Show Notes
In this episode, Laura talks to Mark Davidson and Parker Fishel, the authors of Mixing Up the Medicine, the 600 page “inside-out biography” that tells the story of Bob Dylan’s career through pieces from the Bob Dylan Archive.
Buy the book at your local bookshop (or check it out at your local library – it’s unfortunately pretty pricey).
Music by Robert Chaney.
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