Hey Guys the video from the shoot for Dreaming of You is up here. Different seeing all the pieces put together. Wish they would have used the shot of Harry playing guitar in the desert between shoots.
Hey Guys the video for Dreaming of You is up here. Different seeing all the pieces put together. Wish they would have used the shot of Harry playing guitar in the desert.
Perhaps you are interested (perhaps not), but the lead guitarist of your favorite singer is none other than Stu Kimball. Stu was a Wayfer for years - a really nice guy. He was in the band "Face-to-Face" that at one time was all Wayfers or former ones.
He is mentioned and there are photos of him on Dylan's website.
He has his own website somewhere - something like Stukimball.com. I'll try to find it.
Everyone cheers when an unsung hero gets a break. After years of paying his Boston dues, guitarist Stu Kimball has recently been hired to back Bob Dylan on tour. Translation: Kimball has suddenly moved up from playing the Lizard Lounge and Toad in Cambridge to playing Bonnaroo and wherever else Dylan's so-called "Never Ending Tour" goes. He has done 30 shows so far and got to jam with Rolling Stone Ron Wood when Wood jumped up one night with Dylan.
"It's an honor, but I can't really say much more about it," says Kimball, who takes the Fifth if you probe him about the notoriously private Dylan.
Still, it is indeed an honor for Kimball, who has been one of the most beloved musicians in Boston. He has worked with Peter Wolf (co-producing Wolf's "Long Line" album), and with the Twinemen, the Laurie Sargent Band, Face to Face, Bigtown, and the Martha's Vineyard group Drawn Butter. Kimball has also backed Carly Simon.
But landing the Dylan gig -- which he got through an audition -- is the biggest break of his career. "It's always great to play with supremely talented musicians," says Kimball, who will be with the group Sunday when Dylan and Willie Nelson headline Campanelli Stadium in Brockton.
Meanwhile, many Boston performers can't say enough good things about Kimball, a New Hampshire native who first came to Boston in the early '80s with Face to Face, which included singer Sargent and drummer Billy Beard, who now books the Lizard Lounge and Toad.
"Stu was like the musical guru of our school," says Sargent, who has known him since they attended high school in Hopkinton, N.H. "We don't really have to talk about playing together because we're so used to each other."
"When we found out that Stu got the Dylan gig, nobody cheered louder than us," says drummer Billy Conway of the Twinemen. "Just being near it has been enough for all of us." (Kimball came back and joined the Twinemen last week at the Middle East.)
"Stu is one of the most soulful musicians I have ever played with," says saxophonist Dana Colley, who is also in the Twinemen. "When he plays, it just comes from within. He's a musician's musician, that's for sure."
The self-taught Kimball started playing guitar at age 10 and then became hooked on Jimi Hendrix, the Stones, and the Beatles. "I've always gravitated to players who made their instrument talk," he says. "When I was younger, it was Hendrix. And it's always been Keith Richards of the Stones. And one of my favorite modern-day players is Mike Campbell with Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers."
Kimball's history with Dylan actually goes back to 1985 when Kimball played guitar on "When the Night Comes Falling from the Sky," a track on Dylan's "Empire Burlesque" album. Kimball also played with some of Dylan's backup musicians when they assisted on Wolf's last album, "Sleepless."
"I first met Stu back in the Face to Face days," says Wolf, whom Kimball considers his best friend. "We've shared many long nights together playing music until dawn and then doing it again. He's a comrade in arms."
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thanks belle i love dylan
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Thanks Belle!
Im about 1/2 way through the first disc and Im lovin it
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Thank you ((((Belle)))),
I love Dylan, it is so very easy to become totally absorbed in his music!!! This is some of the best in every aspect that He has ever done!
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Hey Guys the video from the shoot for Dreaming of You is up here. Different seeing all the pieces put together. Wish they would have used the shot of Harry playing guitar in the desert between shoots.
Video Here
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Thanks for the link (((WD)))!!!
