Biography

Bob Neuwirth was born on June 20, 1939 in Akron, Ohio, USA. He was an actor and cinematographer, known for Cold Mountain (2003), Three Kings (1999) and Crazy Heart (2009). He died on May 18, 2022 in Santa Monica, California, USA.

Collaborated and traveled with Bob Dylan in the 60s, including the chaotic tours documented in the movies 'Don't Look Back' and 'Eat the Document'. He also filmed the Monterey Pop Festival, went to Woodstock and traveled to Nashville with a then-struggling songwriter named Kris Kristofferson. He later co-wrote the song "Mercedes Benz" with Janis Joplin.

Is the real Bobby McGee sung about in the song written by 'Kris Kristofferson' and sung by the late Janis Joplin.

Produced such artists as Patti Smith, T Bone Burnett and Vince Bell; his songs have been recorded by Concrete Blonde, k.d. lang, Peter Case, Robert Earl Keen, and others. Toured Europe with John Cale, Warren Zevon, Howe Gelb and Sid Griffin.

Was part of the 1960s Cambridge blues-folk scene, where he learned from urban blues legends 'Lightnin' Hopkins', Sonny Terry, Brownie McGhee, and Mississippi John Hurt.