Bob Johnston, who produced Bob Dylan's celebrated 'Blonde on Blonde' album and Johnny Cash's live 'At Folsom Prison' in a career spanning more than 50 years, has died at age 83. The producer died on Friday in a Nashville hospice, said Charlie McCoy, a veteran studio musician who often worked with him. Johnston worked with Dylan on several albums in Nashville, most notably 'Blonde on Blonde.' The 1966 album's opening track, 'Rainy Day Women #12 & 35,' achieved notoriety for its repeated phrase: 'Everybody must get stoned.' Rolling Stone magazine ranks 'Blonde on Blonde' as the ninth greatest album of all time.
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