{"id":5521,"date":"2017-05-13T17:37:12","date_gmt":"2017-05-13T17:37:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/2017\/05\/13\/saturday-night-at-the-oldies-session-players-and-sidemen-bruce-langhorne\/"},"modified":"2017-05-13T17:37:12","modified_gmt":"2017-05-13T17:37:12","slug":"saturday-night-at-the-oldies-session-players-and-sidemen-bruce-langhorne","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/2017\/05\/13\/saturday-night-at-the-oldies-session-players-and-sidemen-bruce-langhorne\/","title":{"rendered":"Saturday Night at the Oldies: Session Players and Sidemen: Bruce Langhorne"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Langhorne\"<\/a>We raise our glasses tonight in tribute to the unsung session players who added so much to our Boomer soundtrack. Back in the '60s we assiduous readers of liner notes came across the name 'Bruce Langhorne' again and again. The mood of so many of those memorable tunes by Dylan, Baez, Peter, Paul, and Mary, Richard and Mimi Farina, Carolyn Hester and others was made by his unobtrusive guitar leads and fills. With his passing at age 78 last month, Langhorne<\/a> (on the far left) is unsung no more.  Here are some tunes which feature Langhorne's work and some that don't.<\/span><\/p>\n

Peter, Paul, and Mary, For Lovin' Me<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Odetta, The Times They Are A'Changin<\/a>'.  I think Langhorne is playing on this one. Not sure.<\/span><\/p>\n

Richard and Mimi Farina, Reno, Nevada<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Joan Baez, Daddy, You've Been on My Mind<\/a>. The voice of an angel, the words of a poet, and Langhorne's guitar.<\/span><\/p>\n

Joan Baez, It's All Over Now, Baby Blue<\/a>. The voice of an angel, the words of a poet, and Langhorne's guitar.<\/span><\/p>\n

Joan Baez, A Hard Rain's A Gonna Fall<\/a>. The voice of an angel, the words of a poet, and Langhorne's guitar. The incredible mood of this version, especially the intro, is made by Langhorne and the bass of Russ Savakus, another well-known session player from those days. I've been listening to this song since '65 and it gives me chills every time. <\/span><\/p>\n

Carolyn Hester, I'll Fly Away<\/a>.  Dylan on harp, a little rough and ragged. Langhorne on guitar? Not sure.<\/span><\/p>\n

Joan Baez and her sister, Mimi Farina, Catch the Wind<\/a>. Fabulous.<\/span><\/p>\n

Joan Baez, Boots of Spanish Leather<\/a>.  Nanci Griffith also does a good job<\/a> with this Dylan classic.<\/span> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We raise our glasses tonight in tribute to the unsung session players who added so much to our Boomer soundtrack. Back in the '60s we assiduous readers of liner notes came across the name 'Bruce Langhorne' again and again. The mood of so many of those memorable tunes by Dylan, Baez, Peter, Paul, and Mary, … Continue reading “Saturday Night at the Oldies: Session Players and Sidemen: Bruce Langhorne”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5521","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5521","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5521"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5521\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5521"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5521"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5521"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}