Post by darkstar on Aug 4, 2005 1:31:40 GMT
Wed Aug 3, 6:21 PM ET
Legendary Rock Critic Al Aronowitz Dead At 77
NEW YORK (AFP) - Rock music critic Al Aronowitz, who claimed to have introduced the Beatles to Bob Dylan and to marijuana, died of cancer at 77, his daughter said.
A friend of leading performers of the 1960s like Jim Morrison of the Doors and the Rolling Stones' Brian Jones, Aronowitz chronicled the rock era for The New York Post.
He died on Monday in an Elizabeth, New Jersey hospital, his daughter said.
Aronowitz was best known for arranging an August 1964 meeting between the Beatles and Bob Dylan at a New York hotel, which he later said had profound impact on 1960s pop and rock music.
"The Beatles magic was in their sound. Bob's magic was in his words. After they met, the Beatles' words got grittier, and Bob invented folk-rock," Aronowitz told The Boston Phoenix last year.
Aronowitz also claimed that Dylan wrote the hit "Mr. Tambourine Man" in his kitchen.
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Legendary Rock Critic Al Aronowitz Dead At 77
NEW YORK (AFP) - Rock music critic Al Aronowitz, who claimed to have introduced the Beatles to Bob Dylan and to marijuana, died of cancer at 77, his daughter said.
A friend of leading performers of the 1960s like Jim Morrison of the Doors and the Rolling Stones' Brian Jones, Aronowitz chronicled the rock era for The New York Post.
He died on Monday in an Elizabeth, New Jersey hospital, his daughter said.
Aronowitz was best known for arranging an August 1964 meeting between the Beatles and Bob Dylan at a New York hotel, which he later said had profound impact on 1960s pop and rock music.
"The Beatles magic was in their sound. Bob's magic was in his words. After they met, the Beatles' words got grittier, and Bob invented folk-rock," Aronowitz told The Boston Phoenix last year.
Aronowitz also claimed that Dylan wrote the hit "Mr. Tambourine Man" in his kitchen.
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