A wild month in 1995 where Bob invited seemingly everyone he knew to sit in with him on tour Bob Dylan ft. Dickey Betts, Stevie Nicks, Alison Krauss, Charlie Sexton, Sheryl Crow, Doug Sahm, more…

Literally no one picked a song off the album about his electric car or the one where he talks to a robot he bought online? Cowards! For real tho excited to dig into this

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Thank you to @raypadgett.bsky.social and his great site Cover Me for letting me highlight some of the more obscure versions of 'Hey Joe' featured in my book That Gun In Your Hand @anvilpress.bsky.social @asterismbooks.bsky.social #booksky www.covermesongs.com/2025/11/the-...

I don't think I like covers anymore

This is a wild read. He basically claims credit for inventing the concept of dancing (??) and uttered one of the most wonderful sentences I've read in a minute: "They're racist against the Chub"!

Charlie Sexton joins the Bob Dylan band—for one night only, years before he ACTUALLY joined the Bob Dylan band

Why is this in my bed? Is this a five year old’s version of that scene in the Godfather?

We took special note of this because we had a close friend in Brighton attending the concert but this review by Jack Walters for @raypadgett.bsky.social is just an amazing read. substack.com/@raypadgett/...

Madonna still has not showed

The story of how these recordings were made requires no Dylan fandom at all to find fascinating. Technical wizardry and human creativity at its best, and obviously, if you like Dylan even a bit, this is essential.

These are other-worldly. You might think you went to an Outlaw show, but these prove you were outside the building listening through the walls.

Maybe my favorite ten seconds on these tapes. Bob Dylan simply cannot stop thinking about pie.

For 2 decades I've been listening to audience recording, watching audience taped YouTube videos, and I always wanted to contribute to the community in some way. Really happy that my tapes were a part of this.

Surprise! The first Bob Dylan soundboards in 16 years. The Outlaw Tour has never sounded better. www.flaggingdown.com/p/the-outlaw...

Sure indie bands have to wait months to get their records pressed but it was worth it to get eight different versions of "Take On Me" pressed on red vinyl for Record Store Day

Dylan's setlist isn't changing this fall, but the arrangements are. "It's All Over Now Baby Blue" was grooving full-band one night in Brussels, then serene near-solo-piano the very next show in Paris. Here's the same stanza from each to compare:

True sicko mode cover singing the words of "Red Right Hand" to the music of "Ride Like the Wind"

I want les.

This week we're posting new cover features for every 2025 Rock Hall inductee! First up: Cyndi Lauper

This is such a fumble

Rough and Rowdy Ways Tour kicked off four years ago today! This was my report from opening night in Milwaukee:

New Infinity Goes Up on Trial episode out today. Gen Z Dylan scholar Rebecca Slaman @rebeccas.bsky.social talks about her work, how her generation engages with Dylan, and the future of Dylan Studies. Don’t miss it! infinitygoesupontrial.substack.com/p/gen-z-soci...

1034! Sean Wilentz on Bob Dylan's 'Through The Open Window' hear Kreative Kontrol ⬇️ 🍎: podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/e... 💰: www.patreon.com/posts/ep-103... ☁️: overcast.fm/+AA3_nvO3kDk vk: bit.ly/47mDnPq 🌲: linktr.ee/vishkhanna @bobdylancenter.bsky.social

I always like @raypadgett.bsky.social's interviews with people who've played with Bob Dylan over the years, but his sit-down with Roger McGuinn is revelatory, even as someone who's read plenty about both of them. www.flaggingdown.com/p/roger-mcgu...

Matthew Ingate @t0mbstoneblues.bsky.social reports in from two Rough and Rowdy nights in Paris

What genius thought it was a good idea to be fulling grinning on the cover of a song called Summertime Sadness

Imagine learning you got your name because your parents liked the shittiest song of all time via www.cantgetmuchhigher.com/p/101-things...

What Ray has done here is magnificent - a brilliant read-along as you listen to the new Bootleg Series release. I'm currently halfway through Disc 1 and thoroughly enjoying it - the Madison tapes are great. Sound quality of the 1961 Gaslight Tape is great - would have loved more than two songs.

You know who else sometimes dresses up as Bob Dylan for Halloween? Bob Dylan's own band!

Happy Bootleg Series release day! Here's my exhaustive (exhausting?) track by track guide to read while you listen. A deep dive on each song—where they come from, what they sound like, have we heard them before (And if you didn't buy the full set, two discs worth are on streaming today)

Bob Dylan: “Did you like that one?” John Hammond: “Sure, it’s alright. Who wrote that?” Bob: “I don’t know. I don’t know who wrote that.” John: “Has it been recorded?” Bob: “Not that way.” John: “How has it been recorded?” Bob: “A different way I guess.” www.flaggingdown.com/p/a-track-by...

Wilburys drama from an old fanzine

Not a song I expected to pop up on this Jack White tribute album

Of possible interest to @raypadgett.bsky.social. Bob Dylan in the 1974 Walt Whitman High School (Bethesda, MD) yearbook.

Happy 50th Rolling Thunder anniversary! Here's my new interview with Roger McGuinn. We also discussed all his other work with Bob of course, from the Byrds to Tom Petty tours, Bobfest, and beyond. (Plus I got to ask him about a wild video I watched dozens of times in high school)

There’s a Leonard Cohen cover on my Substack 💜 open.substack.com/pub/emmaswif...

Tomorrow…

Ugh can you imagine going to a Bob Dylan show and he DOESN'T let you up on stage? You have to settle for a measly autograph?? I'd demand my money back

FINALLY an uptempo Swedish cover of Nick Cave's "Into My Arms" sung by a masked cowboy

The final recently-discovered 60s concert tape I listened to in the Bob Dylan Archives—and the only one with The Hawks backing him. A different tape of this show (by bootlegger Allen Ginsberg no less) circulates, but this new one sounds better.

Great story of some guy (also named Bob) spying on the Rolling Thunder rehearsals from an air conditioning duct via the Plymouth Independent: www.plymouthindependent.org/those-things...

Everyone else: Is he just making sounds, what language is this? I can't make out any words?? Bob Dylan fans: This is literally the best moment of my entire life right now

Man I can't wait to hear last night's tape… "The combination of off-mic-singing and this stretching style made River Flow sound as if he sang it in Chinese." Another fan report: "I'll Be Your Baby and River Flow no longer have discernable words" 😂

A seasonal treat from the D&G archives — a chronological mix of (mostly) live Dylan performances recorded on October 31st – Halloween.

Exploring two more recently-discovered Dylan concert tapes from the mid 60s, including some of the first performances of Bringing It All Back Home songs

Epic mail day! Thanks to reader Joel for sending me these old tour programs/fanzines/out of print books. (If you too are looking to rehome your old Bob ephemera, you know who to DM…)

“Can you do Bruce movie Tues instead? Babysitter troubles”

My Bootleg Series writeup coming next week. God help us.