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My book Pledging My Time: Conversations with Bob Dylan Band Members is officially out today!!!
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Ray Padgett
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Ray Padgett
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Flagging Down the Double E's Dylan newsletter, Cover Me covers blog, 3 books (Pledging My Time, Cover Me, Leonard Cohen 33 1/3). rfpadgett AT gmail
- The legend Weird Al criticizing what Spotify pays artists in the video he made FOR Spotify. 🐐🐐🐐
00:00 - 82 years ago today, Bob Dylan was born. 22 years ago today, MTV.com asked the dude from Sugar Ray his thoughts on Dylan turning 60.
- Guys this is not the week I want to see stark black-and-white photos of aging musical geniuses popping up in my timelineDavid Byrne adds new shows to 2025 tour brooklynvegan.com/david-byrne-ad…
- Great Vampire Weekend show last night glad they played the hits in the encore
- Bob Dylan on David Crosby: "Crosby was a colorful and unpredictable character, wore a Mandrake the Magician cape, didn’t get along with too many people and had a beautiful voice — an architect of harmony. He could freak out a whole city block all by himself. I liked him a lot."
- Dolly Parton's letter to Sinead O'Connor after Sinead covered "Dagger Through the Heart" for a tribute album
- Happy anniversary to The Times They Are a-Changin', the truly cursed Bob Dylan Broadway musical that opened on this date in 2006 (and closed a couple weeks later). For "Like a Rolling Stone," they had the whole cast—wait for it—roll around on stones.
00:00 - Nick Cave's new tribute to Shane MacGowan, which doubles as a tribute to Sinéad O'Connor (from his newsletter, doesn't seem to be linkable yet) "A beautiful and damaged man, who embodied a kind of purity and innocence and generosity and spiritual intelligence unlike any other."
- "Once I was in the Malibu emergency room getting a weigh-in and this guy walked up to me. He had curly hair and was on the short side. 'Are you Brian Wilson?' he asked. 'Yeah,' I said. 'Hi,' he said. 'I’m Bob Dylan.'"
- This is exactly how an 83 year old who doesn't really understand social media should be tweeting. You love to see it.I just found out the other day that Bob Newhart was gone. Rest in peace Bob. You brought us a lot of joy.
