Shuffle Synchronicities Podcast🎙 #2

In this Podcast🎙:Dave Cowen of Shuffle Synchronicities talks with founder of the most popular blog about cover songs; author of a 33 1/3 series book; contributing journalist to The New Yorker, Spin, and The AV Club; interviewee on NPR; and top paid music Substacker, Ray Padgett of Flagging Down the Double E’s, about: * Ray’s history of live Bob Dylan Substack that’s become so popular he’s adapting it into a book* What Ray makes of why he’s developed a niche of writing about Dylan, Tom Waits, and Leonard Cohen * Why Ray thinks he’s always been disinterested in writing about song lyricsAnd much more, including:* Debating the future popularity of covers of Dylan songs versus the originals* Laughing about why Dylan’s collaboration with The Grateful Dead was regarded as perhaps his worst-ever live album* Comparing Dylan’s gospel era to Kanye West’sAnd, of course, there are some super fun live-Shuffles!Plus, Dave also recounts the story of:* The ecstatic and epiphanic experience of attending a Dylan show in June of 2022 in LA * The many synchronicities it inspired* And how it led to the deletion that night of this Shuffle Synchronicities Substack 🤪NOTE: The transcript of the Podcast will also be emailed out as posts in eight parts as a Podscript🎙📇 Get full access to Shuffle Synchronicities 🔀✨ Ask The Music at shufflesynchronicities.substack.com/subscribe