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Bruce Langhorne, Guitarist Who Inspired ‘Mr. Tambourine Man,’ Dies at 78
Bruce Langhorne, an intuitive guitarist who played a crucial role in the transition from folk music to folk-rock, notably through his work with Bob Dylan, died on Friday at his home in Venice, Calif. He was 78.
A close friend, Cynthia Riddle, said the cause was kidney failure.
From his pealing lead guitar on “Maggie’s Farm” to his liquid electric guitar lines on “Love Minus Zero/No Limit” and “She Belongs to Me,” Mr. Langhorne was best known for his playing on Mr. Dylan’s landmark 1965 album, “Bringing It All Back Home.” He also contributed hypnotic countermelodies to tracks like “Mr. Tambourine Man” and “It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue.”
“Bringing It All Back Home” proved a harbinger of ’60s folk-rock. Mr. Langhorne’s empathetic accompaniment, always stressing feeling over flash, animated all 11 of the album’s tracks.
In his 2004 memoir, “Chronicles,” Mr. Dylan said of Mr. Langhorne, “If you had Bruce playing with you, that’s all you would need to do just about anything.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/16/arts/music/bruce-langhorne-dead-guita...
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Thank you sir.
Thank you, Thom.
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Certainly one of the
Certainly one of the underrated and under appreciated musicians of an important cultural era. It was nice to see the Times do a write up for him.
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Do you have a favorite
Do you have a favorite recording of his, Thom?
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Man deserves 2 threads here
Man deserves 2 threads here.
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Sorry Mylar, I need to do a
Sorry Mylar, I need to do a better job of scanning the threads before posting.