Russ Savakus

Russ Savakus is an American session bass player (both electric and stand-up), violinist and singer. Savakus has recorded with numerous artists in and around the 1960s folk and folk-rock movement in New York.[1] Earlier, he had been a part of the rhythm section for the Les Elgart swing band.[2]

According to Michael Bloomfield, who met Savakus at a Bob Dylan session: "They had a bass player, a terrific guy, Russ Savakus. It was his first day playing electric bass, and he was scared of that. No one understood nothing."[3] However, Dylan chose to replace Savakus on tour [4]

Discography

Songs and records that he has played on include:

Embraceable You, Chet Baker, (1957)[5]
"Walk On By", Dionne Warwick, (1964)[6]
Farewell, Angelina, Joan Baez, (1965)
The In Instrumentals, Kai Winding (Verve, 1965)
Reflections in a Crystal Wind, Richard & Mimi Fariña, (1965)
Highway 61 Revisited, Bob Dylan, (1965)[7]
"Early Morning Rain", Ian and Sylvia, (1965)[8]
Many a Mile, Buffy Saint-Marie, (1965)[9]
Southbound, Doc Watson, (1966)
Fire & Fleet & Candlelight, Buffy Saint-Marie, (1967)
"Brown Eyed Girl", Van Morrison (1967)
Memories, Richard & Mimi Fariña (1968)[10]
Rhymes and Reasons, John Denver, (1969)[11]
Don McLean, Don McLean, (1972)
Playin' Favorites, Don McLean, (1973)[12]

References

Richie Unterberger, Turn! Turn! Turn!: The '60s Folk-Rock Revolution. Hal Leondard Company. p. 205
Lawrence McClellan, The Later Swing Era, 1942 to 1955. Greenwood Publishing. p.50
Wolkin and Keenom, Michael Bloomfield: If You Love These Blues: An Oral History, Miller Freeman Books, San Francisco, 2000, p. 100
Bob Spitz, Dylan: A Biography. WW Norton. p. 317
"Chet Baker: Songs for Lovers" CD, Pacific Jazz Records 57158, 1997
Myers, Marc (2021-01-05). "Dionne Warwick and Burt Bacharach on the Drama of 'Walk On By'". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2021-02-01.
"The Essential Dylan". New York Magazine. New York Media, LLC: 27. 28 January 1974. ISSN 0028-7369. Retrieved 18 July 2010.
Hounsome, Terry, Rock Record: A Collector’s Directory of Rock Albums and Musicians, Enlarged, Revised, Expanded, Facts On File Publications, New York,1987 p. 284
Hounsome, Terry, Rock Record: A Collector’s Directory of Rock Albums and Musicians, Enlarged, Revised, Expanded, Facts On File Publications, New York,1987 p. 495-496
Hounsome, Terry, Rock Record: A Collector’s Directory of Rock Albums and Musicians, Enlarged, Revised, Expanded, Facts On File Publications, New York,1987 p. 201
Hounsome, Terry, Rock Record: A Collector’s Directory of Rock Albums and Musicians, Enlarged, Revised, Expanded, Facts On File Publications, New York,1987 p.157
Hounsome, Terry, Rock Record: A Collector’s Directory of Rock Albums and Musicians, Enlarged, Revised, Expanded, Facts On File Publications, New York,1987 p. 381

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[1] Richie Unterberger, Turn! Turn! Turn!: The '60s Folk-Rock Revolution. Hal Leondard Company. p. 205

[2] Lawrence McClellan, The Later Swing Era, 1942 to 1955. Greenwood Publishing. p.50

[3] Wolkin and Keenom, Michael Bloomfield: If You Love These Blues: An Oral History, Miller Freeman Books, San Francisco, 2000, p. 100

[4] Bob Spitz, Dylan: A Biography. WW Norton. p. 317

[5] "Chet Baker: Songs for Lovers" CD, Pacific Jazz Records 57158, 1997

[6] Myers, Marc (2021-01-05). "Dionne Warwick and Burt Bacharach on the Drama of 'Walk On By'". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2021-02-01.

[LLC1974-7] "The Essential Dylan". New York Magazine. New York Media, LLC: 27. 28 January 1974. ISSN 0028-7369. Retrieved 18 July 2010.

[8] Hounsome, Terry, Rock Record: A Collector’s Directory of Rock Albums and Musicians, Enlarged, Revised, Expanded, Facts On File Publications, New York,1987 p. 284

[9] Hounsome, Terry, Rock Record: A Collector’s Directory of Rock Albums and Musicians, Enlarged, Revised, Expanded, Facts On File Publications, New York,1987 p. 495-496

[10] Hounsome, Terry, Rock Record: A Collector’s Directory of Rock Albums and Musicians, Enlarged, Revised, Expanded, Facts On File Publications, New York,1987 p. 201

[11] Hounsome, Terry, Rock Record: A Collector’s Directory of Rock Albums and Musicians, Enlarged, Revised, Expanded, Facts On File Publications, New York,1987 p.157

[12] Hounsome, Terry, Rock Record: A Collector’s Directory of Rock Albums and Musicians, Enlarged, Revised, Expanded, Facts On File Publications, New York,1987 p. 381