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Aug 28, 2015, 5:59 PM
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Forest Hills and the Hollywood Bowl: The Days after Bob Dylan Went Electric
Playing Forest Hills and the Hollywood Bowl shortly after the rock legend committed the sin of electric guitar
Jul 28, 2015, 11:44 PM
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Highway 61 Revisited: 50 years later
A detail from the cover of Bob Dylan's Highway 61 Revisited
Bass guitarist Harvey Brooks was only 21 when he got the call to play on Highway 61 Revisited. 50 years later, Brooks recalls the sessions, and the creative genius of Bob Dylan, an artist at work
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Harvey Brooks is an American bassist who now lives in Israel. Brooks played on two highly influential records, Bob Dylan's Highway 61 Revisited and Miles Davis's Bitches Brew. He is the founding member of 60s group The Electric Flag, was a session-man for The Doors and Donald Fagen, and produced artists as diverse as Karen Dalton, QuickSilver Messenger Service, and former congressman John Hall (of the band Orleans). Brooks and his wife Bonnie moved to Israel in 2009.