Scarlet Rivera is an
AmericanThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
violinist. She is best known for her work with
Bob DylanBob Dylan is an American singer-songwriter, musician, poet and painter who has been a major figure in popular music for five decades. Much of his most celebrated work dates from the 1960s when he was, at first, an informal chronicler and then an apparently reluctant figurehead of social unrest...
, in particular on his album
Desire and as part of the
Rolling Thunder RevueThe Rolling Thunder Revue was a famed U.S. concert tour consisting of a traveling caravan of musicians, headed by Bob Dylan, that took place in late 1975 and early 1976. The January 1976 release of Dylan's album Desire fell between the two legs of the tour.Among those featured in the Revue were...
.
Bob DylanBob Dylan is an American singer-songwriter, musician, poet and painter who has been a major figure in popular music for five decades. Much of his most celebrated work dates from the 1960s when he was, at first, an informal chronicler and then an apparently reluctant figurehead of social unrest...
is often credited for discovering the violinist. Before the rehearsal for his 1975
Rolling Thunder RevueThe Rolling Thunder Revue was a famed U.S. concert tour consisting of a traveling caravan of musicians, headed by Bob Dylan, that took place in late 1975 and early 1976. The January 1976 release of Dylan's album Desire fell between the two legs of the tour.Among those featured in the Revue were...
tour, Scarlet was quite literally picked up off the street and invited to join in the rehearsals only because she carried a violin case on her back.
Scarlet Rivera is an
AmericanThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
violinist. She is best known for her work with
Bob DylanBob Dylan is an American singer-songwriter, musician, poet and painter who has been a major figure in popular music for five decades. Much of his most celebrated work dates from the 1960s when he was, at first, an informal chronicler and then an apparently reluctant figurehead of social unrest...
, in particular on his album
Desire and as part of the
Rolling Thunder RevueThe Rolling Thunder Revue was a famed U.S. concert tour consisting of a traveling caravan of musicians, headed by Bob Dylan, that took place in late 1975 and early 1976. The January 1976 release of Dylan's album Desire fell between the two legs of the tour.Among those featured in the Revue were...
.
Bob DylanBob Dylan is an American singer-songwriter, musician, poet and painter who has been a major figure in popular music for five decades. Much of his most celebrated work dates from the 1960s when he was, at first, an informal chronicler and then an apparently reluctant figurehead of social unrest...
is often credited for discovering the violinist. Before the rehearsal for his 1975
Rolling Thunder RevueThe Rolling Thunder Revue was a famed U.S. concert tour consisting of a traveling caravan of musicians, headed by Bob Dylan, that took place in late 1975 and early 1976. The January 1976 release of Dylan's album Desire fell between the two legs of the tour.Among those featured in the Revue were...
tour, Scarlet was quite literally picked up off the street and invited to join in the rehearsals only because she carried a violin case on her back. Dylan had previously not had any experiences with her or her musical talent.
After a session with the violinist, Dylan invited Rivera to play on the
Rolling Thunder RevueThe Rolling Thunder Revue was a famed U.S. concert tour consisting of a traveling caravan of musicians, headed by Bob Dylan, that took place in late 1975 and early 1976. The January 1976 release of Dylan's album Desire fell between the two legs of the tour.Among those featured in the Revue were...
tour.
She has also appeared on albums by
Tracy ChapmanTracy Chapman is an American singer–songwriter, best known for her singles "Fast Car", "Talkin' 'bout a Revolution", "Baby Can I Hold You", "Give Me One Reason", "The Promise" and "Telling Stories". She is a multi-platinum and four-time Grammy Award-winning artist.-Biography:Chapman was born in...
(
Crossroads), Keb Mo' (
The Door),
Dee Dee BridgewaterDee Dee Bridgewater is an American Jazz singer. She is a two-time Grammy Award winning singer-songwriter, as well as a Tony Award - winning stage actress. and Host of NPR's Syndicated Radio show "JazzSet with Dee Dee Bridgewater"...
(
Just Family),
David JohansenDavid Roger Johansen is an American rock, protopunk, blues and pop singer, as well as a songwriter and actor. He was a member of the seminal protopunk band The New York Dolls and also achieved commercial success under the pseudonym Buster Poindexter.-Early life:Johansen was born in the New York...
(
Funky but Chic),
Ian McNabbIan McNabb is known both for his work as leader and songwriter-in-chief of The Icicle Works in the 1980s, and his critically-acclaimed solo career throughout from the early 1990s to date...
(
Head Like A Rock) and others.
Scarlet was married to the British session keyboardist
Tommy EyreTommy Eyre was a session keyboardist from Sheffield, England, who appeared on records by Joe Cocker, John Martyn, Alex Harvey, Greg Lake, Michael Schenker, Gary Moore, B.B. King, John Mayall, Tracy Chapman and Wham!...
until his death in 2001.
Discography
- Scarlet Rivera (Warner Bros., 1977)
- Scarlet Fever (Warner Bros., 1978)
- Journey With An Angel
- Celtic Dreams
- Behind the Crimson Veil - Scarlet Rivera and Tommy Eyre
- Celtic Myst
- Celtic Spirit
- Classic Christmas
- Magical Christmas
- Voice of the Animals
- A New Map Of The World (album) by Ritual (Uruguay)
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