Interview: Harvey Brooks Talks Recording Bob Dylan ”Highway 61 Revisited” Miles Davis ”Bitches Brew,” Forming Electric Flag & Jamming with Hendrix & Jim Morrision

In this episode of the LEGENDS: Podcast by All Day Vinyl, host Scott Dudelson sits down with Rock and Roll bass legend Harvey Brooks and we talk about some extraordinary moments in his storied career.

This in-depth interview we focus on a few specific points in Harvey's career during the 1960's - working with Bob Dylan during the "Highway 61 Revisited" sessions and subsequent tour, forming and working with Electric Flag with Mike Bloomfield, performing on Miles Davis "Bitches Brew" and a legendary impromptu jam session between Harvey, Jim Morrison, Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin.

Harvey is one of the early innovators of rock and roll bass and his story is amazing and so important to the history of music.  The episode includes incredible anecdotes and stories about Bob Dylan, The Band (Robbie Robertson + Levon Helm), Mike Bloomfield, Miles Davis, Albert Grossman, Teo Maceo, Miles Davis, Jimi Hendrix, Jim Morrison and others.  

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