Yeah, great! Ray I'm so happy you got to talk to all of us backstage. I had sorta seen our concerts as somehow separate from all the illuminating talk-sessions about Bob that went down at the university-but now I see that we were just presenting *our* facet of Dylan's influence, not so much with words of white papers but with (and through) the music itself.
“It's like one of the greatest things ever in the history of Western culture.”
Truth. Every Friday night from 2006 to 2009, I would sit in my car, parked under the trees at the top of the mountain in the middle of nowhere West Virginia, where I lived, because I could get XM radio only in my car, not inside my house. But I could not, absolutely could not, miss Theme Time Radio Hour, with your host Bob Dylan. It was arguably the best part of my musical education.
Yep, Theme Time Radio Hour with Bob Dylan will live on forever in the Dylan catalog. There’s so much juicy richness and history in every episode, each one guided by Bob’s wry and dry humor that we all appreciate. He was having fun, there was a twinkle in his voice.
In Britain an early (ie. pre-Beatles) BBC-TV "pop" show was Juke Box Jury, in which 4 grown-ups judged a handful of new singles each week - always haughty about rockers and saying how superior Sinatra was. There was no record, ever, they hated as much as 'Summertime' by Billy Stewart. I saw the show that week and heard it with glee.
I don't listen to a lot of podcasts, but if you haven't checked out Andrew Hickey's A History of Rock Music in 500 songs...well, it's worth it. The episode on Eight Miles High is just incredible, and the episodes he's done on Bob songs are solid.
Also, there's a guy named Steve Pringle who had a podcast and then published a book about The Fall. He now does a little podcast called Steve's Mix Tapes that Lee's old bandmate Thurston recently recorded. I did the episode before Thurston, so that's some high-flying for me! It's a good, fun listen.
Awesome interview Ray, so glad to finally get around to reading this. And love the comments from the peanut gallery. I think Nels’ guitar work on Robyn Hitchcock’s (complete-version?) Desolation Row in Tulsa really elevated it. Kept the interest and momentum at a very high level throughout with his endlessly variable and circling figures. Such a tough song for any artist to cover, so challenging to sustain. Brilliant.
Great stuff! I am a huge Wilco fan as well and I am still kicking myself for not getting to Tulsa for this show. Here's a question: any chance of tracking down the Theme Time Radio Hour episodes? If so, it would be great if you could post them for paid members to download.
Yeah, great! Ray I'm so happy you got to talk to all of us backstage. I had sorta seen our concerts as somehow separate from all the illuminating talk-sessions about Bob that went down at the university-but now I see that we were just presenting *our* facet of Dylan's influence, not so much with words of white papers but with (and through) the music itself.
“It's like one of the greatest things ever in the history of Western culture.”
Truth. Every Friday night from 2006 to 2009, I would sit in my car, parked under the trees at the top of the mountain in the middle of nowhere West Virginia, where I lived, because I could get XM radio only in my car, not inside my house. But I could not, absolutely could not, miss Theme Time Radio Hour, with your host Bob Dylan. It was arguably the best part of my musical education.
Yep, Theme Time Radio Hour with Bob Dylan will live on forever in the Dylan catalog. There’s so much juicy richness and history in every episode, each one guided by Bob’s wry and dry humor that we all appreciate. He was having fun, there was a twinkle in his voice.
In Britain an early (ie. pre-Beatles) BBC-TV "pop" show was Juke Box Jury, in which 4 grown-ups judged a handful of new singles each week - always haughty about rockers and saying how superior Sinatra was. There was no record, ever, they hated as much as 'Summertime' by Billy Stewart. I saw the show that week and heard it with glee.
Of all the incredible interviews you've done, this one might just be my favourite. Nels is the greatest
Wow. Such a fun interview. Love Wilco and Nels Cline- such an interesting take, too; Nels perspective on Dylan, music, culture…
I don't listen to a lot of podcasts, but if you haven't checked out Andrew Hickey's A History of Rock Music in 500 songs...well, it's worth it. The episode on Eight Miles High is just incredible, and the episodes he's done on Bob songs are solid.
Also, there's a guy named Steve Pringle who had a podcast and then published a book about The Fall. He now does a little podcast called Steve's Mix Tapes that Lee's old bandmate Thurston recently recorded. I did the episode before Thurston, so that's some high-flying for me! It's a good, fun listen.
Awesome interview Ray, so glad to finally get around to reading this. And love the comments from the peanut gallery. I think Nels’ guitar work on Robyn Hitchcock’s (complete-version?) Desolation Row in Tulsa really elevated it. Kept the interest and momentum at a very high level throughout with his endlessly variable and circling figures. Such a tough song for any artist to cover, so challenging to sustain. Brilliant.
Great stuff! I am a huge Wilco fan as well and I am still kicking myself for not getting to Tulsa for this show. Here's a question: any chance of tracking down the Theme Time Radio Hour episodes? If so, it would be great if you could post them for paid members to download.
A lot of them are available on YouTube.
Huge fan here of Theme Time Radio, too. I've made a lot of Dylan mixtapes where I just blend in clips of him talking.