke James on his Grammy nomination for ‘To Feel Love/d’ and why this album felt like his ’emancipation’ [Exclusive Video Interview]
The Lifetime Achievement Awards will go to hip-hop pioneers Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five, jazz legend Lionel Hampton, opera singer Marilyn Horne, female rap groundbreakers Salt-n-Pepa, Tejano star Selena, and new wave pioneers Talking Heads. The awards for Hampton and Selena are posthumous.
Trustees Awards are going to veteran engineer Ed Cherney, legendary jazz composer Benny Golson and R&b producer and songwriter extraordinaire Kenny “Babyface” Edmonds. The award for Cherney is also posthumous.
Lastly, Daniel Weiss was chosen to receive a Technical Award for advancing digital...
- 12/24/2020
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
Talking Heads, Selena, Salt-N-Pepa and Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five are among the artists who will receive Lifetime Achievement Awards at the 63rd annual Grammys on January 31st, 2021.
The Recording Academy announced their Special Merit Awards honorees Tuesday, with opera singer Marilyn Horne and jazz drummer Lionel Hampton also receiving Lifetime Achievement Awards, while Kenny “Babyface” Edmonds, recording engineer Ed Cherney and jazz artist Benny Golson named Trustee Awards nominees.
“As we welcome the new class of Special Merit Award honorees, it gives us a chance to reward...
The Recording Academy announced their Special Merit Awards honorees Tuesday, with opera singer Marilyn Horne and jazz drummer Lionel Hampton also receiving Lifetime Achievement Awards, while Kenny “Babyface” Edmonds, recording engineer Ed Cherney and jazz artist Benny Golson named Trustee Awards nominees.
“As we welcome the new class of Special Merit Award honorees, it gives us a chance to reward...
- 12/23/2020
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
The Recording Academy announced on Monday that Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five, Lionel Hampton, Marilyn Horne, Salt-n- Pepa, Selena and the Talking Heads will be recipients of the organization’s Lifetime Achievement Awards. The presentations will take place during the 63rd annual Grammy Awards next month.
The Lifetime Achievement Award celebrates performers who have made outstanding contributions of artistic significance to the field of recording.
Other 2021 Special Merit Awards to be presented at the Jan. 31 ceremony include the Trustee Award to Ed Cherney, Benny Golson and Kenny “Babyface” Edmonds, as well as a Technical Grammy Award to Daniel Weiss.
The Trustees Award recognizes contributions in areas other than performance, and Technical Grammy Award recipients are individuals and companies that have made contributions of outstanding technical significance to the recording industry.
“As we welcome the new class of Special Merit Award honorees, it gives us a chance to reward and recognize...
The Lifetime Achievement Award celebrates performers who have made outstanding contributions of artistic significance to the field of recording.
Other 2021 Special Merit Awards to be presented at the Jan. 31 ceremony include the Trustee Award to Ed Cherney, Benny Golson and Kenny “Babyface” Edmonds, as well as a Technical Grammy Award to Daniel Weiss.
The Trustees Award recognizes contributions in areas other than performance, and Technical Grammy Award recipients are individuals and companies that have made contributions of outstanding technical significance to the recording industry.
“As we welcome the new class of Special Merit Award honorees, it gives us a chance to reward and recognize...
- 12/22/2020
- by Tom Tapp
- Deadline Film + TV
Cinemax's new retro crime series Quarry is based on a series of pulp stories by Max Allan Collins, an award-winning mystery novelist and comic-book writer best-known for Road to Perdition and the detective Ms. Tree. In 1976, Collins created the character of an ex-Marine sniper who becomes a hired killer; and since then the author has penned over a dozen books about his anonymous assassin, codenamed "Quarry."
In the Cinemax show, the character has a name, Mac Conway, and he's played by Logan Marshall-Green as a thorny loner, who feels alienated...
In the Cinemax show, the character has a name, Mac Conway, and he's played by Logan Marshall-Green as a thorny loner, who feels alienated...
- 9/7/2016
- Rollingstone.com
Singer-songwriter Charlie Greene’s music career may be just gaining steam, but his old-timey sound and family ties to to southern banjo music give this Atlanta native a certain edge. Greene released his album Wildfire Music earlier this year, and the work was produced by Ed Cherney, who has worked with greats like The Rolling Stones, Eric Clapton and Bob Dylan. But Green hasn’t sat idle since Wildfire Music’s release. Always writing and recording, Greene has just released a new track entitled “Lost & Found.” “Lost & Found deals with unexpected redemption. It’s about finding what you were looking for once...
- 8/9/2013
- Pastemagazine.com
Legendary punk band the Stooges have wrapped up their first album in five years. The ominously titled “Ready to Die” is the follow up to 2007’s “The Weirdness.” I was at Los Angeles studio Village Recorders last night and ran into Ed Cherney, who had just finished mixing the new album in his studio. He previously worked with Stooges leader Iggy Pop on his gold-certified album, 1990’s “Brick By Brick.” When asked how hard the album rocked, Cherney said, “It’s old-time Stooges. It’s raw. They’re great songs, but not necessarily big choruses. They’re the anti-christ of anthems.” We’re not sure what...
- 1/25/2013
- Hitfix
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