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Gregg Sutton on touring with Bob Dylan, Andy Kaufman, & Lone Justice, interactions with Clapton and Bono, and opening for Elvis

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"Real Live" LP, 1984. Inner Sleeve and Sticker. Credit: SONY/ Searching For A Gem Hello and welcome to the Boston Harold Video Podcast. My very special guest today is singer, songwriter, musician, and author, Gregg Sutton.  .  The Gregg Sutton interview. Boston Harold Podcast.    The main impetus for inviting Mr. Sutton to appear on my podcast was because he was the bassist on Bob Dylan's 1984 European tour, the one that spawned the underappreciated album, Real Live.  He now also appears on one other track, the otherwise never-before released song "Enough is Enough," which begins disc five of last year's Bootleg Series box set, Springtime in New York 1980-1985 .  Dylan's impressive touring band that year also included guitarist Mick Taylor (Bluesbreakers, Rolling Stones, Carla Olson ), keyboardist Ian McLagan (Small Faces, Faces, Rolling Stones), and drummer Colin Allen (Stone the Crows.)   Not only did he get to play with one-and-a-half members of th