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Rufus "Speedy" Jones (May 27, 1936 – April 25, 1990) was an American jazz drummer from Charleston, South Carolina. Starting out on trumpet, Jones switched to drums at the age of 13. He worked with Lionel Hampton in 1954 before being drafted.
Drummer Rufus "Speedy" Jones led a quintet in the period 1963–64; this led to the recording of Five on Eight. [1] The album was produced by Elliot Mezer. [2]
It was written by Dylan and Jacques Levy, who collaborated with Dylan on most of the songs on the album. Like another long song on the album, " Hurricane ", "Joey" is biographical. It tells the story of the life and death of mobster Joey Gallo , who was killed on his birthday at Umberto's Clam House in Little Italy , on April 7, 1972.
Bob Dylan (born Robert Allen Zimmerman on May 24, 1941) is an American singer–songwriter, author, poet, and painter who has been a major figure in popular music for more than five decades. Many major recording artists have covered Dylan's material, some even increasing a song's popularity as is the case with the Byrds ' cover version of " Mr ...
Bob Dylan (legally Robert Dylan; [3] born Robert Allen Zimmerman, May 24, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter. Considered one of the greatest songwriters of all time, [ 4 ] [ 5 ] [ 6 ] Dylan has been a major figure in popular culture over his 60-year career.
Bob Dylan performed "Cold Irons Bound" 423 times on the Never Ending Tour between 1997 and 2011. [13] A concert version, recorded in Los Angeles on Dec. 16, 1997, appeared on various " Love Sick " single releases in 1998, as well as on the compilation Live 1961-2000: Thirty-Nine Years of Great Concert Performances , released in Japan in 2001.
"Song for Bob Dylan" is a song written by the English singer-songwriter David Bowie for his 1971 album Hunky Dory. The song references Bob Dylan 's 1962 homage to Woody Guthrie , " Song to Woody ". [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Yet while Dylan opens with "Hey, hey, Woody Guthrie, I wrote you a song," Bowie addresses Dylan by his birth name saying, "Now, hear ...
Nashville Skyline is the ninth studio album by the American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan, released on April 9, 1969, by Columbia Records as LP record, reel-to-reel tape and audio cassette. Building on the rustic style he experimented with on John Wesley Harding , Nashville Skyline displayed a complete immersion into country music .