John Hammond, Jr.

I am reading a book called Million Dollar Bash, (its at home, so I don't have the author's name right with me)- I'll write about it some more, so will be able to give credit), its about the year in Woodstock at the Big Pink, etc. when Dylan and the Band recorded the songs known as the Basement Tapes. Its a detailed account. It has some early threads of interesting connections in the early part of the book ,setting the stage for the recordings. It mentions that the Band (at that time called the Hawks) played with JOhn Hammond Jr. on a few recordings in the early 60's- and as it turns out, I have two of those albums, Mirrors and So Many Roads; so was giving them a fresh listen last night. We have seen John Hammond twice on Mountain Stage in recent years, he has a long, respectable career (visit his website!) and these early albums are impressive- he was just right around 20 years old. Levon Helm, Robby Robertson, etc. playing on these albums.