Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash & Bob Johnston 
Bob Johnston war in den 60ern/ 70ern hauseigener Produzent bei Bob Dylans und Leonard Cohens Plattenfirma COLUMBIA RECORDS. Er betreute auch Künstler wie Johnny Cash und Simon & Garfunkel.
Verstärkt durch seine Band The Army – Bob Johnston (Keyboards, Gitarre) Ron Cornelius (Gitarre), Bubba Fowler (Gitarre, Banjo), Charlie Daniels (Bass, Gitarre, Violine), Corlynn Hanney und Sue Mussmano (Background-Gesang) – gab Leonard Cohen am 4. Mai 1970 in der Hamburger Musikhalle das erste Konzert in seiner Karriere als Songschreiber und Sänger. Mit den überschwenglichen Filmkritiken und dem Erfolg seiner ersten beiden LPs “Songs Of Leonard Cohen” (1967/ 1968) und “Songs From A Room” (1969) (produziert von Bob Johnston) im Rücken begab sich Leonard Cohen auf Drängen von Bob Johnston, der ihm von 1970 bis 1972 als Manager und Begleitmusiker zur Seite stand, auf seine erste Europa-Tournee.
Nn 4 May 1970 in the Hamburg Music Hall Leonard Cohen gave the first concert in his career as a songwriter and singer.Backed by the exuberant film reviews and the success of his first two LPs, Leonard Cohen embarked on his first European tour at the insistence of Bob Johnston, who served as manager and accompanist from 1970 to 1972. Bob Johnston (Cohen’s Nashville-based Columbia A&R staff producer), and Nashville musicians Charlie Daniels (electric bass, fiddle), Ron Cornelius (lead guitar), and Elkin ‘Bubba’ Fowler (bass, banjo). They were joined by backup singers Corlynn Hanney, Susan Musmanno, and Donna Washburn. During the course of their European tour – which Cohen only agreed to undertake if Johnston (producer of Cohen’s most recent LP, Songs From A Room) would manage him and organize the band – the group began to call themselves The Army, owing to the battles they were subjected to by audiences on the road.
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