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Ben Keith, de grote muzikale vriend van Neil is op 73 jarige leeftijd overleden.

Ben Keith: 1937 - 2010
Bridge Benefit Concert 2008
Photo by Craig Abaya


juli 31st, 2010 at 11:35

Afgelopen week overleed Ben Keith, vooral bekend als steelgitarist bij Neil Young, op drieënzeventigjarige leeftijd.

Keith speelde mee op veel van Young’s klassiekers uit de jaren zeventig, maar speelde ook in de jaren daarna regelmatig met hem en ging ook vaak met Young mee op tournee.

Keith is te horen op platen als Heart Of Gold, Tonight’s The Night, Comes A Time en Harvest Moon.


Keith kwam in contact met Young toen de laatste in Nashville songs opnam voor Harvest, zijn vierde soloplaat. Bassist Tim Drummond, ingehuurd voor de sessies, stelde voor dat zijn vriend Keith mee zou spelen, ook omdat hij maar twee straten van de studio af woonde.

Zelf vertelde hij dat hij de studio inliep tijdens de sessies, zijn steelgitaar opstelde en begon mee te spelen met Young en de anderen, onder wie ook drummer Kenney Buttrey. Pas na een song of vijf stelden hij en Young zichzelf aan elkaar voor. Op dat moment had Keith zelfs nog nooit van Young gehoord.

Vanaf het moment dat Young hem meevroeg op tournee in 1973 voor de Time Fades Away-tour, maakte hij vast deel uit van de verzameling muzikanten op wie Young door de jaren heen altijd terugviel, zij het dat het dan ging om meer countrygericht werk. Ook tijdens Young’s recentste wereldtournee, die met onderbrekingen duurde van 2007 tot en met 2009, was Keith erbij op steel én gitaar.

Voor 1972 maakte Keith al jaren deel uit van de lokale sessie-scene. In de jaren vijftig en zestig en werkte hij onder meer met de grote country-ster Patsy Cline.

Door zijn werk met Young werd hij een veelgevraagd sessiemuzikant in de popwereld. Hij werkte onder meer met Warren Zevon, Todd Rundgren, Emmylou Harris, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young en JJ Cale.

Keith was overigens een multi-instrumentalist die ook elektrische gitaar, piano en altsax speelde en Pieces Of You produceerde, het veelgeprezen en meer dan vijf miljoen keer verkochte, folky debuut van de Amerikaanse zangeres Jewel. De songs ervoor werden overigens destijds opgenomen op Neil Young’s ranch.

Ook bracht hij in 1984 en 1994 twee soloplaten uit.

Een duoversie van Young’s This Old House met Young op akoestische gitaar en Keith op steelgitaar vind je op http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDHMaWIY7n4

Een akoestische versie van Young’s Down By The River met Keith op akoestische gitaar vind je op http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tlJnQm73s4

Een tien minuten durend interview met Keith voor Cult-tv Amsterdan vind je op http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1I633kE9OXU

(bron:www.kippenvel.net)

UPDATE: From official Neil Young website N Y Times:

BEN KEITH

On the full moon, the Thunder moon, the world lost one of the greatest musicians of all time. Ben was 73 years old the night he died on Broken Arrow Ranch in California, his happy home for the last years of his life. Ben played with Patsy Cline, Faron Young, Hawkshaw Hawkins, Ian Tyson and many other music greats. A great American, the quiet giant, he moved gently through the world, with kindness and grace.

My wife Pegi was lucky to share his last performance a few weeks back in San Francisco, where Ben was playing in her band, supporting her and lending his spirit to her every word as she sang her songs for us.

Of course, in Nashville Ben Keith is legendary, one of the last of the original country greats, the man behind the song. No one will ever fill his shoes. He has countless friends and admirers. They all miss him as much as I do. I will miss him every time I look to my side, remembering him, my brother and fellow traveler.

Thankfully, Ben's masterful playing can be seen and heard in two Johnathon Demme pictures: 'Heart of Gold' and 'Trunk Show,' as well as countless great recordings over the last 50 years. We are so fortunate to have these as memories and lasting documents of his greatness and grace. He started out on a homemade steel guitar he fashioned himself from a piece of wood and left over parts. He loved his music and his life and cherished his many friends and soul mates.

He leaves behind his wonderful daughter Heidi, and his grandchildren who he loved so much, DJ, Rachel, James, Meredith, Aubrey, Fletcher and Caroline.

May he rest in Peace.

Neil Young

 

From Ben Keith - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:
 

Ben Keith is an American pedal steel guitarist, from Bowling Green, Kentucky. He worked as a session musician in Nashville in the late 1950s and 1960s. He is most famous for his work with Neil Young, both in stage shows and on albums such as Harvest, "Journey Through The Past", "Time Fades Away", "On The Beach", Tonight's the Night, "American Stars 'n' Bars", Comes A Time, "Hawks 'n' Doves", "Old Ways", "Freedom",Harvest Moon, "Silver and Gold", Prairie Wind, "Chrome Dreams II", and the live albums "Unplugged" and "Road Rock Vol. 1".

He played the role of "Grandpa Green" in the Neil Young feature length movie Greendale, released on DVD.

He has also worked with Terry Reid, Todd Rundgren, Lonnie Mack, The Band, David Crosby, Graham Nash, Paul Butterfield, J. J. Cale, Linda Ronstadt, Warren Zevon, Ian and Sylvia, Hungry Chuck, Emmylou Harris, Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Anne Murray and Ringo Starr.

He is also known as the producer of Jewel's debut album Pieces of You and as a solo recording artist. He toured with Crosby Stills Nash & Young on their 2006 Freedom of Speech tour.
 

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