Songwriter and musician Kenny Rankin who played on Bob Dylan's Bringing It All Back Home album has died.
Rankin played guitar on Dylan's 1965 release which divided many of his ardent folk fans due to it's electric sounding A-side and lyrical shift towards more surreal narratives (Subterranean Homesick Blues, Bob Dylan's 115th Dream) as opposed to his earlier more straight folk songs (Blowin' In The Wind).
He passed away yesterday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in LA from complications relating to lung cancer, his record label Mack Avenue Records announced this morning.
"That he was still at the top of his game is one of the saddest parts of his passing for me," Denny Stilwell, president of Mack Avenue, said. "He performed the new material in our office over the last few months and his voice was still in its finest form — he sounded absolutely amazing. Our hearts and prayers are with his family."
As well as playing with Dylan, Rankin was a well regarded songwriter in his own right, penning tunes for Mel Torme and Peggy Lee as well as re-working the Beatles' Blackbird, much to the admiration of Paul McCartney who asked Rankin to represent him and John Lennon when they were inducted into the Songwriters Hall Of Fame in 1987.
9:54 AM | 09/06/2009
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