What do “Desolation Row”, Blonde On Blonde, John Wesley Harding, Nashville Skyline and Dylan’s Self Portrait have in common? Charlie McCoy helped each of these Dylan projects come to fruition as a session musician in the Sixties.
What do Elvis Presley, Simon & Garfunkel, Perry Como, Roy Orbison, George Jones, Loretta Lynn, Dolly Parton, Johnny Cash, Ringo Starr, Tanya Tucker, Nancy Sinatra, Gordon Lightfoot, Manhattan Transfer, Jerry Lee Lewis, Waylon Jennings, Chet Atkins, Ray Stevens and many others have in common? Charlie McCoy played harmonica on one or more of their recordings.
He’s also played bass with Dylan, Leonard Cohen, Bobby Goldsboro, Charlie Rich and others…. and guitar work with many more, not to mention many other instruments with countless others. And most remarkably, he’s still working in the music business, now more than 60 years.
In addition to all this session work with other artists, Charlie McCoy has recorded dozens of albums of his own — 44…
