Search Concert for Bangladesh: When George called, not a single person turned him down Meet Jonathan Taplin, writer-mentor and film & music producer at whose house the seminal benefit gig was ideated; an observer of popular culture, he has found himself in the orbit of several luminaries like Bob Dylan and The Band, Jerry Garcia, Janis Joplin, Martin Scorsese Shantanu Datta | | Published 04.05.21, 03:09 PM He was there when Bob Dylan stunned the music world and played electric guitar at the hallowed precincts of the Newport Folk Festival. He was tour manager for The Band and helped build a studio for Messrs Robbie Robertson and Co. at Woodstock at a funky house called Big Pink. It was at his home that George Harrison ideated the historic Concert for Bangladesh. Then he got into movies and started off by producing one of Martin Scorsese’s early gems,