Bob Neuwirth
Born June 20, 1939(1939-06-20)
Origin Akron, Ohio, USA
Bob Neuwirth is an American singer, songwriter, record producer and visual artist. A mainstay of the early 1960s Cambridge, Massachusetts, folk scene, he subsequently became a friend and associate of Bob Dylan alongside whom he appears in D.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 1975 Rolling Thunder Revue.) With Janis Joplin and poet Michael McClure, he co-wrote the song "Mercedes Benz". Is also believed to be the inspiration for the Janis Joplin song "Me & Bobby McGee" written by Kris Kristofferson.
Discography
Bob Neuwirth (1974)
Back to the Front (1988)
99 Monkeys (1990)
Look Up (1996)
Havana Midnight (1999)
www.bobneuwirth.com