Definitely Dylan

Bob Dylan at Farm Aid 2025 (with Rebecca Slaman and Britt Eisnor)

Just over a week after I published a whole episode about how Bob Dylan doesn’t want to be filmed or photographed, he appeared as part of the 40th Farm Aid benefit concert, which was broadcast and live streamed, giving us rare good quality footage of a present day Bob Dylan set!I invited friends of the pod Rebecca Slaman and Britt Eisnor to discuss the occasion with me. The discussion of the actual Farm Aid set begins at 31:07.Follow Rebecca on Twitter and Substack, and Britt on Instagram, Twitter or Substack.Watch Bob Dylan’s set at Farm Aid here.Get your Definitely Dylan baseball cap here.You can support Definitely Dylan on Patreon or with a one-off donation at buymeacoffee.com/definitelydylan.

"I'm Not There": Why is Bob Dylan Hiding? (also, a new Bootleg Series!)

At the most recent Outlaw shows, Bob Dylan has been shielding himself from view and it’s become a pretty popular talking point last week. I’ve been thinking about that as well as the upcoming Bootleg Series, filtered it through a 90 year old essay on art and technology and this is the result. 🧡Get your Definitely Dylan baseball cap here.You can support Definitely Dylan on Patreon or with a one-off donation at buymeacoffee.com/definitelydylan.

Bob Dylan the Gemini

An episode about twins, doubles & duality from the radio archives.Get your Definitely Dylan baseball cap here.You can support Definitely Dylan on Patreon or with a one-off donation at buymeacoffee.com/definitelydylan.

Bob Dylan's iPod (with Tim Swaddling)

Legend has it that Bob Dylan once left his iPod behind and someone copied the contents. With Canadian musician and songwriter (and future Bob Dylan podcaster) Tim Swaddling). Find the Spotify playlist “Bob Dylan’s iPod” here.Get your Definitely Dylan baseball cap here.You can support Definitely Dylan on Patreon or with a one-off donation at buymeacoffee.com/definitelydylan.Fred Bals’ blog on MediumSongs in this episode:“Let Me Play With Your Poodle” - Hank Penny (Theme Time Radio Hour ep. Thanksgiving Leftovers. CORRECTION: Bob actually played the version by Tampa Red & Big Maceo, but he played several other songs by Hank Penny on the show)“Smoking in the Boys Room” - Brownsville Station (Theme Time Radio Hour ep. Smoking)“Mansion on the Hill” - Vernon Oxford“You Hit Me Like an Atomic Bomb” - Fay Simmons“Jumping at the Record Shop” - Slim Gaillard“Whatcha Gonna Do” - George Jones“It’s a Great, Great Pleasure” - Louis Jordan“Dragnet For Jesus” - Sister Wynona Carr“When I Stop Dreaming” - Louvin Brothers“Killer Joe” - Toots Thielman

"April is the cruelest month": Shipwrecks, Heartbreak & TS Eliot

Laura revisits a radio episode from the archives about April anniversaries, some good, many disastrous. And there’s a little side quest about Bob Dylan and Modernist poetry.One note – I forgot to mention that the performance of “Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most” is by Betty Carter.Get your Definitely Dylan baseball cap here.You can support Definitely Dylan on Patreon or with a one-off donation at buymeacoffee.com/definitelydylan.