Howie Wyeth dead?
Nina Frankel
I just heard that Howie Wyeth died last night. Anybody else heard it?
Robert McNamara
>I just heard that Howie Wyeth died last night. Anybody else heard it?
Here's an obit that was on the wires...
-- Robert
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March 29, 1996
Howard Wyeth, 51, Rock Drummer
H oward Pyle Wyeth, a rock drummer and jazz pianist best known for
working with Bob Dylan in the mid-1970s, died on Wednesday night at
St. Vincent's Hospital in New York City. He was 51 years old and
lived in New York.
The cause was reported to be cardiac arrest.
Wyeth, the grandson of the artist N.C. Wyeth and the nephew of
Andrew Wyeth, was born in 1944. He studied percussion with Alan Abel
of the Philadelphia Orchestra and graduated with a bachelor's degree
in music from Syracuse University in 1966. He moved to New York City
in 1969.
Wyeth toured in 1975 and 1976 with Bob Dylan's Rolling Thunder
Revue, an informal, constantly changing all-star tour that included
Joan Baez, Joni Mitchell and others; the tour was also filmed for
the movie "Renaldo and Clara."
Wyeth played drums on two albums with Dylan, "Desire" and "Hard
Rain"; he also performed on four albums by the rockabilly revivalist
Robert Gordon, and on albums by Roger McGuinn, Don McLean, Leslie
West, Kinky Friedman, James Moody and others. More recently Wyeth
concentrated on piano, leading his own groups in ragtime, blues and
early jazz at New York clubs.
He is survived by his companion of 17 years, Catherine Wheeler, and
by four brothers, John and David of New York, Convers of Oakton,
Va., and Andrew of Willimantic, Conn.
Jeff Rosenberg (JfryBlair)
that rock n roll lifestyle I suppose...
Howie was one of the best, as in most sympathetic to the music, drummers
that Bob was ever lucky to work with, and as much as Scarlet Rivera, helped
to define the sound of what I still believe is Bob's best-selling album
ever, "Desire" (Robin-Stat-Queen, is that true?). Listen to "Joey" today,
y'all... and think of the guy... maybe it'll help him along on his path.
Thanks for the music, Howie, rest in peace.
Jeff
Robin Jatko
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Researching...researching...
American record album sales statistics from RIAA as of March 5, 1996.
According to RIAA, only Blood On The Tracks, Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits,
and Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 have sold more than 2 million copies.
Desire has sold 1 million copies+, which means it could have sold
1,999,999 copies so far. Further specifics about exact record sales have not
been forthcoming from Sony (big surprise there).
For your pleasure, I am reposting the gold/platinum stats.
G for gold (500,000), P for platinum (1,000,000), M for multi-platinum
(2,000,000 plus)
(1963) The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan G
(1964) The Times They Are A-Changin' G
(1965) Bringing It All Back Home G
(1965) Highway 61 Revisited G
(1966) Blonde On Blonde G
(1967) Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits G - P - M
(1967) John Wesley Harding G
(1969) Nashville Skyline G - P
(1970) Self Portrait G (huh?)
(1970) New Morning G
(1971) Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 G - P - M
(1973) Dylan G (huh?)
(1974) Planet Waves G
(1975) Blood On The Tracks G - P - M
(1976) Desire G - P
(1976) Hard Rain G
(1978) Street Legal G
(1979) Slow Train Coming G - P
(1983) Infidels G
(1985) Biograph G - P
(1989) Dylan And The Dead G (huh?)
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Oddly enough, BOB DYLAN and ANOTHER SIDE OF BOB DYLAN have not as of yet
gone gold. Most puzzling.
Any corrections or additions please email me at the address below.
Robin Jatko
EDLIS Statistician
rja...@umabnet.ab.umd.edu
Ben Taylor
>American record album sales statistics from RIAA as of March 5, 1996.
RIAA? Royal Institute of Anarchistic Agents?
Great bit of research, Robin, thanks.
>Oddly enough, BOB DYLAN and ANOTHER SIDE OF BOB DYLAN have not as of yet
>gone gold. Most puzzling.
Yes, very odd ;-)
Ben Taylor
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Leeds, England
bpta...@laguna.demon.co.uk