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This week on the Bob Dylan Hotline we're talking about Bob Dylan and Paul McCartney – two extraordinary artists whose paths have crossed several times over the decade, and whose influence on the other has been significant. They're similar in some ways, very different in others – let's talk about it! Watch the video of this conversation on YouTube.Check out Dean's radio show the TEN AM here: If you have a question for us, send us a voice memo to bobdylanhotline@gmail.com.For anything else get in touch at itsdefinitelydylan@gmail.comYou can support Definitely Dylan on Patreon or with a one-off donation at buymeacoffee.com/definitelydylan.Book your Bob Dylan Walking Tour of NYC with Rebecca on ramblintours.com.Get your Definitely Dylan baseball cap here.
In this episode, Laura talks to history professor Court Carney about Bob Dylan and Nostalgia – Dylan’s relationship to the past and the future, The Odyssey, and Don Draper. Here are a few things we reference that you might want to check out: Eric Lott’s book, Love and Theft: Blackface Minstrelsy and the American Working Class, from which Dylan took the title of his 2001 album. Mad Men - Carousel pitch Mad Men - Don’t Think Twice sceneYou can buy The Politics and Power of Bob Dylan’s Live Performances: “Play a Song for Me”, edited by Court and Erin C Callahan here.You can read my essay in this collection, “Today and Tomorrow and Yesterday Too”, about Bob Dylan and Time in the 2020s –which I think is highly relevant in the context of this conversation– for free over on Patreon. And you can watch the talk I gave in Miami about film, painting, and making time stand still over here: Court’s Substack and website: https://www.courtcarney.com/You can support Definitely Dylan on Patreon or with a one-off donation at buymeacoffee.com/definitelydylan.Get your Definitely Dylan baseball cap here.
In today's Bob Dylan Hotline, Laura and Rebecca get a little mystical. Bob Dylan himself has often described the creative process as magical, and through the years has also been drawn to mysticism like the Tarot. We talk about creativity as alchemy, which Tarot card Bob Dylan most identified with, and the spell that music can cast. The Tarot deck we’re referring to is the Rider-Waite-Smith deck from 1909, illustrated by Pamela Coleman Smith.If you have a question for us, send us a voice memo to bobdylanhotline@gmail.com.For anything else get in touch at itsdefinitelydylan@gmail.comYou can support Definitely Dylan on Patreon or with a one-off donation at buymeacoffee.com/definitelydylan.Book your Bob Dylan Walking Tour of NYC with Rebecca on ramblintours.com.Get your Definitely Dylan baseball cap here.
Buried on one of Bob Dylan's lesser 80s albums, "Brownsville Girl" is consistently cited as one of his greatest and most ambitious songs. Co-written by playwright/screenwriter/director/actor Sam Shepard, the song originally came to life as "New Danville Girl”. It was recorded, put aside, and then ultimately rewritten and overdubbed before finally seeing the light of day.Laura and Rebecca talk about creative collaboration, the alchemy of the songwriting process, and what we love about "Brownsville Girl"Find the video of this conversation over on YouTubeIf you have a question for us, send us a voice memo to bobdylanhotline@gmail.com.For anything else get in touch at itsdefinitelydylan@gmail.comGet your Definitely Dylan baseball cap here.You can support Definitely Dylan on Patreon or with a one-off donation at buymeacoffee.com/definitelydylan.
This week on the Bob Dylan Hotline, Laura and Rebecca brainstorm the best songs and albums to introduce someone to Bob Dylan’s music.Send us your question to bobdylanhotline@gmail.com (itsdefinitelydylan@gmail.com for all other inquiries)Get your Definitely Dylan baseball cap here.You can support Definitely Dylan on Patreon or with a one-off donation at buymeacoffee.com/definitelydylan.
Laura talks to Jim Windolf, music journalist and features editor at the New York Times, about his new book Where the Music Had to Go: How Bob Dylan and the Beatles Changed Each Other – and the World, out now with Scribner (US) and White Rabbit (UK).You can support Definitely Dylan on Patreon or with a one-off donation at buymeacoffee.com/definitelydylan.
Laura and Rebecca answer some more listener questions and talk parasocial relationships, the artist's humanity, and fan loyalty.Send us your question to bobdylanhotline@gmail.com (itsdefinitelydylan@gmail.com for all other inquiries)You can support Definitely Dylan on Patreon or with a one-off donation at buymeacoffee.com/definitelydylan.
Laura and Rebecca discuss the new Bob Dylan Patreon, AI, and eventually answer a question. Send us your question to bobdylanhotline@gmail.com You can support Definitely Dylan on Patreon or with a one-off donation at buymeacoffee.com/definitelydylan.
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