Bob Neuwirth

by Bob Neuwirth

Overview

Until the release of his debut album, Bob Neuwirth was best known as a professional sidekick to Bob Dylan (see the movie Don't Look Back) and the co-author of Janis Joplin's "Mercedes Benz." As the album's guest list (which includes Rita Coolidge, Cass Elliot, Don Everly, Richie Furay, Chris Hillman, Booker T. Jones, Kris Kristofferson, Ian Matthews, and Dusty Springfield among many others) indicates, Neuwirth had a lot of friends in the music business. Taken together, though, they just about drown him out. Bob Neuwirth is a country-rock collection in which Neuwirth's wispy voice, sounding a little like Willie Nelson's, is sometimes hard to discern amid the band the backup singers, the horns, and the strings. By the end, Neuwirth revamps the lyrics to "Mercedes Benz" in the one verse he bothers to sing, altering its "no help from my friends" line to acknowledge his army of buddies. Sounds like the session was a lot more fun than the results. ~ William Ruhlmann

Product Details

Release Date:	09/27/2024
Label:	Sunset Blvd Records
UPC:	0708535705123
Rank:	226877

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Bob Neuwirth   Primary Artist,Vocals
Kris Kristofferson   Guest Artist
Booker T. Jones   Guest Artist
Chris Hillman   Guest Artist
Dusty Springfield   Guest Artist
Ian Matthews   Guest Artist
Don Everly   Guest Artist
Rita Coolidge   Guest Artist
Clifford Solomon   Sax (Tenor)
Clifford Scott   Sax (Tenor)
Plas Johnson   Sax (Baritone)
Rick Mitchell   Trumpet
Donald Cooke   Trombone
Blue Mitchell   Trumpet
Jerry Jumonville   Sax (Tenor)
Jimmie Haskell   Conductor

Technical Credits

Clydie King   Art Direction
Dusty Springfield   Art Direction
Ben Keith   Composer,Art Direction
Janis Joplin   Composer
Anthony Reale   Engineer
Donnie Fritts   Composer,Art Direction
Danny Weis   Art Direction
Richard Greene & Beryl Marriott   Art Direction
Steve Mantoani   Assistant Engineer
Bobby Lichtig   Art Direction
Glen Christensen   Art Direction
Timothy B. Schmit   Art Direction
Fritz Richmond   Art Direction
Bob Neuwirth   Composer,Direction
Ian Matthews   Art Direction
Booker T. Jones   Art Direction
Kris Kristofferson   Composer,Art Direction
Don Everly   Art Direction
Patrick Roques   Art Direction
Jeff Baxter   Art Direction
Roger McGuinn   Composer
Jerry Jumonville   Arranger,Horn Arrangements
Troy Seals   Composer
Stephen Bruton   Art Direction
Terry Paul   Art Direction
Bobby Charles   Composer
Chris Hillman   Art Direction
Don Gibson   Composer
Cass Elliot   Art Direction
Rita Coolidge   Art Direction
John Beland   Art Direction
Cory Wells   Art Direction
Jimmie Haskell   Arranger,String Arrangements
Priscilla Coolidge   Art Direction
Jerry McGee   Art Direction
Richie Furay   Art Direction
Mike Utley   Art Direction
Murray McLauchlan   Composer
Sammy Creason   Art Direction
Thomas Jefferson Kaye   Producer,Art Direction