- Bob Neuwirth
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Name = Bob Neuwirth
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Birth_name = Robert Neuwirth
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Born = birth date|1939|6|20
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Origin = Akron,Ohio , USA
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Notable_instruments =Guitar Bob Neuwirth is an American
singer ,songwriter ,record producer and visual artist. A mainstay of the early 1960sCambridge, Massachusetts , folk scene, he subsequently became a friend and associate ofBob Dylan alongside whom he appears inD.A. Pennebaker 's documentary "Dont Look Back " and Dylan's own self-referential romantic fantasy/tour film "Renaldo and Clara ". (Neuwirth assembled the backing band for Dylan's 1975Rolling Thunder Revue .) WithJanis Joplin and poetMichael McClure , he co-wrote the song "Mercedes Benz".Discography
*"Bob Neuwirth" (1974)
*"Back to the Front" (1988)
*"99 Monkeys" (1990)
*"Look Up" (1996)
*"Havana Midnight" (1999)with
John Cale *"Last Day on Earth" (1994)
References
*"Baby, Let Me Follow You Down: The Illustrated Story of the Cambridge Folk Years", by
Eric von Schmidt and Jim Rooney ISBN 0-385-14456-3External links
* [http://www.bobneuwirth.com Bob Neuwirth's home page]
* [http://www.oceanstar.com/patti/poetry/forbob.htm "for bob neuwirth"] , a poem byPatti Smith
* [http://www.cookephoto.com/neuwirth.html Photos of Neuwirth in the 1960s]
* [http://www.wirz.de/music/neuwdsc.htm Illustrated Bob Neuwirth discography]
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