"It was December 2004 and I was watching Bob Dylan get into heated conversations with journalists during his 1965 British tour in Dont Look Back. Halfway through DA Pennebaker's film, when Dylan sits at the piano and starts playing an early version of "I'll Keep It With Mine", the camera lingers on a man seated next to him, eyes closed, deeply listening."
"Thomas Blanchard Wilson, Jr was born in 1931. He grew up in Waco, Texas with a librarian mother and a father in the insurance business. He attended Moore High School, where he played saxophone in the school band. He later played trombone and took cello classes for a couple of years - the only formal musical training he ever had."
"In Cambridge, Wilson became committed to university radio station WHRB - broadcasting classical and popular recordings. He later said: "I owe everything accomplished in the recording field to highly informal but inspirational training as a member of WHRB." The Harvard archives also show his membership in its most active political club: the Young Republicans."
Tom Wilson was born in 1931 in Waco, Texas, and experienced early musical exposure through school bands and family gatherings. Formal musical training included saxophone, trombone, and a few cello classes, with most learning occurring informally. Tuberculosis interrupted college, followed by enrollment at Harvard to study economics in 1951. Active involvement at Harvard's WHRB radio shaped his skills in broadcasting and recording. Wilson later emerged as a key figure at major 1960s recording sessions, appearing at sessions with Bob Dylan, Nico, and Frank Zappa and establishing a reputation as an influential producer and presence.
Read at The Wire Magazine - Adventures In Modern Music
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