GRAMMY nominee David Bromberg and three-time GRAMMY winner Larry
Campbell will collaborate together in concert at Roulette Theater in
Brooklyn April 12.
Photo of Larry and David performing together (credit: Mike Thut)
here.
Bromberg’s sensitive and versatile approach to guitar-playing earned him
jobs playing the Village “basket houses” for tips, the occasional
paying gig, and employment as a backing musician for Tom Paxton, Jerry
Jeff Walker and Rosalie Sorrels, among others. He became a first-call,
“hired gun” guitarist for recording sessions, ultimately playing on
hundreds of records by artists including Bob Dylan (New Morning, Self
Portrait, Dylan), Link Wray, The Eagles, Ringo Starr, Willie Nelson, and
Carly Simon.
An unexpected and wildly successful solo spot for 600,000 concert goers
at the 1970 Isle of Wight Festival in Great Britain led to a solo deal
with Columbia Records, for whom David recorded four albums. His
eponymous 1971 debut included “The Holdup,” a songwriting collaboration
with former Beatle George Harrison, who also played slide guitar on the
track. David also met the Grateful Dead and wound up with four of their
members playing on his next two albums.
Enlisting old friend Campbell and engineer Justin Guip, David and his
group entered Levon Helm Studios in Woodstock, NY, in March 2013.
Enlisting some of Helm's former recording and touring musicians for
added instrumentation, the David Bromberg Band emerged twelve days later
with 'Only Slightly Mad,' a return to his genre-bending albums of the
Seventies and Eighties. Bromberg fans will find blues, bluegrass,
gospel, folk, Irish fiddle tunes, pop and English drinking songs happily
coexisting as they can only on a Bromberg album. For newcomers, Only
Slightly Mad will be an introduction to an astonishing performer whose
range and musical depth have delighted devoted audiences for over forty
years and will for many years hence.
Campbell is a multi-instrumentalist who has been a studio musician,
recording music with other artists on their albums, and a respected
sideman, performing as a backup musician in clubs and concert venues,
since the seventies. He moves freely between rock, blues, country, folk
and Celtic, playing guitar, fiddle, mandolin, pedal steel, cittern,
dobro and banjo. In 2005, he released his first solo acoustic guitar
album called Rooftops. In 2008, Larry was awarded a Lifetime Achievement
Award for his instrumental work from the Americana Music Association.
In 2013, The Americana Music Association named Larry Instrumentalist of
the Year.
Larry has had extensive experience as a studio musician. Over the past 2
decades, Larry has recorded with Bob Dylan, Levon Helm, Judy Collins,
Sheryl Crow, B. B. King, Willie Nelson and The Black Crowes just to name
a few.
As a sideman, Larry is probably best known for his time spent in Bob
Dylan's band. Larry was a member of Bob Dylan's "Never Ending Tour" band
from March 31, 1997 until November 21, 2004. When Larry was not
performing with Bob Dylan, he often made guest appearances with other
artists including Buddy and Julie Miller, Levon Helm and Little Feat.
Prior to 1997, Larry toured with other artists, including Cyndi Lauper,
K. D. Lang,and Rosanne Cash.
Since Larry's departure from Bob Dylan's band, he has continued to make
guest appearances with various artists including Elvis Costello, Emmylou
Harris, Phil Lesh, Rosanne Cash, Litte Feat, Hot Tuna and Levon Helm.
Beginning in 2005, Larry performed regularly with Levon Helm for seven
years.
WHO: David Bromberg and Larry Campbell
WHAT: Collaborative, joint set
WHEN:
Sunday April 12, 2015
WHERE: Roulette Theater, 509 Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11217
TICKETS: $45 – $50 DOS,
http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/1141181
