Famed keyboardist Barry Goldberg has died at the age of 83.
The rock and blues musician died in a nursing home after being diagnosed with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma 10 years ago.
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His representative, Bob Mirelis, confirmed the news, adding that his wife, Jill, and son, Aram, were by his side.
Goldberg famously played with Bob Dylan during his performance at the 1965 Newport Folk Festival.
“The magic was definitely there that night, for all of us, as soon as the lights came up and we saw Dylan come out, all black, wearing this Stratocaster jacket,” Goldberg told The Forward of the infamous set in 2022.
“That was a statement in itself, but it was also so much more than that.
“I felt how important his presence was, how important what he was doing was; I knew it had meaning.”
The set marked the first time Dylan played an electric guitar alongside a live band.
His association with Dylan led to the eponymous album “Barry Goldberg,” released in 1974.
This was the only album Dylan produced for another artist.
He later returned the favor by producing Dylan's “People Get Ready” in 1990.
Goldberg was born in Chicago on Christmas Day 1941.
He was the grandson of US Supreme Court Justice Arthur Goldberg.
Goldberg was also a founding member of the band Electric Flag with Mike Bloomfield, Buddy Miles and Harvey Brooks.
The group provided the soundtrack to the Peter Fonda film “The Journey” as well as the album release “A Long Time Comin'” in 1968.
His credits include playing with, writing for, or producing artists such as Joe Cocker, Gladys Knight, Rod Stewart, and Steve Miller.
In later years he was part of the blues-rock group The Rides with Stephen Stills and Kenny Wayne Shepherd.
They had two No. 1 blues albums in the mid-2010s – Can't Get Enough and Pierced Arrow.
In lieu of flowers, the family suggests donations be made in his name to the Bear League.
