The New Basement Tapes is a British-American musical
supergroup made up of members
Jim James
James Edward Olliges Jr. (born April 27, 1978), professionally known as Jim James or Yim Yames, is an American vocalist, guitarist, producer, and primary songwriter of the rock band My Morning Jacket. He has also released several solo albums.
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,
Elvis Costello,
Marcus Mumford
Marcus Oliver Johnstone Mumford (born 31 January 1987) is a British singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer. He is best known as the lead singer of the band folk band Mumford & Sons. He also plays a number of instruments with the group ...
,
Taylor Goldsmith, and
Rhiannon Giddens. The group is best known for ''
Lost on the River: The New Basement Tapes'', their 2014 album which consists of tracks based on newly uncovered lyrics handwritten by Bob Dylan in 1967 during the recording of his 1975 album with
The Band, ''
The Basement Tapes''.
The group is also featured in the 2014
Showtime documentary ''Lost Songs: The Basement Tapes Continued''.
History
The New Basement Tapes were brought together in March 2014 to work with producer
T Bone Burnett
Joseph Henry "T Bone" Burnett III (born January 14, 1948) is an American record producer, guitarist and songwriter. He rose to fame as a guitarist in Bob Dylan's band during the 1970s. He has received multiple Grammy awards for his work in fil ...
on putting together a new album with song lyrics penned by Bob Dylan in 1967. The group recorded dozens of songs over a two-week period in Capitol Records studio,
[ with members of the group swapping instrumental and vocal roles on the different album tracks.]Harvest Records
Harvest Records is a British-American record label belonging to Capitol Music Group, originally created by EMI in 1969.
History
Harvest Records was created by EMI in 1969 to market progressive rock music, and to compete with Philips' Vertigo ...
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During the recording sessions, the group was filmed for a documentary for Showtime.[ It goes behind the scenes of the recording process and also discusses the story behind the discovery of the lost lyrics. Johnny Depp also appears in the documentary, having stopped by the studio to play guitar on the song "Kansas City".][
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Discography
References
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American country rock groups
Harvest Records artists
Musical groups established in 2014
2014 establishments in the United States
Musical quintets
British supergroups
Rock music supergroups