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On Eavesdroppin' comedy podcast this week, it's Eavesdroppin' with a twist as Geordie and Michelle join Fonz and Mez from The Midllifers podcast for a special collab! Starting with the Eavesdroppin' duo jumping into The Midlifer's format... Who is your sexy hall pass? As we all know, our sexy hall passes change as we get older and on this episode you get to hear four middle-aged ladies giggle about who their hall passes were when they were younger and who they'd like to 'have a cup of tea' with now. The answers might surprise you! And if you're a fan of Arnott's Scotch Finger Biscuits, look away... We follow with a Rant Or Rave about true crime media - is it a good thing or not? And end with Who Did It Better? Brad Pitt in the film Se7en or Brad Pitt in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood - which film will win the battle?Geordie follows with a segue into some new theories about Charles Manson - was he a twisted cult leader or a pawn being used by the US government for the greater good? Listen now for theories that touch on MK Ultra, Helter Skelter, the Black Panthers and more... So pop on your headphones, grab a brown lemonade and join Geordie & Michelle and Fonz & Mez for this week's episode, plus chit-chat about Marilyn Manson's microphone, Gwyneth Paltrow's vagina candle and more, only on Eavesdroppin' podcast. And remember, wherever you are, whatever you do, just keep Eavesdroppin'! *Disclaimer: We don't claim to have any factual info about anything ever and our opinions are just opinions not fact, sooorrrryyy! Don't sue us! Please rate, review, tell your friends and subscribe in all the usual places – we love it when you do!Listen to The Midlifers here: https://podfollow.com/1751242707 Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/eavesdroppinDo write in with your stories at hello@eavesdroppinpodcast.com or send us a Voice Note!Listen: www.eavesdroppinpodcast.com or https://podfollow.com/eavesdroppinYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqcuzv-EXizUo4emmt9PgfwFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/eavesdroppinpodcast#themidliferspodcast #charlesmanson #mansonfamily #se7en #cults #tarantino #ukpodcast #truecrime #storytellingpodcast #funnypodcast #eavesdroppin #eavesdroppinpodcast #eavesdroppincomedypodcast #podcast #comedy Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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We discuss Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu's press conference, DOGE doing things, and we play the first (and last?) installment of "Who Did It Better?".Follow Alan on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AlanMosleyTValanmosley.tvFollow Shaine on Twitter: https://twitter.com/thehapatarian

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We celebrate the 200th episode of Hard Rain & Slow Trains by first catching up with news about Bob Dylan and his fellow travelers since the previous episode in February. Then, things take an odd turn: the radio show is taken over by Ms. Maria and Miss Lucy who run things the way they want. In "Who Did It Better?" you are first tasked by Ms. Maria to do better, than you are asked by Miss Lucy to vote who did "Gorgeous" better, Taylor Swift or the anonymous "Bob Dylan Taylor Swift" Youtube musician. Listen to the episode, then go to our Twitter page @RainTrains to vote!

In October of 1963, Bob Dylan performed one of his great shows on the stage of one of the great venues, he finished recording his third album, he performed in concert halls in Pennsylvania and Michigan, he dueted with Joan Baez in Los Angeles, he wrote a poem to Baez, he gave two interviews, and he was publicly humiliated by a weekly national magazine in an article that would mark a pivot in how he interacted with both his audience and the press. Take a “Highway of Diamonds” back 60 years to the pivotal developments of Bob Dylan's professional life in October of 1963. In "20 Pounds of Headlines," we bring you news from the world of Bob Dylan, both in October of 1963 and in February of 2024. In "Who Did It Better?" we ask you to vote and tell us who did "Don't Think Twice, It's All Right" better: Bob Dylan on the stage of Carnegie Hall on October 26, 1963 or Joan Baez and Maggie Rogers on that same Carnegie Hall stage 724 months later on February 26, 2024. Listen to the episode, then go to our Twitter page @RainTrains to vote!

VOTE NOW Trump or Hitler, Who Did It Better; Sex a Crime? Karel Cast #292 Donald Trump said "Immigrants are poisoning the blood of our nation." Hitler used almost the exact same quote, as in, almost word for word. So, who did it better? IDF shoots its own unarmed, white-flag carrying hostages. Why? Hospitals on overload, again, did we learn nothing? Sex in the Senate Hearing Rooms? And? So? Well, you're fired, get out… So sex in the oval is OK, but not the Senate? And isn't sex normal? Where's the strangest place you've had it? A trip to the park, a deranged violent man and an overwhelming feeling that America is lost. Watch on YouTube and listen wherever you get your podcast. Subscribe at YouTube.com/reallykarel @ReallyKarel is all social media and website reallykarel.com The Karel Cast is heard three times a week on all your favorite streaming services and the video can be seen on Youtube. Karel is a history-making #LGBTQ talk show host currently living in Las Vegas with his pup Ember. https://youtu.be/Jp2Se0V17t4

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In July of 1963, Bob Dylan traveled to Greenwood, Mississippi, final resting place of Robert Johnson, to perform at a Voter Registration Rally, traveled to San Juan, Puerto Rico to perform for Columbia executives, and traveled to Minnesota to perform for friends, he recorded a television performance that would air the following month, but above all he performed at the Newport Folk Festival. He performed at Newport and, as Robert Shelton wrote, “he left a star.” Take a “Highway of Diamonds” back 60 years to the pivotal developments of Bob Dylan's professional life in July of 1963. In "20 Pounds of Headlines," we bring you news from the world of Bob Dylan, both in July of 1963 and in 2023. In "Who Did It Better?" we ask you to vote and tell us who did "Only a Pawn in the Game" better: Bob Dylan from the Newport Folk Festival in 1963 or Morrissey for his 2019 album California Son. Listen to the episode, then go to our Twitter page @RainTrains to vote!

In May and June of 1963, Bob Dylan performed his first concert in California (where he sang his first duet with Joan Baez), walked off the set of THE ED SULLIVAN SHOW, and finally saw his second album, which he had been working on for a year, appear in record stores. Take a “Highway of Diamonds” back 60 years to the pivotal developments of Bob Dylan's professional life in the late spring of 1963: May and June. In "20 Pounds of Headlines," we bring you news from the world of Bob Dylan, both in May and June of 1963 and in 2023, which includes the passing of two towering musical figures. In "Who Did It Better?" we ask you to vote and tell us who did "Honey, Just Allow Me One More Chancer" better: Bob Dylan from THE FREEWHEELIN' BOB DYLAN or Earl Scruggs. Listen to the episode, then go to our Twitter page @RainTrains to vote!

50 years ago, Bob Dylan recorded the soundtrack to PAT GARRETT & BILLY THE KID, helped some friends in the studio, including producing the only non-Bob Dylan album he ever produced, began rehearsing with The Band for an anticipated concert tour, signed with a new record label after 11 years with Columbia, and went into a studio and recorded his only studio album with The Band. All of this occurred against a changing cultural background that inaugurated the cultural decade of the Seventies. It's the golden anniversary of the birth of the Seventies, so we are pausing half-way through our own calendar year of 2023 to travel back 50 years to hear the music that Dylan was making and, in "20 Pounds of Headlines," to hear the news from the world of Bob Dylan as it was in 1973, as well as 2023. In "Who Did It Better?" we ask you to go to our Twitter page @RainTrains to vote for who did "Tough Mama" better: Bob Dylan and The Band in 1973 or the Jerry Garcia Band? Listen to the episode, then go to our Twitter page @RainTrains to vote!

