Episodes
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Talkin' Bob Dylan #21
Some Dylanfest and Hard Rain highlights from Andy & Renee with a little help from Marty Rifkin
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Talkin' Bob Dylan #20
"May I see your references?" Part 4 - Historical figures.
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Talkin' Bob Dylan #19
"May I see your references?" Part 3 - Fellow performers
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Talkin' Bob Dylan #18
The 18th installment of Talkin’ Bob Dylan, is entitled,“'May I see your references?' Part II: Desolation Row". in the last episode we made the observation that Bob Dylan likes to refer in his songs to previously established characters, literary, historical and mythological. This week we dive into...
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Talkin' Bob Dylan #17
Episode #17 of Talkin’ Bob Dylan, is entitled,“'May I see your references?' Part I". Andy & Renee talk about references to people in Bob Dylan songs. It seems that more than any other pop writer, Dylan, in addition to creating an endless cast of original fictional characters to populate his…
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Talkin' Bob Dylan #16
In the 16th Installment of "Talkin' Bob Dylan", Andy & Renee discuss Dylanesque songwriting through the lense of both homage and parody. In the parody camp, the duo yuks it up while listening to "Arms Disguised As Legs" by Steve Della Maggoria, a wonderful artist from Napa, CA. Then Andy & Renee...
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Talkin' Bob Dylan #15
#15 In their first foray into Dylan’s iconic songs, Andy & Renee discuss Blowin’ In the Wind and Hey, Mr. Tambourine Man.
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Talkin' Bob Dylan #14
#14 In their 14th Installment of Talkin’ Bob Dylan, Andy and Renee let Dylan do the talkin’. Beginning with his ten “best lines”, they invent various categories like “funniest lines”, “most insulting lines”, etc., and simply trade off reading the lyrics. The podcast includes “Shooting Star” from...
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Talkin' Bob Dylan #13
#13 Collaboration #2. Andy and Renee discuss the surprising meteoric rise of “Wagon Wheel” to iconic Americana status, and feature two different performances of the song. The podcast ends with a live studio version of “Sweet Amarillo” – the second collaboration between Wagon Wheel composers Bob...
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Talkin' Bob Dylan #12
#12 Collaborations #1. In the 12th installment of Talkin’ Bob Dylan, Andy & Renee turn their attention to the collaborative efforts of Bob Dylan. For the last two weeks they held Bob’s feet to the fire for leaving such classics as Up to Me and Blind Willie McTell off his albums. Today, Andy and...
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Talkin' Bob Dylan #11
#11 In the 11th installment of Talkin’ Andy & Renee discuss Dylan’s frame of mind in the late 70’s which lead to his religious conversion. Andy recaps Dylan’s proselytizing from the stage in 1979 and the massive changes to his music during that inner shift. The two discuss Caribbean Wind and…
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Talkin' Bob Dylan #10
#10 As they continue to probe the question “What Was He Thinking?” our hosts turn their attention to the songs Bob recorded but left off albums. In part One of this inquiry we hear a Dylanfest performance of “Up to Me” and a live studio performance of “Abandoned love”.
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Talkin' Bob Dylan #9
Welcome to the 9th installment of “Talkin’ Bob Dylan” In the last few weeks, A &R have poked some fun at our Nobel Laureate for how little he performs some of his greatest works. They even invented an algorithm called OCO to illustrate the conundrum. Today, you’re going to be able to sit back and...
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Talkin' Bob Dylan #8
#8 What Was He Thinking? Andy & Renee take a break this week from the “types of Bob Dylan songs” discussion from the previous few weeks. They're calling these next few podcasts “What Was He Thinking?" Why doesn’t he play so many of his great songs live more often? They even invented an algorithm...
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Talkin' Bob Dylan #7
#7 The Songs of Bob Dylan #12 and 35: Black Diamond Bay” Andy and Renee discuss the song as a piece of black humor and throw other interpretations under the bus. We hear a live Hard Rain version from Dylanfest 2009 in its entirety..
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Talkin' Bob Dylan #6
#6 The Songs of Bob Dylan #12 and 35: Lay Down Your Weary Tune Part Two. Andy has to finish up this discussion by himself since Renee has split town. Some interesting discussion of Chimes of Freedom and much development and speculation on the pre-eminence of Bob’s inner mental landscape.
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Talkin' Bob Dylan #5
#5 The songs of Bob Dylan #12 and 35: Lay Down Your Weary Tune Part One. The song is discussed as a transitional song for Dylan, from politics and social justice to mysticism.
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Talkin' Bob Dylan #4
Andy and Renee discuss Bob Dylan and his reaction to winning the Nobel Prize. We hear "Day of the Locusts". Then A & R talk about their recent 27th Annual Dylanfest, held May 7, 2017. We hear "Every Of Grain Of Sand" from Andy & Renee & Hard Rain's CD Release, "Dylanfest Live". Renee muses on a...
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Talkin' Bob Dylan #3
Recorded May 9th and fresh off of their 27th Annual Dylanfest, held May 7th at the Torrance Cultural Arts Center, Andy & Renee discuss the show, the torrential downpour that bifurcated the show, and the hilarity that ensued. 😊 We hear "A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall", from Andy & Renee's CD release,...
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Talkin' Bob Dylan #2
The show opens with "Senor (Tales of Yankee Power)", from Renee's CD "The Fourteenth of February", which leads into a talk about the cinematic component of Dylan's music. Then Andy and Renee discuss Dylan's creative process, and offer thoughts on the subject by Robbie Robertson of The Band from…
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Talkin' Bob Dylan #1
Andy Hill & Renee Safier start off their podcast, "Talkin' Dylan" with "Hurricane", recorded at their 2016 Dylanfest, followed by a discussion of his experience with the song led by Andy. He leads into "Forever Young" from their CD, "Midnight Tea", a collaboration with Poet Brian Michael Tracy…
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The Dylan Podcast: Preview edition
Andy and Renee, founders of the west coast version of Dylanfest, will be hosting their own podcast on Bob Dylan. Here's a preview of what you'll be getting in this interview conducted by Mike Stark.
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Andy & Renee host this weekly trip into the music of Bob Dylan.
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