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Blue Rock Studio (1969 to 1975) Soho, New York - 2 floors and a basement - Where Dylan recorded When I Paint My Masterpiece and Watching the River Flow in 1971. This page lists research I have compiled for Dylan fans and scholars about Blue Rock Studio, a recording studio in the Soho neighborhood of New York City in the 1970's where Dylan recorded When I Paint My Masterpiece and Watching the River Flow. UPDATE - 2018 - (by Joe Schick, co-founder/owner of the former Blue Rock Studio) Mr. Egan: I was the (co) founder/owner of Blue Rock Studio at 29 Greene Street, in New York City, which opened in 1969. Since I think you value accuracy on your site, I thought I would share with you a few corrections regarding your notes on the Bob Dylan Blue Rock sessions in 1971. Personnel: Bob Dylan Leon Russell (piano) Jesse Ed Davis (guitar) Carl Radle (bass) Jim Keltner (drums) Joey Cooper, Don Preston, Chuck Blackwell, Claudia Linnear, and Kathy Macdonald weren't part of these sessions. Leon Produced; Bob Johnston wasn't there. I engineered along with my chief engineer Jan Rathbun and my partner Ed Korvin. I remixed Watching the River Flow alone with Dylan on the last day; it is our version that appears on BD's Greatest Hits, Vol.2. I cannot say with certainty that he played, but I believe Jim Dickinson was at the When I Paint my Masterpiece session. Memory is a tricky thing... Heylin is correct about the other songs recorded in those sessions. Keltner's recollection of the sessions (from Uncut Magazine) is pretty close to mine. People always thought Dylan was trying out a vocal technique but the fact was he really did have a bad cold. He was comfortable and joke-y with me (we had not met before) although a little quiet most of the time. Lots of tea and juice... I know it is often attributed to Blue Rock, but George Jackson was definitely not recorded there. It's a great song though... Thought you'd want to know . . . Joe Schick Blue Rock Studio, Inc. - 29 Greene Street, Soho, New York (from the 1972 NYC phone book) 
Watching the River Flow entry (from Wikipedia) 
Leon Russell entry from Wikipedia 
From the book Blood on the Tracks 
From the book Dylan: A Biography by Bob Spitz 
List of recording sessions (from Bjorner.com) 
List of recording sessions (from Bjorner.com) 
List of recording sessions (from Bjorner.com) (slide onto desktop to read larger) 
List of recording sessions (from Bjorner.com). Dates only given - no studios. (slide onto desktop to read larger) 
List of recording sessions. This list is from the book 20 YEARS OF RECORDING: THE BOB DYLAN REFERENCE BOOK by Michael Krogsgaard, published in 1981. Joe Schick, who ran Blue Rock Studio and whose 2018 e-mail is above, indicates that George Jackson was recorded elsewhere. 
ABOUT BLUE ROCK STUDIO - from Billboard 
ABOUT BLUE ROCK STUDIO - from Billboard (continued; blown up from small online text ) 
29 Greene Street, west side, between Canal and Grand - former site of Blue Rock Studio in 2014. 
photo by Chris Bride, Property Shark, 2014 via Flaming Pablum. To enlarge photo, drag to desktop. THREE FLOORS WERE ADDED TO THE BUILDING IN 2016. 29 Greene Street, west side, between Canal and Grand 
This was the building in 2011 via Google Street View. 
Another shot from Google Street view of the building in 2011 
This is a photo from the NYC Municipal Achives of the building in the 1980's 
This is a picture of the building circa 1984 via the NYC music blog Flaming Pablum by Alex Smith. (www.vassiferblogs.com ) 
This is another picture of the building circa 1984 via the NYC music blog Flaming Pablum by Alex Smith. 
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