In April of 1963, Bob Dylan showcased his own songs to his largest audience yet, he finished recording for his second album, and he returned to the stages of coffee houses and clubs…until he became too big for coffee houses and clubs. Take a “Highway of Diamonds” back 60 years to the pivotal developments of Bob Dylan's professional life in April of 1963...60 years ago to the month. This episode is exceptionally long (the longest ever) as it attempts to showcase Dylan's repertoire in April of 1963 by selecting different performances from that month. In "20 Pounds of Headlines," we bring you news from the world of Bob Dylan, both in April of 1963 and in 2023. In "Who Did It Better?" we ask you to vote and tell us who did "Seven Curses" better: Bob Dylan on the stage of Town Hall on April 12, 1963 or Joan Baez accompanied with Bob Weir 60 years later in 2023. Listen to the episode, then go to our Twitter page @RainTrains to vote!

This episode is marchin' down the line...to explore Bob Dylan's March of 1963. The 60th anniversary is the diamond anniversary – visit the pivotal developments of Bob Dylan's professional life in March of 1963...60 years ago to the month. Dylan appears on television for the first time in the United States, he does a couple different radio shows, he again records for Witmark and Sons, his publishing company, and his lyrics are featured in two issues of BROADSIDE magazine. In "20 Pounds of Headlines," we bring you news from the world of Bob Dylan, both in March of 1963 and 2023, including memorials to Billy "The Kid" Emerson, Harry Belafonte, and Gordon Lightfoot, and news about a forthcoming Dylan album due in June. In "Who Did It Better?" we ask you to vote and tell us who did "Walkin' Down the Line" better: Arlo Guthrie at Woodstock or Sierra Ferrell. Listen to the episode, then go to our Twitter page @RainTrains to vote!

Dylan is in the midst of a five-night residency at the Tokyo Garden Theater before he concludes his 11-date tour of Japan with three nights in Nagoya. To commemorate his 2023 tour of Japan, HARD RAIN & SLOW TRAINS: BOB DYLAN & FELLOW TRAVELERS concludes a two-part series featuring "'Pearls from Japan': Bob Dylan in Japan." Hear highlights of Bob Dylan's Japanese concerts over the decades: 1978 to 2018. This second part features performances from 1994 to 2023...just the other night! "20 Pounds of Headlines" includes an update on Dylan's 2023 tour itinerary and news about James Mangold's upcoming biopic of Dylan, A COMPLETE UNKNOWN. "Who Did It Better?" returns this week and we ask you to vote and tell us who did "Forever Young" better: Japanese tenor Yosuke Yamamoto or Bob Dylan in Tokyo on February 28, 1978? Listen to the episode, then go to our Twitter page @RainTrains to vote!

On April 6, Bob Dylan returned to the stage for the first concert of 2023...in Japan. To commemorate the occasion, HARD RAIN & SLOW TRAINS: BOB DYLAN & FELLOW TRAVELERS launches the first of a two-part series featuring "'Pearls from Japan': Bob Dylan in Japan part 1". Hear highlights of Bob Dylan's Japanese concerts over the decades: 1978 to 2018. This first part features performances from 1978 to 1994. "20 Pounds of Headlines" includes an update on Dylan's 2023 tour itinerary, news about his new drummer, the relocation and opening date of the Heaven's Door whiskey bar, The Last Refuge, and the two portraits of Dylan that featured in Celine's "Portrait of a Performer" ad campaign. "Who Did It Better?" will return next week in part two.

It is an ice-cold, snowy, slushy-street February in New York City in 1963, which is where the “Highway of Diamonds” takes us this month. The 60th anniversary is the diamond anniversary – visit the pivotal developments of Bob Dylan's professional life in February of 1963...60 years ago to the month. Dylan appears on a radio show, records for both Witmark and Broadside, is photographed for the cover of his next album, and has 12 songs recorded – in some accompanied by Happy Traum on banjo – for what would eventually be called “The Banjo Tape.” In "20 Pounds of Headlines," we bring you news from the world of Bob Dylan, both in February of 1963 and February of 2023. In "Who Did It Better?" we ask you to vote and tell us who did "Only a Hobo" better: Bob Dylan in Folkways Studios for BROADSIDE Records in February of 1963 or Hamilton Camp  in 1964 for his second album. Listen to the episode, then go to our Twitter page @RainTrains to vote!

It is a new year, which means that the “Highway of Diamonds” that takes us back 60 years – the 60th anniversary is the diamond anniversary – now takes us back to a new destination: 1963.  Visit the pivotal developments of Bob Dylan's professional life in January of 1963...60 years ago to the month. The year begins with Dylan in London, rehearsing for the BBC television play authored by Evan Jones: MADHOUSE ON CASTLE STREET, performing in London clubs, and interviewed by Ronnie Gilbert for THE SCENE. On January 4, the taping for MADHOUSE ON CASTLE STREET occurs, wherein Dylan appears as Bobby the Hobo. The next day he flies to Rome where he attends an Odetta concert, performs at a folk music club, and visits the Catacombs; he records with Richard Fariña, Eric Von Schmidt, and Ethan Signer back in London; he returns to NYC and reunites with Suze Rotolo after a seven-month absence; he records with Happy Traum for Broadside Records, and he performs his new song "Masters of War" for Izzy Young and Alan Lomax in Lomax's NYC apartment while a tape recorder is running. Other new songs this month include "Girl from the North Country" and "Boots of Spanish Leather." In "20 Pounds of Headlines," we bring you news from the world of Bob Dylan, both in January of 1963 and early 2023. In "Who Did It Better?" we ask you to vote and tell us who did "Masters of War" better: Bob Dylan in Alan Lomax's apartment in January of 1963 or Judy Collins a few months later in 1963 for her third album? Listen to the episode, then go to our Twitter page @RainTrains to vote!

We don't know what's around the bend, but we're heading there through 2023. This episode plays Dylan songs & those of fellow travelers dealing with what's around the bend. In "20 Pounds of Headlines," we round up news from the world of Bob Dylan, which includes news about a new Dylan art book, a reminder about the forthcoming Bootleg Series, Dylan's ranking on ROLLING STONE'S new "200 Greatest Singers" list (a revision of its 2008 "100 Greatest Singers" list), and speculation about a 4k restoration of a film with Dylan in it that may be released in 2023. In "Who Did It Better?" we ask you to tell us who did "Death is Not the End" better: The Waterboys or Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds? Be sure to go to our Twitter page @RainTrains to vote!

This episode concludes the 2022 monthly series that has been celebrating the tenth anniversary of TEMPEST with this the tenth and final episode, exploring the album's final song, "Roll on John," John Lennon, and death as an odyssey. In "20 Pounds of Headlines," we round up news from the world of Bob Dylan, which includes director James Mangold's announcement about the title of his upcoming Bob Dylan biopic and news about Ryan Adams's recording – and making available as a free digital download on his website – his own version of Blood on the Tracks. In "Who Did It Better?" we ask you to vote this week to tell us who did “Roll on John" (the Margaret Mayo/Rufus Crisp song) better: Bob Dylan in 1962 or The Greenbriar Boys in 1964? Listen to the episode, then go to our Twitter page @RainTrains to vote!

In this episode we wrap up our year-long exploration of Bob Dylan's 1962. This month we are visiting December, when Bob Dylan enters Columbia Recording Studio A for the seventh and what he believed would be the final time before completing his second studio album (this turned out not to be the case), and then he boards a plane on December 16 in order to head to London to perform in Madhouse on Castle Street for the BBC: his first trip abroad. A 60th anniversary is a diamond anniversary, so this week – as we have throughout 2022 – we take a trip on "a highway of diamonds," exploring the events of Bob Dylan's career sixty years ago. In "20 Pounds of Headlines," we bring you news from the world of Bob Dylan, both in December of 1962 and December of 2022. In "Who Did It Better?" we ask you to vote and tell us which version of "Hero Blues" is better: the first or the fourth take? Listen to the episode, then go to our Twitter page @RainTrains to vote!

