Tony Garnier (born May 10, 1955)
is an American bassist, best known as an accompanist to
Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan (legally Robert Dylan, born Robert Allen Zimmerman, May 24, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter. Often regarded as one of the greatest songwriters of all time, Dylan has been a major figure in popular culture during a career sp ...
, with whom he has played since 1989.
Early life
Garnier was born in
Saint Paul, Minnesota
Saint Paul (abbreviated St. Paul) is the capital of the U.S. state of Minnesota and the county seat of Ramsey County. Situated on high bluffs overlooking a bend in the Mississippi River, Saint Paul is a regional business hub and the center ...
on May 10, 1955.
His grandfather, D'Jalma "Papa" Garnier, was a
jazz trumpeter and bandleader.
Garnier's brother, also named
D'Jalma, is a Creole fiddler.
Garnier grew up in southern California.
Career
Garnier joined Dylan's
Never Ending Tour band in 1989,
and has sometimes been characterized as his
musical director
A music(al) director or director of music is the person responsible for the musical aspects of a performance, production, or organization. This would include the artistic director and usually chief conductor of an orchestra or concert band, the di ...
.
In addition to his work with Dylan, Garnier has recorded with such artists as
Tom Waits
Thomas Alan Waits (born December 7, 1949) is an American musician, composer, songwriter, and actor. His lyrics often focus on the underbelly of society and are delivered in his trademark deep, gravelly voice. He worked primarily in jazz during ...
,
Loudon Wainwright III,
Paul Simon,
Marc Ribot,
Eric Andersen
Eric Andersen (born February 14, 1943) is an American folk music singer-songwriter, who has written songs recorded by Johnny Cash, Bob Dylan, Judy Collins, Linda Ronstadt, the Grateful Dead and many others. Early in his career, in the 1960s, he ...
,
Asleep at the Wheel
Asleep at the Wheel is an American Western swing group that was formed in Paw Paw, West Virginia, and is based in Austin, Texas. The band has won nine Grammy Awards since their 1970 inception, released over twenty albums, and has charted more t ...
,
The Lounge Lizards,
Buster Poindexter
David Roger Johansen (sometimes spelled ''David Jo Hansen''; born January 9, 1950) is an American singer, songwriter and actor. He is best known as a member of the seminal proto-punk band the New York Dolls. He is also known for his work under ...
, and
Michelle Branch
Michelle Jacquet DeSevren Branch (born July 2, 1983) is an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist. During the early 2000s, she released two top-selling albums: ''The Spirit Room'' and ''Hotel Paper.'' She won a Grammy Award for Best Pop Coll ...
.
Billboard.com
/ref> Garnier has also played with the Saturday Night Live Band, occasionally substituting for bassist T-Bone Wolk
Tom "T-Bone" Wolk (December 24, 1951 – February 28, 2010) was an American musician and bassist for the music duo Daryl Hall & John Oates and a member of the ''Saturday Night Live'' house band.
Life and career
Wolk was born and raised in Yon ...
.
References
External links
Tony Garnier
from Bob Dylan Who's Who pages
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Living people
American double-bassists
Male double-bassists
Musicians from Saint Paul, Minnesota
Guitarists from Minnesota
Slap bassists (double bass)
Asleep at the Wheel members
20th-century American bass guitarists
21st-century double-bassists
20th-century American male musicians
21st-century American male musicians
1955 births