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Appraising Bob Dylan's Private Archives
An interview with rare record collector, dealer, and archivist Jeff Gold
 • Ray Padgett
Trumpeter Chris Botti Talks Bob Dylan Encounters from Hearts of Fire to Paul Simon Duets
"I see Dylan lean in and say something in Paul’s ear, and Paul just bursts out laughing"
 • Ray Padgett
How the Bob Dylan Concert for One Person Came to Be
An interview with 'Experiment Ensam' director Anders Helgeson
 • Ray Padgett
The Bob Dylan Concert for Just One Person
An interview with Fredrik Wikingsson, the subject of 'Experiment Ensam'
 • Ray Padgett
The Advance Man Who Announced Rolling Thunder to Small-Town America
"Bob came after me. He was restrained by a couple of security people."
 • Ray Padgett
Producer George Schlatter Remembers Bob Dylan Performing for Frank Sinatra
"You cannot describe anybody today that could walk in the room and create that kind of electricity."
 • Ray Padgett
Roger McGuinn Talks 50 Years of Rolling Thunder
Plus The Byrds, Tom Petty, Bobfest, and the rest of his time with Bob Dylan
 • Ray Padgett
How a Macy’s Stock Boy Taped Four Never-Heard 1960s Dylan Shows
Within a year Ray Andersen was a leading figure in the San Francisco counterculture
 • Ray Padgett
Producer Beau Hill on Chaos and Confusion Making Bob Dylan's 'Hearts of Fire'
"Let's see if Bob can remember his instructions from fifteen seconds ago"
 • Ray Padgett
Bonus Track: Emma Swift on How "I Contain Multitudes" Unlocked Singing Dylan
"I'm very comfortable wearing the Bob Dylan cloak"
 • Ray Padgett
Bonus Track: Dean & Britta on Singing Dylan via Nico and The Walker Brothers
"I was trying to figure out, 'IS it a mean song?'"
 • Ray Padgett
Bonus Track: Nels Cline on His Love for Theme Time Radio Hour
"It's one of my favorite things ever in the history of media"
 • Ray Padgett
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