This episode continues a monthly, ten-part series celebrating the tenth anniversary of TEMPEST, featuring the eighth track on the album, "Tin Angel," necessitating a consideration of the presence of the murder ballad in Dylan's work and his narrative songs in general. In "20 Pounds of Headlines," we round up news from the world of Bob Dylan, which includes Dylan's statement about his use of Autopen, the opening of Retrospectrum in Rome, and some developments that may get the proposed James Mangold Dylan biopic, Going Electric, closer to being greenlit. In "Who Did It Better?" we ask you to vote this week to tell us who did “Blackjack Davey" better: Bob Dylan or The White Stripes? Listen to the episode, then go to our Twitter page @RainTrains to vote!

Visit the pivotal developments of Bob Dylan's professional life in November of 1962 as we travel "A Highway of Diamonds" back 60 years. Dylan returns to the Columbia Recording Studio A in Manhattan to finish recording his first single and to continue recording his second album. He performs at Gerde's Folk City and he prepares to leave for England. A 60th anniversary is a diamond anniversary, so this week, and throughout the year, we will periodically take a trip on "a highway of diamonds," exploring the events of Bob Dylan's career sixty years ago. In "20 Pounds of Headlines," we bring you news from the world of Bob Dylan, both in November of 1962 and November of 2022. In "Who Did It Better?" we ask you to vote and tell us which version of "Mixed Up Confusion" is better: the one recorded on November 1, 1962 and released 23 years later on BIOGRAPH or the one recorded on November 14, 1962 and released one month later as the A-side to Dylan's first single? Listen to the episode, then go to our Twitter page @RainTrains to vote!

This episode continues a monthly, ten-part series celebrating the tenth anniversary of TEMPEST, featuring the seventh track on the album, "Early Roman Kings." In "20 Pounds of Headlines," we round up news from the world of Bob Dylan, which includes the long-awaited news about Bootleg Series vol. 17 on TIME OUT OF MIND, the wrapping up of Dylan's 2022 tour, and the passing of a musician fellow traveler. In "Who Did It Better?" we ask you to vote this week to tell us who did “Early Roman Kings" better: Peter Case or Bob Dylan? Listen to the episode, then go to our Twitter page @RainTrains to vote!

Because of the Cuban Missile Crisis, it is a fraught month, but the day before the Crisis begins — although the Crisis was not made public for another week — Dylan performs the first of what could legitimately join his (considerably long) list of "greatest concerts." Certainly, his Gaslight performance after hours with the closed sign on the door reveals Dylan in a character and mood he would not often sustain for an entire concert again. At the end of the month, he is back in the studio performing songs for what would become The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan, but instead of leaning into the tender emotive voice of the Gaslight show less than two weeks before, he plays a couple rock & roll numbers. A 60th anniversary is a diamond anniversary, so this week we are back to walking "a highway of diamonds," exploring the events of Bob Dylan's career sixty years ago. In "20 Pounds of Headlines," we bring you news from the world of Bob Dylan, both in October of 1962 and October of 2022. In "Who Did It Better?" we ask you to vote and tell us who did "Corrina Corrina" better: Bob Dylan, from the B-side of his first single, or the just recently departed Jerry Lee Lewis? Listen to the episode, then go to our Twitter page @RainTrains to vote!

“It could have been a last waltz,” Bill Flanagan wrote, “instead, it turned out to be rock & roll's greatest half time show." Thirty years ago, Sony Music hosted Columbia Records Celebrates the Music of Bob Dylan at Madison Square Garden on October 16, 1992. A double-CD concert album and a concert film, both titled Bob Dylan: The 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration were released to memorialize the event. This episode will memorialize the memorialization, contextualize the concert within the lineage of other great multiact, multiheaded concerts and festivals, and it will also strip bare some of the event's mythologization. In "20 Pounds of Headlines," we round up news from the world of Bob Dylan as it was in 1992 and today, including a brief clip of Dylan reading from his forthcoming THE PHILOSOPHY OF MODERN SONG, an update on his current tour itinerary, and a special guest review of another much more recent Bob Dylan Tribute Concert that took place at Town Hall in New York City, this review written by our listener Jon Olson of Arlington. In "Who Did It Better?" we ask you who did "When I Paint My Masterpiece" better live, Jerry Garcia and John Kahn or The Band (minus Robbie Robertson) with Richard Bell and Jim Weider on the stage of Madison Square Garden for Columbia Records Celebrates the Music of Bob Dylan? For past episodes featuring the music of the Columbia Records Celebrates the Music of Bob Dylan concert, look up the following episodes of HARD RAIN & SLOW TRAINS: BOB DYLAN & FELLOW TRAVELERS: 10/29/2020: “All Those Who've Sailed with Me: Bob Dylan & His Bands part 3,” 6/10/2021: “The Great Pretender: The Music of Chrissie Hynde,” 11/11/2021: “Bloomington,” and 11/25/2021: “Playing to the Big Crowds, Playing to the Cheap Seats: Bob Dylan & The Beatles part 2.” You might also like to listen to 10/8/2020: “The Rock Era” for some more context concerning multiact and multiheaded concerts and festivals.

Last Friday, September 30, 2022 was the 25th anniversary of the release of Time Out of Mind, an album whose artistic and commercial success proved an important contributor to Dylan's continued reinvigoration and late career success, a success that has continued to this day. This episode celebrates that album with a consideration of its making, its distinctiveness, and, of course, through its music. In "20 Pounds of Headlines," we update you on Dylan's European tour itinerary, tell you who will be reading the audiobook version of Dylan's forthcoming THE PHILOSOPHY OF MODERN SONG, and mark the passing of a powerful and distinctive songwriter and singer. In "Who Did It Better?" we ask you to go to our Twitter page @RainTrains to vote for which version of “Mississippi,” as recorded for TIME OUT OF MIND, is better: The outtake from the 1996 Teatro recording sessions in Oxnard, California, or outtake #2 or #3 from Criteria Studios in Miami.Please check out the Dylan.FM podcast over at the Freak Music Club: https://dylanfmc.castos.com. Craig Danuloff has put together a nice collection of essays celebrating the 25th anniversary of TIME OUT OF MIND and his work is a wonderful contribution to our understanding of Bob Dylan's masterpiece, now a quarter of a century old. I would like to again thank Mr. Danuloff for his permission to replay part of his interview with Scott Warmuth, a perennial friend to HARD RAIN & SLOW TRAINS: BOB DYLAN & FELLOW TRAVELERS.  

25 years ago Bob Dylan released an album whose artistic and commercial success proved an important contributor to his continued reinvigoration and late career success, a success that has continued to this day. This episode celebrates that album with a consideration of its making, its distinctiveness, and, of course, through its music. In "20 Pounds of Headlines," we update you on Dylan's European tour itinerary, remind you about a great Youtube Channel, and provide more information about both the SHADOW KINGDOM and T-Bone Burnett Ionic Originals recording sessions from 2021. In "Who Did It Better?" we ask you to go to our Twitter page @RainTrains to vote for which version of “Can't Wait” is better: The alternate version from the Teatro in Oxnard, California, the alternate version from Criteria Studios in Miami, or the album version.

