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A Bob Dylan Primer is a series of broadcasts dedicated to the work and life of Bob Dylan. The first season consists of 12 episodes, appearing approximately once a month, and covering the time period from Dylan’s youth in Minnesota and early days in New York City up to the release of Dylan’s Time Out Of Mind in 1997. I’ve attempted to combine a detailed account of Dylan’s life with my own personal observations about Dylan’s creative output and place in our world. It’s my hope that A Bob Dylan Primer will be embraced by a wide range of people, from Dylan fanatics to those who are just trying to understand what all the fuss might be about.
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16 - Nothing but Affection
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 time from the man, and several trips to the new Dylan mecca in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Episode links:
Bob Dylan – Live from the Ryman Auditorium – Nashvile – March 23, 2022
Bob Dylan – Incredible 2020 Interview with Jann Wenner
Bob Dylan – November 3, 2021 – Chicago – complete concert
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14 - Modern Times, Olden Times
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.
Episode links:
Dylan – A Change is Gonna Come – 2004
Victoria’s Secret Ad – Love Sick
Dylan – Must be Santa
Dylan – Duquesne Whistle
Dylan – NPR Radio Interview Re Chronicles -
13 - Time is in the Mind
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 with Eric Clapton
Love Sick – Dylan at the Grammys – SOY BOMB!!! – 1998
Time Out of Mind – Dylan – Complete Album/Different Live Versions
The Sounds of Silence – Dylan with Paul Simon – 1999
Sugar Baby – Dylan – live May 5, 2002
Sugar Baby – Dock Boggs
The Lonesome Road – Gene Austin
The Lonesome Road – Fank Sinatra -
12 - Beginning the Next Beginning
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 – February 23, 1993 – Simple Twist of Faith
Dylan – Live w/Orchestra – Nara, Japan – May 22, 1994 – Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall
Dylan – Live at Woodstock II – August 14, 1994 – Complete Concert
Dylan – Live at Stratford-on-Avon – July 14, 1995 – Tears of Rage
Dylan – Live from Prague – 1995 – Shelter from the Storm
Bob Dylan Meets The Pope 1997
Dylan – November 12, 1996 – Dubuque, Iowa – Craziest Show Ever -
11 - Synthesizer Dylan
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 Conference – Sydney, Australia
Bob Dylan with Tom Petty – Live in Australia 1986
Dylan & The Dead – The Times They Are A-Changin’ – July 4, 1987 -
10 - A Voice in the Wilderness
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
Bob Dylan – long intro about the Bible 1980
Bob Dylan – Jesus Met the Woman at the Well
Bob Dylan – What Can I do for You?