He was very self-effacing in a way, she says.
He didnt believe in blowing your own horn.
He loved promoting other people and helping them, but he wasnt good at self-promotion.
Bob Neuwirth’s music is having a resurgence, thanks to a string of new projects.Courtesy of Warner Music
Over 1,000 pieces of his paintings and artwork have been catalogued.
But with Geffens financial encouragement, Neuwirth made up for lost time.
Befitting the times, the album sessions were reportedly carousing affairs.
He said it was just a drunken alcohol fest, says recording engineer and Neuwirth friend John Hanlon.
It was the Seventies.
The label gave him a lot of money, and you could tell.
Nobody questioned budget with them.
It was just about making great art.
The album also reflected his own indulgences at the time.
But he knew that the end result was not what it could have been.
It was a regret.
I said, How do you want me to approach this?
And Bob said, I know what you do.
Just do what you do.
He was a man of few words about music, but he knew what was good and what sucked.
Neuwirth passed away any of this renewed interest was in the air.
The bulk of the work onA Complete Unknowndidnt start until after his death.
But Hanlon feels his friend is aware of it, somehow.
I know hed be proud of it, he says.
As far as Im concerned, hehasheard it in his own way.
Hes heard a bit of it in heaven.
