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Mr. Tambourine Man. The title character of Bob Dylan's song "Mr. Tambourine Man" was probably inspired by Langhorne, who used to play a large Turkish frame drum in performances and recordings.
Apr 16, 2017 · Bruce Langhorne, an intuitive guitarist who played a crucial role in the transition from folk music to folk-rock, notably through his work with Bob Dylan, died on Friday at his home in Venice,...
Apr 17, 2017 · Bruce Langhorne, the folk musician and session guitarist that inspired Bob Dylan ‘s classic song “Mr. Tambourine Man,” died Friday at his home in Venice, California. He was 78....
Aug 1, 2016 · And my bottom-line answer always has to be, ‘Oh.’”. Langhorne says he still has the tambourine, bought at the Folklore Center in Greenwich Village. He says it could be carried inside a cymbal case and has a ring of small bells hanging along the inside of the rim.
As spelled out in the liner notes to Dylan’s box set Biograph, Langhorne is Mr. Tambourine Man. In the track commentary, Dylan is quoted as follows: “‘Mr. Tambourine Man,” I think, was inspired by Bruce Langhorne. Bruce was playing guitar with me on a bunch of the early records.
Bruce Langhorne, who performs guitar on the track, has been cited by Dylan as the inspiration for the tambourine man image in the song. Langhorne used to play a giant, four-inch-deep " tambourine " (actually a Turkish frame drum ), and had brought the instrument to a previous Dylan recording session.
Apr 19, 2017 · Bruce Langhorne, a 60s-era folk musician and prolific session guitarist who Bob Dylan said inspired him to write “Mr. Tambourine Man,” has died at the age of 78 at his home in Venice.
