Definitely Dylan Live
This week Laura and Robert are doing what they do best (or at least what they enjoy the most): they listen to a colourful mix of Bob Dylan performances and then talk about them. Simple as that. Hope you enjoy it!
Playlist:
Shenandoah
People Get Ready (S.I.R. Studio Rehearsals)
I Shall Be Released (Basement Tapes version)
All or Nothing at All
I Want You (Live at Budokan)
Mutineer (live)
Girl From The North Country (Live, Madison Square Garden, New York City, 20 January, 1998)
This week, Laura talks to Jackie Lees and KG Miles, two Dylan fans from London who recognised a gap in the market for a Dylan-related travel guide leading fellow fans through the Big Smoke and decided to compile their own. We discuss the importance of the city for Bob Dylan’s career and talk about some of the amusing stories in the book. Their book, Dylan In London: Troubadour Tales is out now!
Playlist:
Blood In My Eyes
It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue - Marianne Faithfull
Slow Train (live 29 June 1981 in London, UK)
Subterranean Homesick Blues
(Btw, I noticed that I keep saying “City of London” when I just mean to refer to London, the city. I know that’s technically not correct and actually only refers to a part of the city. Ugh, sorry! -L)
Definitely Dylan wishes you all a Happy 2021, especially those of you who haven’t gotten rid of their Christmas trees yet! In the first episode of the new year, Laura and Robert play songs to help you shake out the post-holiday blues!
Playlist:
Three Angels (Early Take)
Huck’s Tune
Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues (from the Bootleg Series Vol. 4)
Marchin' to the City
Meet Me In The Morning (Take 1, Remake)
In the last radio episode of the year, Laura and Robert sink their teeth into the latest cloak-and-dagger Dylan release, the 50th Anniversary Collection with all previously unreleased recordings from the year 1970. We’re particularly putting our focus on the session from the 1 May where Dylan was joined in the studio by George Harrison. We discuss the impact of Harrison’s presence on Dylan’s performance, as well as what these recordings can tell us about Dylan’s creative process in the studio, and we wonder whether a particular harmonica solo in this session already foreshadowed a song released years later on Blood On The Tracks.
If you have enjoyed listening to the show this past year and would like to show your support for Definitely Dylan, you can buy us a virtual coffee here.
Playlist:
Song To Woody
Yesterday
Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues
All I Have To Do Is Dream
It Ain’t Me Babe
I Don’t Believe You (She Acts Like We Never Have Met)
I’ll Be Home For Christmas
In the penultimate radio episode before the winter break, Laura and Robert are talking about the latest instalment of the 50th anniversary collection, which was surprise-released last week and covers the remaining unreleased material from 1970, including a session with George Harrison. We’re talking about what to expect and discuss the difference between these releases and the Bootleg Series. By the time we recorded, we hadn’t gotten our hands on the CD yet, so expect more on the topic next week! In the meantime, if you want to brush up on the friendship between Bob Dylan and George Harrison, you can listen to this episode on Dylan and the members of the Beatles after the band broke up. We also discuss other stuff and there’s lovely music. Enjoy!
PS: I don’t remember if I said in the episode that If Not For You was the only thing from the Harrison session that had been officially released, but just in case: a few other tracks for the session have also been released, for example the versions of “Time Passes Slowly” and “Working On A Guru” on the Another Self Portrait Bootleg Series.
If you’re still looking for a Christmas present for the Bob Dylan fan in your life (or for yourself), why not check out the Definitely Dylan shop, where you can find t-shirts and tote bags!
Playlist:
If Not For You (with George Harrison)
Honey Just Allow Mr One More Chance (with Earl Scruggs)
I Contain Multitudes
Hard Times
I Threw It All Away (Hard Rain)
Silver Bells
