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"HOW MANY ROADS...?" BOB DYLAN'S BACK PAGES
Bob Dylan’s songs are part of American consciousness, with sources and symbols drawing from old-time country and folk, blues and ballads, ancient and modern poetry, the beauties and absurdities of life, love and loss. His contributions to the big river of songs have grown and been recognized worldwide. The young man from Hibbing, Minnesota, is now an elder… a Nobel Laureate; but his listeners didn’t need that or any such weathervane to prize Bob Dylan. It was, and is, always in his words and voice, music and memory where fans and friends found inspiration. Bob’s songs ask questions and seek action. We’ll hear Dylan’s early, classic, rare and more recent recordings along with comments from Joan Baez and filmmaker D.A. Pennebaker (“Don’t Look Back”). Also Dylan’s music as played by the Byrds and the Band, Stevie Wonder and Nina Simone, Doug Sahm and Sandy Denny. We hope you enjoy listening to this program as much as we did making it.
HOUR ONE
- Open Bed: Corrina, Corrina Bob Dylan
The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan, Columbia - Baby, Please Don't Go Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan, Columbia - Talkin' New York Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan, Columbia - This Land is Your Land Woody Guthrie
This Land is Your Land: The Asch Recording Vol. 1, Smithsonian Folkways - Mr. Tambourine Man Bob Dylan
Bringing It All Back Home, Columbia - John Brown Blind Boy Grunt
Broadside Ballads Vol. 1, Broadside - Blowin' in the Wind Bob Dylan
The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan, Columbia - Instrumental: Guitar Breakdown Woody Guthrie
My Dusty Road, Rounder - CLIP: Hard Rain's Gonna Fall Patti Smith
- Hard Rain's Gonna Fall Bob Dylan
The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan , Columbia - Highway 61 Revisited Bob Dylan
Highway 61 Revisited , Columbia - Bob Dylan's 115th Dream Bob Dylan
Bringing It All Back Home, Columbia - Instrumental: Don't Think Twice Tangled Up In Bluegrass
Tangled Up In Bluegrass: A Tribute to Bob Dylan, CMH - Like a Rolling Stone Bob Dylan
Highway 61 Revisited, Columbia - CLIP: Joan Baez
- Daddy You Been on My Mind Joan Baez
Farewell Angelina, Vanguard - Lay Down Your Weary Tune Bob Dylan
Biograph, Columbia - End Bed: Corrina, Corrina Bob Dylan
The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan, Columbia
HOUR two
- Open Bed: Cantina Theme Bob Dylan
Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid, Columbia - Just Like A Woman Nina Simone
Here Comes the Sun, RCA Victor - Wallflower Doug Sahm and Band
Doug Dahm and Band , Atlantic - Rainy Day Women #12 & 35 Bob Dylan
Blonde on Blonde, Columbia - Dirt Road Blues Bob Dylan
Time Out of Mind, Columbia - Subterranean Homesick Blues Bob Dylan
Bringing It All Back Home, Columbia - Everything is Broken The Bel-Aires with Henry Clay and the Hennessey Brothers
Million Dollar Bash: Missouri Salutes Bob Dylan, Home Tone/Painfully Midwestern - Instrumental: Billy 1 Bob Dylan
Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid, Columbia - Girl from the North Country Dylan and Cash
Nashville Skyline, Columbia - Tomorrow is a Long Time Sandy Denny
Sandy, A&M - Maggie's Farm Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan--Folk Rogue--1964-1965, Wild West - Gotta Serve Somebody Shirley Caesar
Gotta Serve Somebody-- The Gospel Songs of Bob Dylan, Sony/BMG - I Shall Be Released The Band
Music from Big Pink, Capitol - Instrumental: Knockin' on Heaven's Door Tangled Up In Bluegrass
Tangled Up In Bluegrass: A Tribute to Dylan, CMH - My Back Pages The Byrds
Younger than Yesterday, Columbia - Blowin' in the Wind Stevie Wonder
Up-Tight, Tamla - The Times They Are A-Changin' Bob Dylan
The Times They Are A-Changin', Columbia - End Bed: Final Theme Bob Dylan
Pat Garret and Billy the Kid, Columbia