On November 25, 2011, Don DeVito died aged 72. He was musician (guitar), record producer and music business executive. He started playing guitar on tours with Al Kooper, and has his own band The Sabres. He worked with Billy Joel, Bruce Springsteen, and Aerosmith, but was best known as producer of some of the most important Bob Dylan’s albums, including “Blood on the Tracks”, “Desire”, “Street Legal”, “Hard rain”, and “Bob Dylan at Budokan”. In 1989 DeVito won “Grammy Award” for “Best Traditional Folk Recording”.
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Bob Dylan: Street Legal
On June 15, 1978, “Columbia” label released “Street Legal”, the eighteenth Bob Dylan studio. It was recorded April – May 1978, at “Rundown Studios” in Santa Monica, and was produced by Don DeVito.
Personnel:
- Bob Dylan– lead vocals, rhythm electric guitar
- Billy Cross– lead electric guitar
- Steven Soles– rhythm guitar, backing vocals
- Alan Pasqua– keyboards
- Jerry Scheff– bass guitar
- Ian Wallace– drums
- Bobbye Hall– percussion
- Steve Douglas– soprano and tenor saxophone
- Steve Madaio – trumpet
- David Mansfield– violin, mandolin
- Carolyn Dennis– backing vocals
- Jo Ann Harris – backing vocals
- Helena Springs – backing vocals
- Biff Dawes – engineer
- Filmways/Heider – recording
- Stan Kalina – mastering
Track liating:
All tracks by Bob Dylan.
- Changing of the Guards
- New Pony
- No Time to Think
- Baby, Stop Crying
- Is Your Love in Vain
- Señor (Tales of Yankee Power)
- True Love Tends to Forget
- We Better Talk This Over
- Where Are You Tonight? (Journey Through Dark Heat)
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