Visit the pivotal developments of Bob Dylan's professional life in August and September of 1962 as we travel "A Highway of Diamonds" back 60 years ago. Dylan takes a trip back to Minnesota and, missing his girlfriend who was in Italy, calls up Dave Van Ronk in New York and tells John Cohen that he may never  return there without her. He legally changes his name to Bob Dylan, signs with Albert Grossman, plays parties for friends and joins the Carnegie Hall Hootenanny sixty years ago to the night of this episode's broadcast, where he unveils "A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall" to the world (he had debuted it before a small crowd at the Gaslight Cafe a few days earlier). A 60th anniversary is a diamond anniversary, so this week, and throughout the year, we will periodically take a trip on "a highway of diamonds," exploring the events of Bob Dylan's career sixty years ago. In "20 Pounds of Headlines," we bring you news from the world of Bob Dylan, both in August & September of 1962 and September of 2022. In "Who Did It Better?" we ask you to vote and tell us who did "Tomorrow is a Long Time" better: Ian & Sylvia or The Seldom Scene? Listen to the episode, then go to our Twitter page @RainTrains to vote!

This episode continues a monthly, ten-part series celebrating the tenth anniversary of TEMPEST, featuring the sixth track on the album, "Scarlet Town." In "20 Pounds of Headlines," we round up news from the world of Bob Dylan, which includes a countdown (from 10) until  Dylan's first tour of Europe in 3 years begins in 10 days. In "Who Did It Better?" we ask you to vote this week to tell us who did the seventeenth-century traditional Scottish ballad "Barbara Allen"  better: the Everly Brothers or Bob Dylan? Listen to the episode, then go to our Twitter page @RainTrains to vote!

This episode continues a monthly, ten-part series celebrating the tenth anniversary of TEMPEST, featuring the fifth track on the album, "Pay in Blood." Given that this episode airs on September 8, 2022 and TEMPEST was released on September 10, 2012, this episode also includes some general remarks about the album on the occasion of the tenth anniversary of its release. In "20 Pounds of Headlines," we round up news from the world of Bob Dylan, which includes a reminder that Dylan's first tour of Europe in 3 years begins in 17 days. In "Who Did It Better?" we ask you to vote this week to tell us which is better: "Someone's Got a Hold of My Heart" or the song it turned into, "Tight Connection to My Heart (Has Anyone Seen My Love?)"? Listen to the episode, then go to our Twitter page @RainTrains to vote!

This episode continues a monthly, ten-part series celebrating the tenth anniversary of TEMPEST, featuring the fourth track on the album, "Long and Wasted Years." In "20 Pounds of Headlines," we round up news from the world of Bob Dylan, which includes new shows added to Dylan's 2022 autumn tour of Europe; the appearance of the table of contents of Dylan's new book, THE PHILOSOPHY OF MODERN SONG, online, including the 66 songs about which he will be writing; and the passing of Jerry Allison, the drummer of The Crickets. In "Who Did It Better?" we ask you to vote this week to tell us who did "Twist and Shout" better: The Top Notes, the Isley Brothers or The Beatles? Listen to the episode, then go to our Twitter page @RainTrains to vote!

Join Dr. Sara Martinez for a summary of her scholarly work on Dylan, which includes her dissertation on how Dylan's work from 1962-1970 upends traditional masculine roles of breadwinner and soldier and also her current work on the Rolling Thunder Revue. We also play some music from some of her favorite performers. In "20 Pounds of Headlines," we round up news from the world of Bob Dylan, including rumors pertaining to both the James Mangold GOING ELECTRIC film and the next volume of the Bootleg Series. In "Who Did It Better?" we ask you to tell us who did "One More Cup of Coffee (Valley Below)" better, The White Stripes or Robert Plant? Listen to the episode, then go to our Twitter page @RainTrains to vote!

This episode continues a monthly, ten-part series celebrating the tenth anniversary of TEMPEST, featuring the third track on the album, "Narrow Way." A seven-and-half minute, fifteen-bar blues that gives voice to the struggle of keeping one's faith in a hostile world, "Narrow Way" is explored through a close examination of its lyrical allusions and the meaning of the song. In "20 Pounds of Headlines," we round up news from the world of Bob Dylan, which includes a report about Joni Mitchell's triumphant return to the stage at the Newport Folk Festival after twenty years, and, crucially, seven years after suffering a debilitating brain aneurism. In "Who Did It Better?" we ask you to vote this week to tell us who did "Narrow Way" better: Klaudia Kroboth or Karl Wright? Listen to the episode, then go to our Twitter page @RainTrains to vote!

Tour the pivotal developments of Bob Dylan's professional life in July of 1962 as we travel "A Highway of Diamonds" back 60 years ago to the month and visit Dylan as he performs in Montreal, records "Blowin' in the Wind" and other songs for THE FREEWHEELIN' BOB DYLAN, makes new friends, writes his beloved who is across the sea in Italy, and signs with a new music publisher. A 60th anniversary is a diamond anniversary, so this week, and throughout the year, we will periodically take a trip on "a highway of diamonds," exploring the events of Bob Dylan's career sixty years ago. In "20 Pounds of Headlines," we bring you news from the world of Bob Dylan, both in July of 1962 and July of 2022. In "Who Did It Better?" we ask you to vote and tell us who did "Worried Blues" better: its writer Hally Wood or Bob Dylan as recorded on July 9, 1962? Listen to the episode, then go to our Twitter page @RainTrains to vote!

In late May, Bob Dylan resumed touring with a leg that went up and down the American West Coast, the Pacific Northwest, and into the Rocky Mountains. He performed 25 concerts in 19 cities, his last one wrapping up a week-and-a-half ago in Denver. Join HARD RAIN & SLOW TRAINS: BOB DYLAN & FELLOW TRAVELERS for a postgame review of the late spring/early summer 2022 leg of the "ROUGH AND ROWDY WAYS" World Wide Tour/2021-2024. You will hear highlights from the shows and comparisons between the evolving arrangements of certain songs. In "20 Pounds of Headlines," you will hear an update about Dylan's plans to tour Europe in the autumn, what special plans Cat Power has for the Royal Albert Hall in November, and you will hear about the auction of an ultra-rare version of THE FREEWHEELIN' BOB DYLAN. In "Who Did It Better?" we ask you to tell us which live version of "Key West (Philosopher Pirate)" by Bob Dylan is better: a November 21, 2021 arrangement from the Beacon Theatre in New York last fall or a June 23, 2022 arrangement from Santa Cruz a few weeks ago? Go to our Twitter page @RainTrains to vote!

This episode continues our intermittent series featuring a single Dylan song and today's episode explores one of Dylan's great narrative songs: "Simple Twist of Fate." You'll hear studio and live performances of “Simple Twist of Fate” by both Dylan -- some with interesting lyric variations -- and fellow travelers and a special medley of 30 different cover versions of the song. The weekly news segment “20 Pounds of Headlines” tells you about the conclusion of Dylan's latest leg of his tour and also updates you on the auction of the ionic original of a 2021 studio recording of Blowin' in the Wind...and shares news about an upcoming auction of an extremely rare and collectible version of THE FREEWHEELIN' BOB DYLAN (1963). In "Who Did It Better?" we ask you to tell us who did "Simple Twist of Fate" better: The Jerry Garcia Band or Sean Costello? Go to our Twitter page @RainTrains to vote!

