Four handwritten versions of Dylan’s “Blowin’ in the Wind” are known to exist; the one hitting the block at Sotheby’s, estimated to sell for between $300,000 and $500,000, is the July 1962 version used by Dylan to record The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan track. … [Read more...] about John Lennon’s ‘Sgt. Pepper’s’ Piano, Bob Dylan Lyric Sheets Head to Auction
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The House That Hendrix Built: Inside the Birth of the Record Plant
The recording of Dylan’s “All Along the Watchtower” was less spontaneous, and targeted for airplay. Originally recorded in England, “Watchtower” was reworked countless times at Record Plant through the summer of 1968, with Hendrix trying out numerous sidemen and laying down multiple versions of the same solo. Hendrix cut all the vocals for the solo in New York, shyly hiding behind a three-panel screen in the studio when he sang. Kramer’s name is on the tape box of the final mix, though Kellgren confidant and former Band of Gypsys sax player Jimmy Robinson feels that “Gary’s sounds are all over that record.” … [Read more...] about The House That Hendrix Built: Inside the Birth of the Record Plant
Jimi Hendrix’s ‘Electric Ladyland’: 10 Things You Didn’t Know
Experience bassist Noel Redding was also extremely unhappy about the festivities surrounding the sessions, as well as the fact that Hendrix — in his quest to get everything exactly like he heard it in his head — had decided to play bass on many of the album’s tracks, thus leaving Redding with little to do. “I took it out on Jimi,” Redding wrote in his autobiography, Are You Experienced?, “letting him know what I thought of the scene he was building around himself. There were tons of people in the studio, you couldn’t even move. It was a party, not a session. He just said, ‘Relax, man …’ I’d been relaxing for months, so I relaxed my way right out of the place, not caring if I ever saw him again.” Redding would eventually return to the sessions (even singing lead on “Little Miss Strange,” a track he’d penned that Hendrix dug enough to include on the album), but Chandler was gone for good. … [Read more...] about Jimi Hendrix’s ‘Electric Ladyland’: 10 Things You Didn’t Know
Bruce Springsteen Pays Tribute to ‘National Treasure’ John Prine: ‘Songwriter For the Ages’
Over here on E Street, we are crushed by the loss of John Prine. John and I were "New Dylans" together in the early 70s and he was never anything but the lovliest guy in the world. A true national treasure and a songwriter for the ages. We send our love and prayers to his family. … [Read more...] about Bruce Springsteen Pays Tribute to ‘National Treasure’ John Prine: ‘Songwriter For the Ages’
John Prine, One of America’s Greatest Songwriters, Dead at 73
Prine’s offbeat odyssey continued with Pink Cadillac, a rockabilly album he made with Sam Phillips and Phillips’ sons Jerry and Knox. By 1982, Prine decided to follow the path of his friend Goodman and start his own label, Oh Boy Records, with Bunetta. Following a Christmas single, “I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus”/”Silver Bells,” Prine’s first LP release was 1984’s Aimless Love. The business model, with fans sending in checks by mail, was a success, and early proof that singer-songwriters could survive without the support of a major label. “He created the job I have,” said songwriter Todd Snider, who released his early albums on Oh Boy. “Especially when he went to his own label, and started doing it with his own family and team. Before him, there was nothing for someone like Jason Isbell to aspire to, besides maybe Springsteen.” … [Read more...] about John Prine, One of America’s Greatest Songwriters, Dead at 73
