Biografía

20 de junio de 1939 · Akron, Ohio, Estados Unidos

18 de mayo de 2022 · Santa Mónica, California, Estados Unidos (Heart failure)

Robert John Neuwirth

Collaborated and traveled with Bob Dylan in the 60s, including the chaotic tours documented in the movies 'Don't Look Back' and 'Eat the Document'. He also filmed the Monterey Pop Festival, went to Woodstock and traveled to Nashville with a then-struggling songwriter named Kris Kristofferson. He later co-wrote the song "Mercedes Benz" with Janis Joplin.

Is the real Bobby McGee sung about in the song written by 'Kris Kristofferson' and sung by the late Janis Joplin.

Was part of the 1960s Cambridge blues-folk scene, where he learned from urban blues legends 'Lightnin' Hopkins', Sonny Terry, Brownie McGhee, and Mississippi John Hurt.

Produced such artists as Patti Smith, T Bone Burnett and Vince Bell; his songs have been recorded by Concrete Blonde, k.d. lang, Peter Case, Robert Earl Keen, and others. Toured Europe with John Cale, Warren Zevon, Howe Gelb and Sid Griffin.