Cover songs. It's a love/hate relationship we all put ourselves through. For every Joe Cocker covering "With A Little Help From My Friends" we get ten Disturbed covers of "The Sounds of Silence." This week on the episode friend of the show Barry returns to try and steer the ship through the treacherous waters of two hours of sleep and half pot of coffee. You'll understand when you hear it. So sit back and enjoy outlook at Who Did It Better? Many thanks to Kreatures and Kreeps for our new spooky logo design. Make sure to check out her Instagram page for all kinds of kool designs and to commission your graphic design needs. Instagram discord Facebook projectgexpod@gmail.com  

This episode covers the second week of Bob Dylan's Fall 2021 tour, focusing on his Sunday, November 7, 2021 performance in Bloomington, Indiana. In addition to performances from the Bloomington concert, this episode features the music of Bloomington native John Mellencamp who attended the concert, the music of Bloomington resident Kenny Aronoff who has played with Dylan, commentary on the tour, and a "Who Did It Better?" that asks you to tell us which version of "Goodbye Jimmie Reed" is better, the ROUGH AND ROWDY WAYS album version or the live version from the Bloomington concert?

50 years ago George Harrison called some friends and put together afternoon and evening concerts at Madison Square Garden on August 1st, 1970. The results were assembled into both a 1971 3-LP album and a 1972 film, THE CONCERT FOR BANGLADESH. Bob Dylan, who performed in both shows (his first major concert appearances in two years) would feature heavily in the album and film, with his evening concert performance of five of his songs composing all of the first side of the album's 3rd LP disc. We are looking back at THE CONCERT FOR BANGLADESH on the occasion of its 50th anniversary. In "20 Pounds of Headlines," we round up news from the world of Bob Dylan as it was in 1971 and in "Who Did It Better?" we ask you who did "Something" better live, George Harrison and friends from the stage of Madison Square Garden at THE CONCERT FOR BANGLADESH in 1971 or Bob Dylan and his band from the stage of Madison Square Garden in tribute to George Harrison in 2002? For more on Bob Dylan's activities and music from 1971, look up and listen to the 6/17/2021 episode of HARD RAIN & SLOW TRAINS: BOB DYLAN & FELLOW TRAVELERS: "1971: A Golden Anniversary."

The fifth episode featuring fellow travelers who first recorded in the 1950s and who are still with us (the previous ones are from 6/3/2021, 9/3/2020, 5/14/2020, and 5/7/2020). This episode features Quincy Jones, surveying his music, his arrangements, and his record productions. In "20 Pounds of Headlines," we round up news from the world of Bob Dylan and in "Who Did It Better?" we ask you who sang the two lines, "There's a choice we're making; we're saving our own lives / It's true we'll make a better day just you and me," in the Quincy Jones-produced "We are the World" better: Diana Ross (with Michael Jackson), Bob Dylan, Stevie Wonder, or Ray Charles? Listen to the episode, then go to our Twitter page @RainTrains to vote!

As we continue to expectantly await Bob Dylan's July 18th online performance, SHADOW KINGDOM, we dedicate this episode to a "Shadow Miscellany": miscellaneous considerations about both the encroaching, shadowy night and also the position of the moon in Bob Dylan's work of the last thirty years. In "20 Pounds of Headlines," we round up news from the world of Bob Dylan and in "Who Did It Better?" we ask you who did "Make You Feel My Love" better live: Bob Dylan or Maria Muldaur?

Tonight we are celebrating the poetry Bob Dylan with some help from fellow travelers along the way. In this episode you will hear some of Dylan's free verse, some of his poetic prose, and, of course, some of his music. In "20 Pounds of Headlines," we give you the latest news about Bob Dylan's upcoming SHADOW KINGDOM performance and in "Who Did It Better?" we ask you whose musical setting for "Last Thoughts on Woody Guthrie" is better: Jack Johnson or P. P. Arnold?

Last Wednesday, Bob Dylan announced that he will be producing a concert online (through Veeps.com) on July 18, 2021. The performance will showcase Dylan "in an intimate setting as he performs songs from his extensive body of work.” This week we both consider the meaning of "Shadow Kingdom" and also revisit some of his live performances from the last few decades in anticipation of the July 18th Veeps show, his first performance since December 8, 2019 in Washington, DC. In "20 Pounds of Headlines," we round up news from the world of Bob Dylan. Dan is traveling this week, so "Who Did It Better?" is postponed until next week. Some of the songs from this episode were previously played in the November 19, 2020 episode, "'All Those Who've Sailed With Me': Bob Dylan and His Bands part 6" and the "'All Those Who've Sailed With Me': Bob Dylan and His Bands part 5" episode from November 12, 2020.

50 years ago Bob Dylan was turning 30. He recorded four new songs in the studio, and a total of eight original songs (four were from previous years), but did not release a studio album, only Greatest Hits Vol. II. He performed in both Madison Square Garden performances for the Concert for Bangladesh, and joined The Band on stage at the New York Academy of Music at the end of the year, but did not tour. He had his own studio he operated for a year near Greenwich Village, he recorded on a David Bromberg record and he recorded with Barry Goldberg when Goldberg used Dylan's studio to record. He arranged the recording of 15 of Allen Ginsberg's songs and played guitar, piano, and organ on them. He even appeared on public television with Ginsberg. And 1971 was the year Macmillan finally published TARANTULA. Yet, despite this activity, he was not ready to tour yet. It's the golden (50th) anniversary of this interesting year, so we are pausing half-way through our own calendar year of 2021 to look back. In "20 Pounds of Headlines," we round up news from the world of Bob Dylan as it was in 1971 and in "Who Did It Better?" we ask you who did "When I Paint My Masterpiece" better back in 1971: The Band or Bob Dylan?

On May 21st, Chrissie Hynde and Pretenders guitarist James Walbourne released STANDING IN THE DOORWAY: CHRISSIE HYNDE SINGS BOB DYLAN, an album that they recorded remotely last year during the pandemic. This episode of HARD RAIN & SLOW TRAINS: BOB DYLAN & FELLOW TRAVELERS celebrates the release of this album of Dylan covers by celebrating the music and story of fellow traveler Chrissie Hynde, whose 42-year career is remarkably consistent and a testament to her talent, vision, and moral center. In "20 Pounds of Headlines," we round up news from the world of Bob Dylan and in "Who Did It Better?" we reveal to you the results of our first ever "Who Did It Better?" tournament featuring the traditional song "Moonshiner," and we ask you to vote this week to tell us who did "You're a Big Girl Now" better: Emma Swift or Chrissie Hynde, both of whom first released their versions last year. Listen to the episode, then go to our Twitter page @RainTrains to vote!

The fourth episode featuring fellow travelers who first recorded in the 1950s and who are still with us (the previous ones are from 9/3/2020, 5/14/2020, and 5/7/2020). This episode features Ramblin' Jack Elliott. Sixty-five years is a long time to have a recording career, and that is what the man born Elliot Charles Adnopoz on August 1st, 1931 has done. In "20 Pounds of Headlines," we round up news from the world of Bob Dylan and in "Who Did It Better?" we ask you, to vote to complete our "Moonshiner" tournament by pitting the winner from last week's poll, Bob Dylan, against this week's winner (we won't ruin the surprise just yet). Listen to the episode, then go to our Twitter page @RainTrains to vote!

This week we summarize the recent three-day "Dylan@80" online conference sponsored by the University of Tulsa's Institute for Bob Dylan Studies. There were many interesting panels and talks and I'll present the highlights. In "20 Pounds of Headlines," we round up news from the world of Bob Dylan and in "Who Did It Better?" we ask you, for the second bracket of our "Moonshiner" tournament, who did "Moonshiner" better: Uncle Tupelo or Punch Brothers? Go to our Twitter page @RainTrains to vote!

