Lilac

... that Bob Dylan paid US$2,500 per week to percussionist Bobbye Hall to get her to tour with him in 1978, in compensation for missed session musician work?
... that the samba-inspired song "Are You Going With Me?" by the Pat Metheny Group was the background music for a Los Angeles Lakers highlight reel after they won an NBA title?
... that Storyville, a nightclub housed in Boston Hotel Buckminster (pictured), hosted recording sessions by Billie Holiday and Charlie Parker?
... that pianist and session musician Don Randi claims to have played on over three hundred hit records?

August/September 2010