May 10, 2012
Jarkko Arjatsalo, webmaster of the Leonard Cohen Forum, posted the photo above with this announcement:
Mitch Watkins has joined the band. He has toured with Leonard in 1979, 1980, and 1985.
More about Mitch at http://www.mitchwatkins.com
Mitch will be on the guitar. Bob Metzger cannot go on tour because of health issues.
This photo with caption was also posted on May 10
Source: Greetings From Camp Cohen,
(webmaster J.S. Carenza III aka Joey Carenza)
Hattie Webb can’t get enough of veteran tour mates Mitch Watkins and
Roscoe Beck as they relive past LC campaigns through newly surfaced
and hilariously incriminating photos of the ‘79/’80 LC tours
which produced the “Field Commander Cohen” live record.
Roscoe Beck as they relive past LC campaigns through newly surfaced
and hilariously incriminating photos of the ‘79/’80 LC tours
which produced the “Field Commander Cohen” live record.
For some excellent background reading about the start of Mitch's collaboration with Leonard Cohen, try this article on MarieM's Speaking Cohen: Playing With Cohen (Austin American Statesman by Brad Buchholz, Mar 31/09)
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