4 posts tagged “bob dylan radio show”
Gearing up for Burns Night here. Our Whisky Tasting Group is having haggis and whisky night on Saturday and my pal Smiler and I will be wearing kilts! I may even have photographic evidence of same when the time comes.
Here is one of the twentieth century's most famous lyricists paying his own tribute to Burns.
The Calypso track mentioned over at Alastair's (see below) was Zombie Jamboree by The Charmer (aka Louis Farrakhan). As Alastair is on holiday (but has still managed to post every day!) he couldn't upload this track. So complete with intro from Bob Dylan (he featured it on his theme time radio hour Halloween special), here it is.
My thanks, nay deep gratitude to my friend Alastair for sending me a copy of 50 of Bob Dylan's Theme Hour Radio Shows. The first amazing revelation is that fifty hours of radio (and more) can fit on a single disc! They are now safely transferred to my Creative Jukebox MP3 player (I once heard the Cretaive compared to the Ipod as being like a Volvo and a Rolls Royce) The shows were originally broadcast on and have gone round the world on various media. To give you an idea of the format for the shows, each one has a specific theme. Here is the track listing for the show themed 'Cars' seeing as I've already mentioned a couple! The fun doesn't just extend to the music though. Bob also plays old radio jingles and commercials. In this particular show there was a jingle of Frank Sinatra singing for Pontiac. The other vital ingredient is Bob's links between the records. His researchers have worked overtime in the interesting facts department and Bob delivers them in a unique hypnotic drawl. The music is mainly from the American side of the Atlantic although not exclusively. It is almost like a great American songbook with a few guests thrown in. You would be hard pressed to find any track played wich hadn't influenced Bob or been influenced by him in some way. I'm just back from a walk where I listened to the weather theme show. Slim Harpo,Judy Garland and Jimi Hendrix on the same show? yes indeed and it works brilliantly.
