Bob Dylan
Keyboardist Barry Goldberg
… Lifeless at 83
Printed January 23, 2025 11:27 AM PST
Barry Goldberg, a famend keyboardist who carried out with Bob Dylan, has died … the musician’s rep has confirmed.
The blues-rock performer died surrounded by his family members — together with spouse Gail and son Aram — in hospice care … 10 years after he was identified with non-Hodgkin lymphoma, a sort of blood most cancers.
Goldberg was a notable a part of the ’60s American music scene as a member of The Paul Butterfield Blues Band … famously supporting Dylan on the keyboard when the people legend debuted his new electrical sound on the 1965 Newport People Competition.
The efficiency — which was controversial on the time — was recreated within the 2024 biopic about Dylan’s life, “A Full Unknown,” and noticed actor Justin Levine painting Goldberg.
Dylan was famously booed for swapping his acoustic guitar for an electrical one … and for performing with an electrical band, which included Goldberg. Regardless of the criticism, Dylan and his band carried out “Like A Rolling Stone” for the primary time stay … and is now thought-about one of many biggest songs of all time.
Goldberg was additionally recognized for being a report producer, having labored on albums for Percy Sledge, Charlie Musselwhite, James Cotton, and The Textones. He additionally produced Dylan’s tackle “Individuals Get Prepared,” which was first written by Curtis Mayfield for his group The Impressions.
He was 83.
RIP