A Bob Dylan Primer

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A Bob Dylan Primer
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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.

Episodes

  1. 04/29/2022 • SUBSCRIBERS ONLY

    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 To Access The Complete Series: Subscribe to FM+ : Click the subscribe button in Apple Podcasts or sign up here. (One subscription covers all our network podcasts for one low price ! ) Join FM Premium: Get an FM+ Subscription plus video interviews, blog posts, a weekly bonus email and more. We're a proud member of The FM Podcast Network QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? Drop us a note at abobdylanprimer@fmpods.com.

    40 min

  2. 05/04/2020 • SUBSCRIBERS ONLY

    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

    36 min

  3. 03/23/2020 • SUBSCRIBERS ONLY

    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

    31 min

  4. 02/18/2020 • SUBSCRIBERS ONLY

    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

    26 min

  5. 01/09/2020 • SUBSCRIBERS ONLY

    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

    33 min

  6. 10/14/2019 • SUBSCRIBERS ONLY

    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?

    28 min

  7. 09/16/2019 • SUBSCRIBERS ONLY

    09 - Blood, Desire, and The Last Waltz

    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 Tour Footage (St. Louis) Bob Dylan – The Last Waltz – Forever Young & Baby, Let me Follow you Down Bob Dylan – Rolling Thunder 1976 – Ft. Collins, Colorado Bob Dylan – Hurricane – live on PBS, 1975

    31 min

  8. 07/31/2019 • SUBSCRIBERS ONLY

    08 - The Movie’ll Be Like A Song

    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 A Song. Episode links: Bob Dylan – Don’t Look Back – Best scene from the movie: Who Threw The Glass? Rare unseen footage of Bob Dylan behind the scenes of 1965 tour Bob Dylan – Eat The Document – complete movie Bob Dylan – Clip from Pat Garrett & Billy The Kid Bob Dylan – Bedroom scene from Renaldo and Clara Bob Dylan – Masked and Anonymous trailer Dylan at the Concert for Bangladesh – Full Movie 1971 Background clip about Bangladesh Benefit

    29 min

  9. 06/24/2019 • SUBSCRIBERS ONLY

    07 - What’s New?

    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 Primer, What’s New? Episode links: Bob Dylan – Another Self-Portrait Video Press Kit Dylan at the Concert for Bangladesh 1971 The Concert for Bangladesh, August 1, 1971 George Harrison & Bob Dylan – Bangladesh Rehearsal – If Not For You Pretty Saro music video Bob Dylan and Earl Scruggs – East Virginia Blues – Live footage 1971 Bob Dylan – George Jackson

    24 min

  10. 04/30/2019 • SUBSCRIBERS ONLY

    06 - Country Pie

    In 1969, America is coming apart at the seams. Rock music is exploding into densely complex forms. Bob Dylan releases an album of pure … country music. (new) Episode links: Dylan and Johnny Cash – Girl From The North Country Dylan and Johnny Cash – Studio One Too Many Mornings Isle of Wight 1969 Silent clip of Dylan at Isle of Wight

    21 min

  11. 04/02/2019 • SUBSCRIBERS ONLY

    05 - Basement Medicine

    “Live fast, die young” is the mantra of many a dead rock star – but what happens if you live fast, and survive? Maybe that’s the toughest test of all.

    20 min

  12. 12/24/2018

    01 - A Thousand Miles From Home

    Before television, a boy was born in springtime Minnesota. 25 years later he was the most beloved, and most reviled – pop star on the planet. A Bob Dylan Primer is a series that tells the story of the work and life of Bob Dylan. Over the course of 16 episodes it covers 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. Links: Greenwich Village Folk Riot – 1961 Greenwich Village During the Beat-Nik Era Folkies Kingston Trio – Tom Dooley – 1958 Bob Dylan – Remember Me – East Orange, NJ – 1961 Dylan – First recorded concert – May 6, 1961 Bob Dylan on Oscar Brand Radio Show – November 1961 To Access The Complete Series Subscribe to FM+ : Click the subscribe button in Apple Podcasts or sign up here. (One subscription covers all our network podcasts for one low price ! ) Join FM Premium: Get an FM+ Subscription plus video interviews, blog posts, a weekly bonus email and more. We're a proud member of The FM Podcast Network QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? Drop us a note at abobdylanprimer@fmpods.com.

    22 min
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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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