Chris divers very deep into Bob Dylan's fabulous and explosive IDIOT WIND from BLOOD ON THE TRACKS, with much emphasis on variant versions of the song
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VIDEO PODCAST: Songs of Social Protest Part Three
Chris looks at SEVEN CURSES,
PERCY’S SONG and
THE BALLAD OF HOLLIS BROWN,
Three powerful early 60s protest songs
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NASHVILLE SKYLINE: ONE HELL OF A POET Extract from ‘Minstrel Boy: The Metamorphoses of Bob Dylan’
Chris looks at Bob Dylan's glorious NASHVILLE SKYLINE. In the words of Johnny Cash, Bob is 'One Hell of a Poet'
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An Introduction to MINSTREL BOY: The Metamorphoses of Bob Dylan
Minstrel Boy: The Metamorphoses of Bob Dylan is the second volume in the series BOB DYLAN: PICASSO OF SONG. It consists of a close examination of Dylan's work from 1967 to 1990
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VIDEO PODCAST: Bob Dylan’s Songs of Social Protest (Part Two)
Chris examines WHO KILLED DAVY MOORE?, JOHN BROWN and HERO BLUES, three unreleased protest songs. Who else could leave these unreleased????
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VIDEO PODCAST: Bob Dylan’s Songs of Social Protest Part One
BOB DYLAN’S SONGS OF SOCIAL PROTEST Part One EXTRACTS FULL TEXT HERE Bob Dylan arrived in the bohemian oasis of Greenwich Village at the age of nineteen in 1961, determined to make his name as a folk performer. He had already absorbed the influence of a whole range of American ‘roots’ music – including the...
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VIDEO PODCAST: All Along the Watchtower
In this video podcast Chris examines Bob Dylan's extraordinary apocalyptic and visionary ALL ALONG THE WATCHTOWER from 1968, with special reference to the version by JIMI HENDRIX
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PODCAST: A Heaful of Ideas Season 4 : 15 BOB DYLAN’S I AND I: NO MAN SEES MY FACE AND LIVES
BOB DYLAN's I AND I : NO MAN SEES MY FACE AND LIVES
Chris looks at the religious and muscal influences on Bob Dylan's 1983vsong I and I, from the album Infidels
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PODCAST: A HEADFUL OF IDEAS Season Four Episode 19: NO TIME TO THINK: THE EMPRESS ATTRACTS YOU
Chris dives deep into the mysteries of NO TIME TO THINK from 1978's STREET LEGAL, explaining how the song is connected to Shakespeare's MACBETH and the TAROT CARDS
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‘OH MERCY’! PODCAST: SMILE IN THE FACE OF MANKIND: 3 BITTER SWEET LOVE SONGS FROM ‘OH MERCY’
Chris looks in depth at MOST OF THE TIME, WHAT GOOD AM I and WHAT WAS IT YOU WANTED, three heartwrenching songs from OH MERCY