Show Notes
And introducing, a guy who nobody knows at all, someone who has released music that literally not a soul cares about...it's Bob Dylan! Just kidding, we are aware he's very popular. And he had a very popular...memoir? autobiography? autofiction? book to prove it. On this episode, we discuss Bob's 2004 "tome" Chronicles, Vol 1 with two guys who certainly know their Empire Burlesque from their Blood On The Tracks — Evan and Ian from the Jokermen Podcast! We get into many but definitely not all things Bob, from his weapons-hoarding NYC roommate, to his obsession with the Civil War, to his completely obscure "numbers" system that apparently has influenced his live shows for the past like 40 years, and the Jokermen school us in some elite and deep-cut Bob Dylan anecdotes along the way. Listen now and you too might have a time that might have a-changed, at some point.
Buy Bob's book: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Chronicles/Bob-Dylan/9780743244589 Jokermen Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/jokermen-a-podcast-about-bob-dylan/id1519299517 The Jokermen Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/jokermen
Songs in this ep: "The Times, They Are A-Changin' (8-Bit)" - ChubbyBunny "Blonde On Blonde" - Nada Surf "Jokerman" - Bob Dylan "Maggie's Farm (Live At Budokan)" - Bob Dylan "Baby, Let Me Follow You Down" - Bob Dylan "The Man In Me" - Bob Dylan "Series Of Dreams" - Bob Dylan
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