Flagging Down the Double E's

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The Story of The Wicked Messenger, The First Bob Dylan Newsletter
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The Story of The Wicked Messenger, The First Bob Dylan Newsletter

An interview with Ian Woodward

Ray Padgett
May 09, 2023
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For almost three decades, from 1980 until 2009, Ian Woodward ran a newsletter — of the old-school, ink-on-paper variety — called The Wicked Messenger. Initially printed loose-leaf and included in fanzines The Telegraph and, later, Isis. The Wicked Messenger was an essential source, maybe the essential source, for the very latest Dylan news, tour dates, …

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