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KEXP presents a series of stories on the musical life of Bob Dylan.
Told by Dylan’s friends, scholars and fans, "Honest With Me" features firsthand
accounts from Joan Baez, Al Kooper, Izzy Young and the Band’s Robbie Robertson.
Stories Produced By: Michele Myers
Executive Producer: Kevin Cole
Associate Producers: Rob Carroll and Jasen Emmons
© 2005 KEXP Radio
Produced at KEXP in collaboration with EMP and the UW School of Music. Funded by a grant from the Seattle Partnership for American Popular Music.
Rolling Stone Renegade
"Rolling Stone Magazine" recently named the 500 greatest
songs of all time. Their number one pick was Bob Dylan’s "Like A Rolling Stone".
This story’s told by Al Kooper, the studio guitarist who jumped in, uninvited, to play the organ during the first take of Dylan’s masterpiece.
Song: "Like A Rolling Stone" by Bob Dylan
Listen: WindowsMedia | Real
Izzy Young’s Folklore Center
Bookstore owner Izzy Young met Bob Dylan in 1960 in the midst of the budding Greenwich Village folk scene. Izzy Young tells how the surprising young Dylan took folk music to new heights.
Story told by Izzy Young and Michele Myers.
Written and produced by Michele Myers.
Song: "Times They Are A Changin'" by Bob Dylan
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Dylan’s Got The Blues
Blues legends Howlin’ Wolf and Muddy Waters influenced Led Zeppelin, the Rolling Stones and Bob Dylan. This feature outlines the connection between Dylan and the blues.
Written and Told by Larry Starr and Michele Myers
Song "Highway 61 Revisited" by Bob Dylan
Listen: WindowsMedia | Real
Joan and Bob
Travel back in time to 1960 when Bob Dylan got his first glimpse of folk star Joan Baez. Musicologist Michelle Boss Barba traces the rocky romance between the two young folkies from sunny start to bitter end.
Written and Told by Michelle Boss Barba
Song: "It Ain't Me Babe" performed
by Bob Dylan and Joan Baez
Listen: WindowsMedia | Real
Dylan and the Band at Big Pink
This is the story of Big Pink, the big house in the country where Dylan worked with the Band. The Band’s Robbie Robertson reveals one of the secrets to Dylan’s songwriting.
Written by Michele Myers with a First-Hand
Story from The Band's Robbie Robertson
Song: "The Weight" by The Band
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Masters of War
Dylan’s song "Masters of War" is a focused outcry of anger and pain directed at the military commanders who wage war. This brilliant political essay, written by UW musicologist Timothy Kinsella, pulls no punches.
Written by Timothy Kinsella.
Told by Michele Myers and Timothy Kinsella.
Song: "Masters of War" by Bob Dylan
Listen: WindowsMedia | Real
He Won’t Make It
Izzy Young was the concert promoter who put on Bob Dylan’s first concert in New York City. Izzy himself tells the humorous story of trying to promote Dylan to a music industry that tried to shoot him down.
A First-Hand Story told by Izzy Young
Song: "Talkin' New York" by Bob Dylan
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Another Side of Bob Dylan
Songwriter Lou Winant describes his first Dylan album and why he’ll never give up his vinyl copy. Experience the album "Another Side of Bob Dylan" as Lou shows you the songs that changed his life.
Written and Told by Lou Wynant
Song: "It Ain't Me Babe" by Bob Dylan
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Discovering Desolation Row
Dylan fan Cody Case tells how Bob Dylan rescued him from grunge music.
Written and Told by Cody Case
Song "Desolation Row" by Bob Dylan
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Covers of Blowin’ In The Wind
Not for the faint of heart, these appalling (and sometimes appealing) covers of Dylan’s "Blowin’ In The Wind" will blow your mind!
Written and told by Jasen Emmons
Song: "Blowin' In The Wind" by Bob Dylan
Listen: WindowsMedia | Real
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