Bass legend Harvey Brooks on his memoir and 50 Years playing with Dylan, Miles Davis, The Doors and everybody else

Harvey Brooks is one of the great electric bassists. He’s played with everyone from Bob Dylan to Miles Davis.

Harvey Brooks is one of the great electric bassists. He’s played with everyone from Bob Dylan to Miles Davis. He was a founding member of The Electric Flag. His bass lines are the foundation of much of the iconic rock, blues and jazz music of the 20th Century. He saw it all and he’s written it all down in his new book View from the Bottom: 50 Years of Bass Playing with Bob Dylan, The Doors, Miles Davis and Everybody Else.

As a session player he’s recorded with Bob Dylan, The Doors, Miles Davis, Cass Elliott, John Sebastian, Karen Dalton, Judy Collins, Peter Paul and Mary, Tom Rush, Eric Anderson, John Cale, Loudon Wainwright III and Mavis Staples among many others.

As a producer he’s worked with Quicksilver Messenger Service, and on Karen Dalton’s In My Own Time. He co-produced The Electric Flag’s second album with John Simon and wrote the liner notes.

I had the pleasure of interviewing Harvey recently about his book View From The Bottom and his life in music. The interview covers his ea…