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"Someday everything's gonna be beautiful": The Resurrection of "When I Paint My Masterpiece"

March 25, 2024

Today’s episode is a story.

Songs that appear in the episode:

“When I Paint My Masterpiece” (More Greatest Hits)
“When I Paint My Masterpiece” (demo, Another Self Portrait)
“When I Paint My Masterpiece” - The Band (Cahoots)
“When I Paint My Masterpiece” (demo, Another Self Portrait)
“When I Paint My Masterpiece” (Live at Harvard Square Theatre, Cambridge, MA, 20 November, 1975)
“When I Paint My Masterpiece” (Live at Olympic Gymnastics Arena, Seoul, South Korea, 27 July, 2018)
“When I Paint My Masterpiece” (Live at Broward Center for the Performing Arts, Fort Lauderdale. 1 March 2024)
“When I Paint My Masterpiece” (Shadow Kingdom, 2021)
”Dungaree Doll” - Eddie Fisher (1956)
”Get Up, Get Out” - The Weavers (1963)

The Jonathan Cott interview took place on 17 September, 1978 on bus and plane, on the way to the concert that night in New Haven, CT. The discussions continued in the dressing room before the show. The interview was published in Rolling Stone Magazine on November 16th 1978.

Additional music by Robert Chaney

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