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The new Watching The Covers Flow podcast has been tracking Dylan's work in 1984-1988 along with us, and just posted a new episode of the wildest covers of Dylan songs released in that year.

This is an episode of Watching The Covers Flow with Ray Padgett. Watching the Covers Flow is a podcast that dives deep into covers of, and by, the most covered songwriter in rock and roll: Bob Dylan. Host Ray Padgett (Flagging Down the Double E’s newsletter, Pledging My Time book) explores covers across era and […]

Carefree Highway Revisited

A small departure, this episode traces my personal journey with Dylan’s work and music. Highlights include watching Dylan’s house get built in Malibu, seeing The Last Waltz in person, getting the weakest handshake of all time from the man, and several trips to the new Dylan mecca in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

In this episode, host Mike Messner and his guest, Deb Radwan, continue their mini-series into Gordon Lightfoot's autobiographical songs as they examine the title track from his 1998 album, "A Painter Passing Through."

In this remastered episode (originally released on 9/15/21), host Mike Messner and his guests Kevin and Erin Hester examine Gordon's song "I'm Not Supposed To Care" from the Summertime Dream album, and Kevin reads two of his Lightfoot-inspired poems.

In this episode, Mike and guest Kevin McLear discuss "For Lovin' Me," from Gordon Lightfoot's debut album, Lightfoot!.

Host Mike Messner and guest John McLachlan discuss Gordon's epic suite, "Canadian Railroad Trilogy," from the album The Way I Feel and the compilation album Gord's Gold.

Host Mike Messner and guest Deb Radwan of the Gordon Lightfoot Gold Facebook group discuss "Song For A Winter's Night," from the album The Way I Feel and the compilation album Gord's Gold.

Would you believe Dylan almost became a movie director? A slight detour from the chronology as we take a look at Bob Dylan, filmmaker. Hear all about it in Episode 8, The Movie’ll Be Like A Song.

Imagine you’ve bought a ticket to see your favorite artist in concert. Imagine then that you’re horrified at what that artist plays – would you consider them a traitor? Would you call them Judas?  ...

What does it mean to be a “rock star?” Attitude? Swagger? Shades? Can a folk singer turn into a rock star? Let’s find out –   Episode links: Bob Dylan – Don’t Think Twice –...

Once, a single song could change the world. In 1963, a 22-year-old kid wrote a song called Blowin’ In The Wind … and it changed the world.   Episode links: Dylan – Talkin’ John Birch...