TONY GARNIER BORN AUGUST 18, 1956……..TO CELEBRATE HIS BIRTHDAY, HERE HE IS WITH BOB DYLAN ON JULY 16, 2016 at the Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts in Vienna, Virginia – 1:39:37- (Courtesy Of: Keith Gubitz) ( Credits Below) ( Tony Garnier – electric & standup bass)
Tony was born in Saint Paul, Minnesota. Tony is an American bassist (both double bass and bass guitar), best known as an accompanist to Bob Dylan, with whom he has played since 1989. He is Dylan’s longest-running sideman, and has sometimes been characterized as his “musical director” as well.
In addition to his work with Dylan, Garnier has recorded with Tom Waits, Loudon Wainwright III, Paul Simon, Marc Ribot, Eric Andersen and Chris O’Connell, former female singer of Asleep at the Wheel, Western swing band with whom he also played and recorded from 1976 to 1978, and The Lounge Lizards. He also played with Robert Gordon in the early 1980s. He was also a long-time sideman for David Johansen in his Buster Poindexter persona, and was also briefly a member of the Saturday Night Live house band.
JULY 16, 2016 CREDITS:
Bob Dylan – vocals, piano, harp
Tony Garnier – electric & standup bass
George Recile – drums & percussion
Stu Kimball – rhythm guitar, marimbas
Charlie Sexton – lead electric guitar
Donnie Herron – violin, banjo, electric mandolin, pedal steel, lap steel