It's our annual Bob Dylan birthday episode and this year Dylan is 80, so we have brought along critic and author Michael Gray to mark the occasion. Gray is one of the most important literary critics to write about Dylan and has produced the landmark volumes SONG AND DANCE MAN: THE ART OF BOB DYLAN and THE BOB DYLAN ENCYCLOPEDIA, as well as books on Blind Willie McTell, Elvis Presley, and Frank Zappa. Gray has a new book of essays on Dylan out called OUTTAKES ON BOB DYLAN: SELECTED WRITINGS 1967-2021 available from Route-Online.com. In "20 Pounds of Headlines," we round up news from the world of Bob Dylan and in "Who Did It Better?" we ask you who did "Moonshiner" better: Roscoe Holcomb or Bob Dylan. There are so many versions of "Moonshiner" that this will be the first week that we do a "Who Did It Better?" tournament that will extend the next two weeks. Go to our Twitter page @RainTrains to vote!

The final episode of a two-part series featuring the music of cities where Dylan did not record his studio albums. Part two emphasizes important recording centers throughout the globe, whereas part one last week focused on cities in the United States. Who could summarize the wonderful sounds we play in this show? You'll just have to listen to find out! In "20 Pounds of Headlines," we round up news from the world of Bob Dylan and in "Who Did It Better?" we ask you who did "Can't Escape From You" better: Bob Dylan as recorded in Dublin or the Peter Viskinde Band as recorded in Copenhagen? RIP Peter Viskinde.

We continue our twelve-part series featuring the cities where Dylan recorded his studio albums over the decades. Part eleven features Los Angeles, where Bob Dylan recorded twelve albums. We'll play songs from most of these albums, as well as a few prominent songs that feature L.A. as a subject. In "20 Pounds of Headlines," we round up news from the world of Bob Dylan and in "Who Did It Better?" we ask you who did "Emotionally Yours" better: Bob Dylan as recorded in Los Angeles or The O'Jays?

We continue our twelve-part series featuring the cities where Dylan recorded his studio albums over the decades. Part ten features Malibu, where Bob Dylan recorded two albums in his garage studio: GOOD AS I BEEN TO YOU (1992) and WORLD GONE WRONG (1993). We'll play other songs recorded in Malibu, songs about Malibu, and an interview with one of only two people in the studio with Dylan when he recorded his two albums in Malibu. In "20 Pounds of Headlines," we round up news from the world of Bob Dylan and in "Who Did It Better?" we ask you who did "Two Soldiers" better: Jerry Garcia & David Grisman or Bob Dylan as recorded in his studio in Malibu?

We continue our twelve-part series featuring the cities where Dylan recorded his studio albums over the decades. Part nine features Topanga & Santa Monica -- our first stops in California during this series. You'll hear both some of the recordings that Dylan made in Topanga and Santa Monica, and also other recordings made in the same studios. In "20 Pounds of Headlines," we round up news from the world of Bob Dylan and in "Who Did It Better?" we ask you who did "No Time to Think" better: Bob Dylan, as recorded in Santa Monica for STREET-LEGAL, or The Belle Brigade, also recorded in Santa Monica?

We continue our twelve-part series featuring the cities where Dylan recorded his studio albums over the decades. Part eight cheats a little because Dylan didn't actually record a studio album in Woodstock or Saugerties, New York. Yet, he wrote nearly 100 songs here and recorded scores of demos that were eventually released, eight years later, as THE BASEMENT TAPES. Because the influence and importance of Woodstock on Dylan's story looms large, I decided to include Woodstock in our series. In this episode, we listen to some of the earliest covers of the songs Dylan wrote in Woodstock, we hear from (now obscure) musicians that Dylan knew in his early visits to Woodstock in 1963 and 1964, and we hear other recordings made in Woodstock. We also celebrate Levon Helm, who so embodied the comradery, conviviality, and cooperation of the Woodstock arts scene. In "20 Pounds of Headlines," we round up news from the world of Bob Dylan and in "Who Did It Better?" we ask you who did "Quinn the Eskimo" better: Bob Dylan, as recorded in Big Pink in Saugerties, New York or Manfred Mann?

We continue our twelve-part series featuring the cities where Dylan recorded his studio albums over the decades. Part seven features Nashville, Tennessee -- Music City, USA. Here Bob Dylan recorded BLONDE ON BLONDE (1966), JOHN WESLEY HARDING (1967), NASHVILLE SKYLINE (1969), and part of SELF PORTRAIT (1970). You'll hear about the famous Nashville sidemen, dubbed the Nashville Cats, and -- for once -- they will take the spotlight. In "20 Pounds of Headlines," we round up news from the world of Bob Dylan and in "Who Did It Better?" we ask you who did "Temporary Like Achilles" better: Bob Dylan, as recorded in Nashville for BLONDE ON BLONDE, or Nashville string band, Old Crow Medicine Show, as recorded on the stage of Nashville's Country Music Hall of Fame, fifty years to the month after BLONDE ON BLONDE.

We continue our twelve-part series featuring the cities where Dylan recorded his studio albums over the decades. Part six features Sheffield, Alabama, home to Muscle Shoals Sound Studios where Bob Dylan recorded SLOW TRAIN COMING (1979) and SAVED (1980) with Barry Beckett and Jerry Wexler producing. You'll hear about the famed Muscle Shoals Rhythm section, called the Swampers, you'll hear songs recorded both at Muscle Shoals Sound and its predecessor FAME Studios founded by Rick Hall, you'll hear lyrics that reference the Muscle Shoals sound, and you'll hear about the recording of Dylan's two albums way down in the land of cotton. In "20 Pounds of Headlines," we round up news from the world of Bob Dylan and in "Who Did It Better?" we ask you who did "Pressing On" better: Regina McCrary with the Chicago Mass Choir or Alicia Keys, recorded in FAME Studios in Muscle Shoals.

Tonight we conclude our two-episode feature on Dylan's youngest son, Jakob Dylan, frontman for The Wallflowers. We continue to delve into his music by listening to his songs that reflect on what he calls his "lineage"; additionally, we hear from him in interviews. We also hear a song by one of Dylan's grandsons, Pablo, we round up news from the world of Bob Dylan in "20 Pounds of Headlines," and we remember Phil Spector, who died last Saturday, January 16, 2021. Tonight on "Who Did It Better?" we ask you to go to our Twitter page @RainTrains and vote for who did "Tryin' to Get to Heaven," better: Bob Dylan or David Bowie in the new single released to commemorate what would have been his seventy-fourth birthday?

This week we begin a two-episode feature on Dylan's youngest son, Jakob Dylan, frontman for The Wallflowers. We delve into his music and hear from him in interviews. As usual, we round up news from the world of Bob Dylan in "20 Pounds of Headlines." Tonight on "Who Did It Better?" we ask you to go to our Twitter page @RainTrains and vote for who did Dylan's song for Jakob (and likely his other children), "Forever Young," better: Bob Dylan or Rod Stewart?

We enter 2021 listening to songs that marked new beginnings in Dylan's creative life, featuring lesser-known Dylan performances of such songs amidst a sobering tumult in the United States. This episode includes "20 Pounds of Headlines: News From the World of Bob Dylan" and "Who Did It Better?" where we ask you to go to our Twitter page and vote for who did "Jokerman" better: Caetano Veloso or Bob Dylan?

Our second annual end-of-year, year in review episode of Hard Rain & Slow Trains: Bob Dylan & Fellow Travelers emphasizes "the turning of the page." We remember those who we lost in 2020 and also review 2020 highlights from the world of Bob Dylan. It was a very busy year. This episode includes "20 Pounds of Headlines: News From the World of Bob Dylan" and "Who Did It Better?" where we ask you to go to our Twitter page and vote for who did "The Groom's Still Waiting at the Altar" better: Bob Dylan or Elkie Brooks? Happy New Year everybody!