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Belle,
Perhaps you are interested (perhaps not), but the lead guitarist of your favorite singer is none other than Stu Kimball. Stu was a Wayfer for years - a really nice guy. He was in the band "Face-to-Face" that at one time was all Wayfers or former ones.
He is mentioned and there are photos of him on Dylan's website.
He has his own website somewhere - something like Stukimball.com. I'll try to find it.
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ROCK NOTES
Kimball’s career is a-changin’
By Steve Morse, Globe Staff | August 6, 2004
Everyone cheers when an unsung hero gets a break. After years of paying his Boston dues, guitarist Stu Kimball has recently been hired to back Bob Dylan on tour. Translation: Kimball has suddenly moved up from playing the Lizard Lounge and Toad in Cambridge to playing Bonnaroo and wherever else Dylan's so-called "Never Ending Tour" goes. He has done 30 shows so far and got to jam with Rolling Stone Ron Wood when Wood jumped up one night with Dylan.
"It's an honor, but I can't really say much more about it," says Kimball, who takes the Fifth if you probe him about the notoriously private Dylan.
Still, it is indeed an honor for Kimball, who has been one of the most beloved musicians in Boston. He has worked with Peter Wolf (co-producing Wolf's "Long Line" album), and with the Twinemen, the Laurie Sargent Band, Face to Face, Bigtown, and the Martha's Vineyard group Drawn Butter. Kimball has also backed Carly Simon.
But landing the Dylan gig -- which he got through an audition -- is the biggest break of his career. "It's always great to play with supremely talented musicians," says Kimball, who will be with the group Sunday when Dylan and Willie Nelson headline Campanelli Stadium in Brockton.
Meanwhile, many Boston performers can't say enough good things about Kimball, a New Hampshire native who first came to Boston in the early '80s with Face to Face, which included singer Sargent and drummer Billy Beard, who now books the Lizard Lounge and Toad.
"Stu was like the musical guru of our school," says Sargent, who has known him since they attended high school in Hopkinton, N.H. "We don't really have to talk about playing together because we're so used to each other."
"When we found out that Stu got the Dylan gig, nobody cheered louder than us," says drummer Billy Conway of the Twinemen. "Just being near it has been enough for all of us." (Kimball came back and joined the Twinemen last week at the Middle East.)
"Stu is one of the most soulful musicians I have ever played with," says saxophonist Dana Colley, who is also in the Twinemen. "When he plays, it just comes from within. He's a musician's musician, that's for sure."
The self-taught Kimball started playing guitar at age 10 and then became hooked on Jimi Hendrix, the Stones, and the Beatles. "I've always gravitated to players who made their instrument talk," he says. "When I was younger, it was Hendrix. And it's always been Keith Richards of the Stones. And one of my favorite modern-day players is Mike Campbell with Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers."
Kimball's history with Dylan actually goes back to 1985 when Kimball played guitar on "When the Night Comes Falling from the Sky," a track on Dylan's "Empire Burlesque" album. Kimball also played with some of Dylan's backup musicians when they assisted on Wolf's last album, "Sleepless."
"I first met Stu back in the Face to Face days," says Wolf, whom Kimball considers his best friend. "We've shared many long nights together playing music until dawn and then doing it again. He's a comrade in arms."
© Copyright 2006 Globe Newspaper Company.
PS
I always liked the song when the Night comes falling from the Sky It always reminded me of a response to Craigs loyalty letter with lyrics like
I saw thousands who could have overcome the darkness,
For the love of a lousy buck, I've watched them die.
Stick around, baby, we're not through,
Don't look for me, I'll see you
When the night comes falling from the sky.
Well, I sent you my feelings in a letter
But you were gambling for support.
This time tomorrow I'll know you better
When my memory is not so short.
This time I'm asking for freedom,
Freedom from a world which you deny.
And you'll give it to me now,
I'll take it anyhow
When the night comes falling from the sky.
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