A Bob Dylan Beginner's Guide, with Matt Sitman and Sam Adler-Bell
With so many dozens of albums over so many wildly disparate eras, it can take a lifetime to truly get your arms around Bob Dylan. On this episode, Kirk is joined by two guests who have spent their lifetimes doing exactly that. Matt Sitman and Sam Adler-Bell, in addition to co-hosting the terrific political history podcast Know Your Enemy, are both lifelong Dylan fans. This spring, they came on the show to give listeners a tour of Dylan's many eras, and to give newcomers a place, or places, they might start getting to know him better.DYLAN SONGS DISCUSSED, IN RELEASE CHRONOLOGYāBlowin in the WindāĀ and āCorrina, Corrinaā from Freewheelinā Bob Dylan, 1963 (and as sung by Peter, Paul and Mary)āLike A Rolling Stone,ā āJust Like Tom Thumbās Blues,ā āFrom a Buick 6ā from Highway 61 Revisisted, 1965āSubterranean Homesick Blues,ā āMr. Tambourine Man,ā and āOutlaw Bluesā from Bringing it All Back Home, 1965āRainy Day Women #12 & 35ā and āPledging My Timeā from Blonde on Blonde, 1966āAll Along the Watchtowerā and āIāll Be Your Baby Tonightā from John Wesley Harding, 1967āLay, Lady, Layā and āGirl from the North Countryā (with Johnny Cash) from Nashville Skyline, 1969āKnockinā on Heavenās Doorā from Pat Garret & Billy The Kid Original Soundtrack, 1973āForever Youngā from Planet Waves, 1974āTangled Up in Blueā from Blood On The Tracks, 1975āHurricaneā and āRomance in Durangoā from Desire, 1976āChanging of the Guardsā from Street-Legal, 1978āServe Somebody,ā and āDo Right to Me Baby (Do Unto Others)ā from Slow Train Coming, 1979āSavedā from Saved, 1980āThe Groomās Still Waiting At the Alterā and āLenny Bruceā from Shot of Love, 1981āPressing Onā and "Solid Rock" live in Toronto, 1980āNeighborhood Bully,ā āJokerman,ā āSweetheart Like Youā from Infidels, 1983āDark Eyesā from _Empire Burlesqu_e, 1985āBrownsville Girlā from Knocked Out and Loaded, 1986āSylvioā from Down In The Groove, 1988āEverything Is Brokenā and āMost of the Timeā from Oh Mercy, 1989āHard Timesā from Good As I Been to You, 1992āTrain of Love,ā Johnny Cash tribute, 1999āPay In Bloodā from Tempest, 2012āIām A Fool To Want Youā by Frank Sinatra, Jack Wolf, and Joel Herron from Shadows in the Night, 2015, and as recorded by Frank SinatraāPolka Dots and Moonbeamsā by Jimmy Van Heusen and Johnny Burke, from Fallen Angels, 2016āHow Deep is the Oceanā by Irving Berlin from Triplicate, 2017āIāve Made Up My Mind to Give Myself to Youā from Rough and Rowdy Ways, 2020ALSO DISCUSSED/REFERENCED:The Know Your Enemy episode about Dylan's The Philosophy of Modern Song"Moonlight Mind" by Will Epstein and High Water from Crush, 2016"Lonely Woman" by Ornette Coleman from The Shape of Jazz to Come, 1959"Rainy Day Women #12 & 35" as recorded by Tom Petty and the HeartbreakersSamās review of A Complete Unknown in The NationBob Dylan: Expecting Rain websiteEpisode one, "Weatherā, from Dylanās radio show Theme Time Radio Hour, featuring Muddy Waters on "Blow Wind, BlowāAudio from D.A. 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