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Barry Goldberg dead at 83: Bob Dylan’s keyboardist and Newport band member passes away in hospice

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Barry Goldberg, Bob Dylan's former keyboardist, dies at 83

Bob Dylan’s former keyboardist Barry Goldberg has died at the age of 83.

Blues rock musician Goldberg passed away in hospice care after a 10-year battle with non-Hodgkin lymphoma.

His wife of 53 years, Gail Goldberg, and son, Aram, were at his bedside, the musician’s spokesman confirmed. Variety.

Goldberg’s time with the Paul Butterfield Blues Band led to his fateful performance with Dylan at the 1965 Newport Folk Festival, where Dylan shocked the crowd when he debuted a new electric sound and an iconic song, Like A Rolling Stone. .

The controversial performance was dramatized in the Oscar-nominated biopic A Complete Unknown, starring Timothee Chalamet and Justin Levine playing Goldberg.

Barry Goldberg, Bob Dylan’s former keyboardist, dies at 83

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