Oh by gosh by golly. We're back for more merry and cheer in a special mid-week episode. And if you're a excited as I am about it, you're not excited. This is the first episode of what I'm calling Who Did It Better? Sort of like, who wore it better, except not as judgmental or dumb. We've also got a fun Christmas song game planned for later in the episode! Stick around.

Our second annual Christmas episode of Hard Rain & Slow Trains: Bob Dylan & Fellow Travelers. This episode includes "20 Pounds of Headlines: News From the World of Bob Dylan" and "Who Did It Better?" where we ask you to go to our Twitter page and vote for who did "The First Noël" better: Emmylou Harris or Bob Dylan? You can listen to last year's Christmas episode by looking up the 12/19/2019 episode. Merry Christmas everybody!

Tonight we conclude our three-episode series featuring other people's songs about Bob Dylan with an episode dominated predominantly by musicians and singers from the British Isles. In "20 Pounds of Headlines: News From the World of Bob Dylan," we get you up to speed on newsworthy Bob Dylan events from the past week. Tonight on "Who Did It Better?" we ask you to go to our Twitter page @RainTrains and vote for who did "Song to Woody" better: Bob Dylan recording in a New York studio with George Harrison in the spring of 1970 or Canadian band Silverstein from a 2012 Amnesty International charity tribute album to Dylan.

This week we continue our three-episode series featuring other people's songs about Bob Dylan with a music-filled episode packed to overflowing. In "20 Pounds of Headlines: News From the World of Bob Dylan," we cover the basics of Dylan's monumental sale of his publishing rights to his over 600 songs to Universal Music Publishing Group announced on Monday November, 7th. Tonight on "Who Did It Better?" we ask you to go to our Twitter page @RainTrains and vote for who did "Lenny Bruce" better: Rab Noakes or Stan Ridgway?

This week we begin a three-episode series featuring other people's songs about Bob Dylan; the entire three-part series will be covering fifty songs. In "20 Pounds of Headlines: News From the World of Bob Dylan," we update you on a little-known, but important three-CD album of unreleased Dylan performances from 1970 that was released in Europe three days ago. Tonight on "Who Did It Better?" we ask you to go to our Twitter page @RainTrains and vote for who did Joan Baez's quintessential song about Bob Dylan, "Diamonds & Rust," better: Joan Baez or Judas Priest?

In this week's episode we express our gratitude for the many especially beautiful versions of Bob Dylan songs we have been bequeathed, both by Dylan and also other singers: Nina Simone, Gillian Welch, Rhiannon Giddens, John Cruz, Chrissie Hynde, Liz Wright, Iris Dement, Eliza Gilkyson, and Mandolin Orange. Beautiful! This week on "Who Did It Better?" we ask you to choose between Bob Dylan's 1963 version of the beauty "Boots of Spanish Leather" and that of Mandolin Orange from 2014. Go to our Twitter page @RainTrains and vote for who did it better! Thank you Stuart for the suggestion via Twitter.

We continue our multi-episode series featuring Dylan's bands over the decades. Tonight, it is Dylan's bands from 1975-1981, including Little Feat (by way of Fred Tackett and Richie Hayward) and The Alpha Band (by way of Steve Soles, David Mansfield, and T-Bone Burnett...and sometimes David Kemper). Tonight on "Who Did It Better?" we return to "You Angel You" (see our July 30, 2020 episode), but ask you to go to our Twitter page @RainTrains and vote between the versions of The Alpha Band and the New Riders of the Purple Sage.

This week we begin a multi-episode series featuring Dylan's bands over the decades. Tonight, it is the Paul Butterfield Blues Band – three members of which joined him on stage at the infamous Newport Folk Festival performance of July 25, 1965 – and The Band, who, truly, need no introduction...especially for you, right? Tonight on "Who Did It Better?" we ask you to go to our Twitter page @RainTrains and vote for who did "I Shall Be Released" better: Bob Dylan & The Band or...The Band?!?

This week's episode celebrates "The Rock Era" in popular music: 1954-2007, and, of course, Dylan's place in it (to a small extent...mostly we are just playing great rock music and discussing it). We remember Eddie Van Halen who passed away on October 6th and John Lennon, who would have turned 80 on October 9th. This week on "Who Did It Better?" we ask you to choose between Bob Dylan's 1965 version of "Highway 61 Revisited" and that of Johnny Winter from 1969. Go to our Twitter page @RainTrains and vote for who did it better!

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This week we feature Dylan's instrumental performances, with a detour into a handful of instrumental versions of Dylan tunes. "Who Did It Better?" takes a week off, but it will be back next week. Why don't you take the time you save from not voting this week to give Hard Rain & Slow Trains a review on your favorite podcasting app? Thanks!

This week's episode is for those who know that there must be something to Dylan's music but have never been able to get into it. Don't worry, we got you covered: just press play and we will open you up to a world of fantastic music. Share this episode with your friends who have never been able to get into Dylan but may still be open-minded enough to listen to this episode and give him a try. This week on "Who Did It Better?" we ask you to choose between Bob Dylan's 1964 version of "To Ramona" and that of Irish singer Sinéad Lohan from 1996. Go to our Twitter page @RainTrains and vote for who did it better!

This week we revisit Bob Dylan's 2006-2009 run of his weekly satellite radio show, Theme Time Radio Hour. The occasion is the announcement that next week, on September 21, 2020, Theme Time Radio Hour returns with the broadcast of a two-hour episode, "Whiskey," that Dylan recorded while social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic. Dylan, of course, owns Heaven's Door Whiskey, which launched in 2018. Meanwhile wildfires are slowing the trains and causing us to pray for hard rain on the West Coast, so this week on "Who Did It Better?" we ask you to choose between Bob Dylan's 1985 version of "Something's Burning, Baby" and that of Austrian musician Michel Montecrossa from 2004. Go to our Twitter page @RainTrains and vote for who did it better!

After so many episodes dedicated to Dylan's most recent album, let's dial back the clock 59 years to the recording of Dylan's self-titled first album. Recorded in Studio A of Columbia Recording Studios in New York City on November 20th and 22nd, 1961, and produced by John Hammond, Sr., BOB DYLAN was released on Monday, March 19, 1962, the last day of the winter of 1962 and at the spring of Dylan's recording career. This week on "Who Did It Better?" we ask you to choose between Roy Acuff's 1936 version of "Freight Train Blues" and Bob Dylan's version of the same song from his first album. Go to our Twitter page @RainTrains and vote for who did it better!

The third episode featuring fellow travelers who first recorded in the 1950s and who are still with us (the previous one is from 5/14/2020). This episode features Harry Belafonte and Mighty Sparrow. Over sixty years is a long time to have a recording career, and these are two of the last ones standing. This week on "Who Did It Better?" we ask you to choose between Harry Belafonte's and Bob Dylan's versions of "Shenandoah." Go to our Twitter page @RainTrains and vote for who did it better!

In episode 77 we close out our song-by-song consideration of ROUGH & ROWDY WAYS by featuring "Murder Most Foul" and other closers for Bob Dylan albums; they tend to be long, so we do not have time to play but a few of them, though. This week on "Who Did It Better?" we ask you to choose between Bob Dylan's and the Grateful Dead's versions of "Desolation Row," the closing song to Dylan's 1965 HIGHWAY 61 REVISITED. Go to our Twitter page @RainTrains and vote for who did it better! Check out our other episodes featuring songs from ROUGH AND ROWDY WAYS from 4/2/2020 up through this week: throughout 14 episodes, we explore the new Dylan album. Our 7/2/2020 episode ("I Contain...Openers!") compliments this episode by exploring songs that open Dylan albums.

