Musician who played bass on Bob Dylan's "Bringing It All Back Home". Father of filmmaker Spike Lee.
Subject: Re: Bringing It All Back Home: Question? From: Alan Fraser (alan.fraser@cwcom.net) Date: Thu, 29 Oct 1998 19:44:44 GMT ... You will have to beg, steal or borrow a copy of The Telegraph, issue 52, for Michael Krogsgaard's first Recording Sessions article. There you will find an expanded version of what I list below: Studio A Columbia Recording Studio New York City, New York January 14, 1965, 2:30-5:30 pm Produced by Tom Wilson. Engineers: Hallie and Dauria. Love Minus Zero/No Limit CO85270 Subterranean Homesick Blues CO85275 Outlaw Blues CO85282 She Belongs To Me CO85283 Bob Dylan's 115th Dream CO85284 On The Road Again CO85285 Backed by Robert Gregg (drums), Joseph Macho jr. (bass), William E. Lee (bass), Bruce Langhorne (guitar), Al Gorgoni (guitar), Kenneth J. Rankin (guitar) and Paul L. Griffin (piano). Love Minus Zero/No Limit CO85270 I'll Keep It With Mine CO85271 It's All Over Now, Baby Blue CO85272 Bob Dylan's 115th Dream CO85273 She Belongs To Me CO85274 Subterranean Homesick Blues CO85275 Backed by John Hammond jr. (guitar), Bruce Langhorne (guitar), John Sebastian (bass guitar) and John Boone (bass guitar). Studio A Columbia Recording Studio New York City, New York January 15, 1965, 2:30-5:30 pm Produced by Tom Wilson. Engineers: Hallie and Dauria. Maggie's Farm CO85286 On The Road Again CO85285 It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding) CO85287 Gates Of Eden CO85288 Mr. Tambourine Man CO85289 It's All Over Now, Baby Blue CO85290 If You Gotta Go, Go Now CO85291 Backed by Robert Gregg (drums), Joseph Macho jr. (bass), William E. Lee (bass), Bruce Langhorne (guitar), Al Gorgoni (guitar), Kenneth J. Rankin (guitar) and Frank Owens (piano). So there you, go - band versions of Ma, Eden, Tambourine Man & Baby Blue, still in the can! Alan
Subject: Re: Bringing It All Back Home: Spike Lee Connection. From: TBoneFrank (tbonefrank@aol.com) Date: 30 Oct 1998 01:35:20 GMT ... Some guy in an SF independent record store has an old photo of Dylan standing behind Carolyn Hester and between two black musicians. One was William E. Lee. He told me William E. Lee is Spike Lee's Dad. Can anyone confirm this? Does anyone also recall if Spike ever used any Dylan tunes (from his Dad's sessions with Dylan) in his movies? TbF
Subject: Re: Bringing It All Back Home: Spike Lee Connection. From: Rob (icefloe@interlog.com) Date: Sat, 31 Oct 1998 23:25:27 -0500 Bill Lee is in fact Spike's dad. He was involved in a jazz label called Strata East which was an artist run label from New York. They recorded Pharoah Saunders, Clifford Jordan,and many many others. I didn't know he was on BIOBH. Very interesting. About three years ago the NY post ran this B I G bold headlined cover story about how Spike's dad Bill had been arrested for possession of a packet of weed. Hmmmm. "Everybody must get stoned"
