"I never thought Neuwirth would make a record. I thought he was too dangerous. I thought he was too dangerous to himself .... and to everyone else I've sat around the table many a late night passing guitars around, and when a guitar got to Neuwirth, he would start playing the best song any of us had ever heard. Someone would ask who wrote that one, and after a while, it would become clear that he had been making it up as he went along, and that he couldn't remember a note he had sung, not that he had really sung any notes. I just wanted to say that I think in many ways, he's the best pure songwriter of any of us." T-Bone Burnett Liner notes to 'Back To The Front' (1988)

Bob Neuwirth at Indian Neck 1961
(from "Baby, Let Me Follow You Down", p. 86;
photograph by Stephen Fenerjian)

 

Bob Neuwirth LPs / CDs

#	year of release	title	label # / notes
1	1974	Bob Neuwirth - Rock and Roll - Kiss Money - Just Because I'm Here (Don't Mean I'm...) - Honky Red - Hero - Legend in My Time - Rock and Roll Rider - We Had It All - Country Livin' - Mercedes Benz	Asylum 1008 re-released 1999 on CD Asylum AMCY-2902 (Jp) = Water CD 109 (US 2003)
2	1988	Back To The Front - Banjo Introduction - Eye On The Road - Annabelle Lee - Private Eye - Beauty - Heartaches - Pretend - Turn It Around - Venice Beach - Lucky - Akron - For P.B. - Honky Tonk - Great Escape	Gold Castle 171015-1 = Virgin VGC 5 (GB) = Virgin 209496 (D) = Virgin CD 259496 re-released 1998: Koch International 8009
3	1990	99 Monkeys - Great Spirit - Biggest Bordertown - First Time - Good Intentions - Biding Her Time - Life Is for the Living - Dazzled by Diamonds - Ancient Questions (War & Peace) - Winter in Berlin - Cloudy Day * - Busted Bottle * * not on CDVGC16	Gold Castle CDVGC176 = Gold Castle D 21S-71347 = Gold Castle 261315 re-released 1999 on CD Koch International 8010
4	1994	John Cale / Bob Neuwirth Last Day On Earth - Overture:   a) A Tourist   b) A Contact   c) A Prisoner - Café Shabu - Pastoral Angst - Who's In Charge? - Short Of Time - Angel Of Death - Paradise Nevada - Old China - Ocean Life - Instrumental - Modern World - Streets Come Alive - Secrets - Maps Of The World - Broken Hearts - High And Mighty Road	MCA MCAD-11037 more info on Lou Reed's site
5	1996	Look Up - Blue Detour - I Don't Think Of Her - What's Our Love Comin' To - Lucky Too - Beyond the Blues - Nashville - Gonna Lay Down My Old Guitar - Everybody's Got A Job To Do - Heroes - Traveling Light - Sweet And Shiny - Cloudy Day - Just Like You - Beautiful Day - Save Me Jesus - Gilbert Says Hello	Watermelon WMCD 1050
6	1999	Havana Midnight - Havana Midnight - The First Time - Dead Man's Clothes - Miracles / Milagros - Don Quixote - The Call - Look Up - Havana Farewell - Aracely's Natias	Diesel Motor Records CD 1003

Bob Neuwirth 1960s
(from "Baby, Let Me Follow You Down", p. 48;
photograph by John Cooke)

 