In episode 76 we approach the conclusion of our song-by-song consideration of ROUGH & ROWDY WAYS by featuring "False Prophet," second song from the new album and first played during our 5/14/2020 "Last Ones Standing part 2" episode. In this episode, we play songs to which Dylan alludes in "False Prophet" as well as dive into the meaning of the song, especially as that meaning relates to the themes of the album. This week on "Who Did It Better?" we ask you to choose between "If Lovin' is Believing" and "False Prophet," given that they are so close in form (we know that it is cheating because they are two different songs, but we ran out of time so we had to get efficient! Go to our Twitter page @RainTrains and vote for who did it better!

In episode 75 we continue to explore Dylan's new album ROUGH & ROWDY WAYS by featuring "Goodbye Jimmy Reed," sixth song from the new album. In this episode, we play songs to which Dylan alludes in "Goodbye Jimmy Reed," play other songs that have lyrical connections to Dylan's song, and contemplate the song...and of course we play Jimmy Reed! This week on "Who Did It Better?" we ask you to choose between two versions of "Lone Pilgrim" from the Watson Family (1963) featuring Doc Watson and Bob Dylan (1993); go to our Twitter page @RainTrains and vote for who did it better!

In episode 74 we continue to explore Dylan's new album ROUGH & ROWDY WAYS by featuring "Black Rider," fifth song from the new album. In this episode, we play songs to which Dylan alludes in "Black Rider," play other songs that have strong thematic connections to Dylan's song, and read relevant poetry & Biblical passages. This week on "Who Did It Better?" we ask you to choose between two versions of "Duncan and Brady" from Dave Van Ronk (1959) and Bob Dylan (1992); go to our Twitter page @RainTrains and vote for who did it better!

In episode 73 we continue to celebrate the release of Dylan's new album ROUGH & ROWDY WAYS by featuring "I've Made Up My Mind to Give Myself to You," fourth song from the new album. In this episode, we play both songs to which Dylan alludes in his song and also songs of which he may not even be aware (although, with Dylan, one never knows!) in order to create a thematic, emotional, and lyrical context for the new song. This week on "Who Did It Better?" we have a close encounter with two versions of "You Angel You" from both Dylan and Manfred Mann's Earth Band; go to our Twitter page @RainTrains and vote for who did it better!

In episode 72 we continue to mark the release of Dylan's new album ROUGH & ROWDY WAYS by featuring "My Own Version of You" in the context of songs about the Pygmalion myth and Frankenstein story. This week on "Who Did It Better?" we feature two versions of "Rollin' & Tumblin'," the 1950 classic from Muddy Waters and Dylan's rewrite from 2006; go to our Twitter page @RainTrains and vote for who did it better!

We continue to mark the release of Dylan's new album ROUGH & ROWDY WAYS by featuring one of its songs, "Crossing the Rubicon," in the context of songs about crossing the Rubicon and songs about mysterious meetings and songs about being slow to head back home. This week on "Who Did It Better?" we feature two versions of "I Was Young When I Left Home," Dylan's and that of the X Ambassadors; go to our Twitter page @RainTrains and vote for who did it better!

We continue to mark the release of Dylan's new album ROUGH & ROWDY WAYS by featuring one of its songs, "Mother of Muses," in the context of songs that invoke the Muse and even a song about Mnemosyne, mother of the Nine Muses. This week on "Who Did It Better?" we feature two versions of Bob Dylan's song about a Spanish Harlem muse, "Spanish Harlem Incident," and ask you to go to our Twitter page @RainTrains and vote for who did it better: The Byrds or Dion.

We continue to mark the release of Dylan's new album ROUGH & ROWDY WAYS by featuring its opening song, "I Contain Multitudes," in the context of other opening songs from Bob Dylan studio albums. This week on "Who Did It Better?" we feature two versions of the song that launched Bob Dylan's career, "Blowin' in the Wind," and ask you to go to our Twitter page @RainTrains and vote for who did it better: Bob Dylan or Peter, Paul, & Mary. Our 8/27/2020 episode ("The Caboose of the Train: Murder Most Foul and the Art of the Closer") compliments this episode by exploring songs that close Dylan albums.More about this episode

We continue to mark the release of Dylan's new album ROUGH & ROWDY WAYS by featuring one of its songs, "Key West," playing songs that both help to place it in context and that also are akin to it in theme and sound. This week on "Who Did It Better?" we go from the flatlands of "Key West" to the lowlands and feature two versions of "Sad-eyed Lady of the Lowlands": the Bob Dylan classic from BLONDE ON BLONDE & a stirring version from Joan Baez from ANY DAY NOW (1968), both recorded in Nashville and both featuring the same drummer, Kenneth Buttrey, and the same pianist, Hargus ”Pig” Robbins. Go to our Twitter page @RainTrains and vote for who did it better!

Tonight we celebrate the release of Dylan's new album ROUGH & ROWDY WAYS by featuring four songs from it. "Twenty Pounds of Headlines" features news from the world of Bob Dylan. This week on "Who Did It Better?" two versions of "Mr. Tambourine Man": Bob Dylan's & that of The Byrds. Go to our Twitter page @RainTrains and vote for who did it better!

Hard Rain & Slow Trains: Bob Dylan & Fellow Travelers playing music that remains relevant year-in-and-year-out. "Twenty Pounds of Headlines" features news from the world of Bob Dylan. This week on "Who Did It Better?" two versions of "The Times They Are A-Changin'" from Bob Dylan & Odetta. Go to our Twitter page @RainTrains and vote for who did it better!

Blackout. Song of the week: "Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll"; please vote for "Who Did It Better?" at our Twitter page: https://twitter.com/RainTrains.

Remembering Bucky Baxter (1965-2020), who played pedal steel, steel guitar, dobro, & mandolin with Bob Dylan from 1992-1999, including over 740 shows. Baxter passed away Monday, May 25th and we are featuring his music tonight. This episode features another installment of "Twenty Pounds of Headlines" featuring news from the world of Bob Dylan. This week on "Who Did It Better?" two live versions of "I Don't Believe You": Bob Dylan from 1966 & Bob Dylan from 1994. Go to our Twitter page @RainTrains and vote for who did it better: Dylan or Dylan!

Bob Dylan turns 79 on Sunday (but who's counting?), and we here at Hard Rain & Slow Trains: Bob Dylan & Fellow Travelers are not going to let the occasion go by unmarked. This episode also features the debut of the new segment, "Twenty Pounds of Headlines" featuring news from the world of Bob Dylan. This week on "Who Did It Better?" two live versions of "Positively 4th Street": Jerry Garcia & Merl Saunders from 1973 & Bob Dylan from 1994. Go to our Twitter page @RainTrains and vote for who did it better!

This episode features the new Dylan song, "I Contain Multitudes," including reflections on it and some of the songs referenced in it. Also, during "Who Did It Better?" we announce the winner of last week's poll and play the two versions of the new song of the week. You can go to our Twitter page and vote for whose version of "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" is better. This episode is dedicated in memoriam to Robert Saveland (1950-2006).

During these times, many people are unable to do much traveling. Don't worry, we are going to get your toes tapping and feet stepping to virtual destinations here at Hard Rain & Slow Trains, with our "Virtual Traveling" episode. Also, this week we debut "Who Did It Better?" our new weekly segment where you can listen to two versions of the same song by different performers then go to our Twitter page and vote for whose version is better.