Fact #17539
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Short story:
Columbia Records producer John Hammond Sr, is so impressed by Greenwich Village folkie Bob Dylan playing harmonica during a Carolyn Hester album session in New York City, USA, that he resolves to record the young man. This incident (and others around the same time) will inspire Dylan to write the song Talkin' New York which will appear on his debut LP in 1962.
Full article:
Carolyn Hester : We were arranging to do my first Columbia album. We were discussing what instruments to use. On my first album I had used my dad to play harmonica. I also had bass, and I played guitar. And that's what we wanted for this one. At Folk City, I had just met Bob Dylan and we all went up to Club 47 in Cambridge and Dylan played with us. We went to the beach the next day and we were sitting around and we said, "Gee, we had so much fun last night..." and one thing led to another and so Dylan came with us to the taping at Columbia.
Dylan taught me three songs we used on that LP. One of them was Come Back Baby. We went to the studio one day and, at that point, Dylan had played Folk City and Bob Shelton wrote a beautiful review, the very famous review of Bob Dylan. And, right there in the studio, Hammond starts talking about taking Dylan on his own.
John Hammond, Sr : She had him playing harmonica and guitar on her session. It was at a rehearsal on West Tenth Street. I was so delighted with what I heard, I suggested he come up to the studio. I asked him if he could sing and he said, "Yeah." I asked him if he could write, and he said, "Yeah." And that's how I signed Bob Dylan in 1961.
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Dylan taught me three songs we used on that LP. One of them was Come Back Baby. We went to the studio one day and, at that point, Dylan had played Folk City and Bob Shelton wrote a beautiful review, the very famous review of Bob Dylan. And, right there in the studio, Hammond starts talking about taking Dylan on his own.
John Hammond, Sr : She had him playing harmonica and guitar on her session. It was at a rehearsal on West Tenth Street. I was so delighted with what I heard, I suggested he come up to the studio. I asked him if he could sing and he said, "Yeah." I asked him if he could write, and he said, "Yeah." And that's how I signed Bob Dylan in 1961.
(Source : not known)