A Bob Dylan Primer

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Nothing but Affection Apr 29, 2022

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A small departure, this episode traces my personal journey with Dylan’s work and music. Highlights include watching Dylan’s house get built in Malibu, seeing The Last Waltz in person, getting the weakest handshake of all...

Goodbye is too Good a Word Jun 02, 2020

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As we say fare thee well, Dylan drops his best music in years Episode links: Spotify playlist for A Bob Dylan Primer Episode 15 Dylan – Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech Bob Dylan speech at the 2016...

Modern Times, Olden Times May 04, 2020

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40 years after showing up in New York, Dylan propels himself headfirst into the 21st century with a quartet of ferociously strong albums and a sweet book that tells more than the most telling tell-all....

Time is in the Mind Mar 23, 2020

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Never a dull moment for Mr. D, he contracts a serious infection of the heart, sings for the Pope, and releases his strongest album in 20 years. Episode links: Not Dark Yet – Dylan...

Beginning the Next Beginning Feb 18, 2020

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Dylan somehow stops his creative slide at the end of the 1980s and turns it all around, again. Episode links: Dylan Live – 1993 TV Special – Hard Times Dylan – Live in Paris –...

Synthesizer Dylan Jan 09, 2020

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Few who lived through the nineteen-eighties would claim the decade as their greatest era. Dylan is no exception. Episode links: Dylan 1985 – Dylan rehearses We Are The World (very entertaining) Dylan 1986 – Press...

A Voice in the Wilderness Oct 14, 2019

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Twenty years into his career, Bob Dylan unleashes his most shocking transformation …and finds religion. Episode links: Bob Dylan – June 1978 Live – Like a Rolling Stone Bob Dylan 1980 Toronto – Pressing On...

Blood, Desire, and The Last Waltz Sep 16, 2019

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It seemed like Bob Dylan was finished. Then he emerged with what many consider the strongest album of his long career. Episode links: Tangled Up in Blue – Rolling Thunder 1975 Bob Dylan 1974...

The Movie’ll Be Like A Song Jul 31, 2019

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Would you believe Dylan almost became a movie director? A slight detour from the chronology as we take a look at Bob Dylan, filmmaker. Hear all about it in Episode 8, The Movie’ll Be Like...

What’s New? Jun 24, 2019

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The sixties are ending, long live the sixties. How does the single most iconic performer leave the decade that defined him and move in the 1970s? Find out in Episode 7 of A Bob Dylan...

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