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Other tour members included violinist Raffi Hakopian, oudist John Bilezikjian, and backup singers Laura Branigan, Jennifer Warnes and Sharon Robinson. Beck would become a stalwart of Cohen's studio and live bands for more than a decade afterwards. The album cover portrait was taken by Montreal photographer, Hazel Field.
Warnes had kept singing with Leonard Cohen, and once again accepted his invitation to tour with him on 1979’s Field Commander Cohen tour and his album Recent Songs. That tour introduced her to the Austin band Passenger, jazz-fusion hotshots who would play with Warnes when they weren’t on the road with Cohen.
Apr 2, 2001 · Cohen also performs with a backup singer, Jennifer Warnes, who in "The Smokey Life" and "The Gypsy's Wife" represents another sensuous and intelligent reason why Field Commander Cohen...
Feb 20, 2001 · The program is a cross selection of songs from Cohen's recording career up through 1979, with a generous sprinkling of his strongest early songs ("The Stranger Song," "Bird On a Wire," "So Long, Marianne," "Hey That's No Way To Say Goodbye"), as well as a terrific sampling of songs from the mid-to-late 1970s ("Lover, Lover, Lover," "Why Don't ...
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In addition to the 1979 tour, Roscoe also toured with Leonard in 1980, co-produced I'm Your Man and served as musical director for the 1988 tour. "If you want to hear what a woman is thinking, if you want to hear what a woman sounds like today, listen to Jennifer Warnes."-- Leonard Cohen
Jan 16, 2024 · With more money, more success and more fans, the 1979 tour, in general, was bigger and more polished in a distinctly Cohen way. Warnes’ role in the tour was vital. Cohen would keep bringing her band, adding her distinctive vocals to his future records as a mainstay to his sound.
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May 19, 2014 · FIELD COMMANDER COHEN was compiled in 2000 from recordings of the 1979 tour, and it presents an especially strong argument for Cohen's gifts as a musician. This is the first ever vinyl release of these live recordings at London's Hammersmith Odeon and Brighton's Dome Theatre.
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