(Guest) Appearances on other Artist's recordings

#	year of release	artist / title / songs/instruments/functions of Bob Neuwirth	label # / notes
1	1974	Kris Kristofferson voc on 'Rescue Mission'	Monument PZ 32914 (US) = 69074 (GB/D) 'Rescue Mission' lyrics (Kris Kristofferson, Bob Neuwirth, Roger McGuinn, Seymour Cassell)
2	1992	T-Bone Burnett The Criminal Under My Own Hat producer - Over You (Burnett) - Tear This Building Down (Burnett) - It's Not Too Late (Burnett/MacManus/Neuwirth) - Humans From Earth (Burnett) - Primitives (Burnett) - Criminals (Burnett) - Every Little Thing (Burnett/Neuwirth) - I Can Explain Everything (Burnett) - Any Time At All (Burnett) - I Can Explain Everything (Burnett) - Long Time Now (Burnett/Neuwirth) - Kill Switch (Burnett)	Columbia CD 45213
3	1993	Steve Young Switchblades of Love harp	Watermelon CD 1016
4	1994	Vince Bell Phoenix producer	Watermelon CD 1027 www.vincebell.com
5	1998	Bob Holman In With The Out Crowd Perc, voc - Sung To The Tune Of "The Weary Road" (Holman) - We Are The Dinosaur (Holman/ Kramer) - For Jorge Brandon (Holman/ Spedding) - Death Of Poetry (Holman/ Spedding) - Impossible Rap (Holman) - Fire: Friend Or Foe? (Holman/ Ricci/ Rota) - Later For Now (Holman/ Spedding) - Forgotten Melody (Holman) - Cowboy Heaven (Holman/Neuwirth) - Poetry By Number (Holman/Tiomkin) - Levitatin' In Levittown (Holman/ Spedding) - I'd Rather Be Crazy Than Stupid (Holman/ Neuwirth) - That's Why (Holman/ Spedding) - Storyline (Holman) - Perfect Harmony (Holman/ Neuwirth) - After Li Po (Holman)	Mouth Almighty CD 558006 more info
6	2000	Geoff Muldaur Password harmony vocals on 'K. C. Moan'	Hightone HCD 8125 more info
		Will be completed and expanded with further details !!!

 

Anthologies / Compilations / Samplers
containing songs performed by Bob Neuwirth

#	year of release	title / songs performed by Bob Neuwirth	label # / notes
1	1989	V.A.: All-Ears Review, Volume 7 - Still Amazing After All These Years - Eye On The Road	ROM Records ROM 21007 more info
2	1996	V.A.: New Country - I Don't Think Of Her At All	New Country Music Magazine Vol. 3, No. 6

 

Other artist's Covers of Bob Neuwirth songs

#	year of release	Artist: Record Title - featured Bob Neuwirth song	label # / notes
1	1974	Kris Kristofferson - Rescue Mission (Kris Kristofferson/ Bob Neuwirth/ Roger McGuinn/ Seymour Cassell)	Monument PZ 32914 (US) = 69074 (GB/D) lyrics
2	1976	Roger McGuinn Cardiff Rose - Rock and Roll Time (Kristofferson/ McGuinn/ Neuwirth)	Columbia CK 34154 more info/lyrics
3	1986	T-Bone Burnett - Annabelle Lee (Bob Neuwirth) - The Bird That I Held In My Hand (T-Bone Burnett/ Bob Neuwirth/ Billy Swan)	Dot/MCA-5809
4	1992	T-Bone Burnett The Criminal Under My Own Hat - It's Not Too Late (Burnett/ MacManus/ Neuwirth) - Every Little Thing (Burnett/ Neuwirth) - Long Time Now (Burnett/ Neuwirth)	Columbia CD 45213
5	1992	Peter Case Six-Pack Of Love - Beyond The Blues (Peter Case/ Tom Russell/ Bob Neuwirth)	Columbia CD 45213 more info
6	1997	Martin Stephenson Beyond The Leap Beyond The Law - Great Spirit (Neuwirth)	Demon FIENDCD 938
7	1998	Bob Holman In With The Out Crowd - Cowboy Heaven (Holman/ Neuwirth) - I'd Rather Be Crazy Than Stupid (Holman/ Neuwirth) - Perfect Harmony (Holman/ Neuwirth)	Mouth Almighty CD 558006 more info
	19	Will be completed and expanded with further details !!!

Thanks to Dolph Ramseur and Paul Stewart (stewie) for aditional info.

Bob Neuwirth interview

Bob Neuwirth
is member of the population of
Humbead's Revised Map of the World

Von Schmidt, Eric and Jim Rooney: Baby Let Me Follow You Down:
The Illustrated History Of The Cambridge Folk Years.
Garden City, New York: Anchor Press / Doubleday & Co. 1979 (2nd edition 1994: Univ. of Massachusetts Press; ISBN: 0-87023-925-2
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