Definitely Dylan

In today's Bob Dylan Hotline, Laura and Rebecca get a little mystical. Bob Dylan himself has often described the creative process as magical, and through the years has also been drawn to mysticism like the Tarot. We talk about creativity as alchemy, which Tarot card Bob Dylan most identified with, and the spell that music can cast.
The Tarot deck we’re referring to is the Rider-Waite-Smith deck from 1909, illustrated by Pamela Coleman Smith.
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Buried on one of Bob Dylan's lesser 80s albums, "Brownsville Girl" is consistently cited as one of his greatest and most ambitious songs. Co-written by playwright/screenwriter/director/actor Sam Shepard, the song originally came to life as "New Danville Girl”. It was recorded, put aside, and then ultimately rewritten and overdubbed before finally seeing the light of day.
Laura and Rebecca talk about creative collaboration, the alchemy of the songwriting process, and what we love about "Brownsville Girl"
Find the video of this conversation over on YouTube
Read Bill Lattanzi’s essay that we’re referring to over at the Dylan Review.
Find out more about Mason Moreno’s research into the Dylan/Shepard Tapes over on the Infinity Goes Up on Trialpodcast.
Read Sam Shepard’s play True Dylan over on Esquire.
Watch Gregory Peck’s entire speech introducing Bob Dylan here.
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This week on the Bob Dylan Hotline, Laura and Rebecca brainstorm the best songs and albums to introduce someone to Bob Dylan’s music.
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Laura talks to Jim Windolf, music journalist and features editor at the New York Times, about his new book Where the Music Had to Go: How Bob Dylan and the Beatles Changed Each Other – and the World, out now with Scribner (US) and White Rabbit (UK).
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Laura and Rebecca answer some more listener questions and talk parasocial relationships, the artist's humanity, and fan loyalty.
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