A Bob Dylan Primer

By: Michael Hacker
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  • A Bob Dylan Primer is a series of broadcasts dedicated to the work and life of Bob Dylan. The first season consists of 12 episodes, appearing approximately once a month, and covering the time period from Dylan’s youth in Minnesota and early days in New York City up to the release of Dylan’s Time Out Of Mind in 1997. I’ve attempted to combine a detailed account of Dylan’s life with my own personal observations about Dylan’s creative output and place in our world. It’s my hope that A Bob Dylan Primer will be embraced by a wide range of people, from Dylan fanatics to those who are just trying to understand what all the fuss might be about.
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  • 16 – Nothing but Affection

    16 – Nothing but Affection
    Apr 29 2022
    A small departure, this episode traces my personal journey with Dylan’s work and music. Highlights include watching Dylan’s house get built in Malibu, seeing The Last Waltz in person, getting the weakest handshake of all time from the man, and several trips to the new Dylan mecca in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Episode links: Bob Dylan – Live from the Ryman Auditorium – Nashvile – March 23, 2022 Bob Dylan – Incredible 2020 Interview with Jann Wenner Bob Dylan – November 3, 2021 – Chicago – complete concert To Access The Complete Series: Subscribe to FM+ : Click the subscribe button in Apple Podcasts or sign up here. (One subscription covers all our network podcasts for one low price ! ) Join FM Premium: Get an FM+ Subscription plus video interviews, blog posts, a weekly bonus email and more. We're a proud member of The FM Podcast Network QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? Drop us a note at abobdylanprimer@fmpods.com.
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    1 hr
  • 04 – 1966, I Don’t Believe You

    04 – 1966, I Don’t Believe You
    Feb 25 2019
    Imagine you’ve bought a ticket to see your favorite artist in concert. Imagine then that you’re horrified at what that artist plays – would you consider them a traitor? Would you call them Judas? Episode links: Live Just Like A Woman – 1966 Background on 1966 Recordings Bob Dylan & The Band – Down In The Flood Part 2 Bob Dylan – Like A Rolling Stone – Newcastle 1966 To Access The Complete Series: Subscribe to FM+ : Click the subscribe button in Apple Podcasts or sign up here. (One subscription covers all our network podcasts for one low price ! ) Join FM Premium: Get an FM+ Subscription plus video interviews, blog posts, a weekly bonus email and more. We're a proud member of The FM Podcast Network QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? Drop us a note at abobdylanprimer@fmpods.com.
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    27 mins
  • 03 – The First Rock Star

    03 – The First Rock Star
    Jan 4 2019
    What does it mean to be a “rock star?” Attitude? Swagger? Shades? Can a folk singer turn into a rock star? Let’s find out – Episode links: Bob Dylan – Don’t Think Twice – England 1965 Bob Dylan – Live at BBC Studios – 1965 Dylan Goes Electric – Newport – July 1965 To Access The Complete Series: Subscribe to FM+ : Click the subscribe button in Apple Podcasts or sign up here. (One subscription covers all our network podcasts for one low price ! ) Join FM Premium: Get an FM+ Subscription plus video interviews, blog posts, a weekly bonus email and more. We're a proud member of The FM Podcast Network QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? Drop us a note at abobdylanprimer@fmpods.com
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    20 mins

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My Greatest Audible Discovery

From the instant I saw the cover art for the podcast, without any awareness of the author or the production, I knew for certain this would be excellent. Not only was I not mistaken - I felt & feel prophetic and even fateful. For my taste in subject matter, writing & performance, this is dead solid perfect. At once it is urbane & plain; fanciful & unadorned; wry and guileless. Listening to the narration, beautifully accented with musical accompaniment, is cognatively alligned with the experience of listening to Bob Dylan songs.

I haven't the patience for many podcasts, as I'm not inclined to like spontaneous inanity. 'A Bob Dylan Primer' is so well conceived & realized, that I can't imagine anything more entertaining & pacifying to do, than listen to it in conjunction with listening to chronologically aligned & arrayed Dylan songs. The narration and language is rustic & warm & while I seemed to innately know this was going to be wonderful for me, I didn't expect it to be dear to me; and it surely is.

The penultimate praise I can give it is this: The best thing a critic ever said about me, (and my music by proxy,) was that I was "Metal's own Bob Dylan." This is podcasts own Bob Dylan. My ultimate compliment is this: While I've met Bob Dylan and even had an incidental rapport, now, because of Michael and the episodes of his podcast, I feel much closer to him and much happier for it.

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Robert Z

Great info. Thanks for sharing your passion & extensive research about Dylan. A wonderful American lyricist. Like all great artists, a sketchy personal life.

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