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Copied from the Poetry and Music of Members section [the Mark Barker thread]:

Guess I'll try to hunt down the Bob Dylan interview [the first, broadcast one in 19 years?] that they had on NPR the other morning, and I missed . Ready to listen and work. [Ahhhh ~ listening now. It's good to hear him talking and singing . Here's the link [I think! not good at that kind of thing, but I copied what was in the Address line, after I got to where I was trying to get. Then, just click on the Listen, once you're there.]

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/stor ... Id=4080202

If that doesn't get you there, just go to http://www.npr.org and then to Archives. Then enter into the slots they provide, Bob Dylan Interview as the key words. Heard within the Last 7 days [it was 10/12/04] and then Morning Edition, for the program it was heard on. Then, click on Listen, once you're there.

Just know that it's very brief, so don't be disappointed by that. He certainly has an endearing lilt in his speaking voice and laugh. This was a 'promo' of sorts for his Chronicles autobiography. There are also five soundclips available of excerpts from the book, read by Sean Penn [though with Sean's 'strong' reading and 'equalized' emphasis on too many of the words, it's hard for me to 'get' by listening to them].

~ Lizzy

Thanks Lizzy- enjoyed hearing those accounts about Woody,Greenwich Village, Johnny Cash etc. Saw Bob on t.v. last night. It was pretty short, but great to see the ageless one- not to be confused with Andy Rooney...

The current edition of "UNCUT" magazine has a CD with it "Tracks that influenced Bob Dylan", which I would recommend to anyone interested in his musical background and developement. Track list is:

Bert Jansch-Nottamun town
Mississippi Sheiks-The world is going wrong
Woody Guthrie-Talkin' dust bowl blues
Martin Carthy-Lord Franklin
Chuck Berry-Too much monkey business
Sam "Lightnin" Hopkins-Automobile
Hank Williams-Lost Highway
Blind Willie Mctell-Delia
Gene Vincent-Baby blue
Josh White-The house of the rising sun
Louis Armstrong & the hot five-St. James infirmary
Jimmie Rogers-My blue eyed Jane
Blind Lemon Jefferson-See that my grave is kept clean
Nic Jones-Canadee-i-o
Robert Johnson-Come on in my kitchen
The Dubliners-The patriot game

Rob

Rob...many of these songs have appeared on various Dylan albums. And on Bootleg vol.1 as well as his self-titled first album he does quite a creditable imitation of early blues singers.
After a couple of trips to New Orleans I am now hooked onto blues big time and have been steadily building my collection. We should start a blues thread. Of the group on this Uncut CD, I have only Lightnin' Hopkins CD 'Texas Blues' but I found it a little too dated for my taste. I'll give it another shot at some point.

You're welcome, David. Somehow, I missed your and Rob's responses to this 'til now.

Kush,
I think it was 1961, I would have been 11 years old, not much interested in the pop music of the day I would listen to a radio progame called "jazz club", in bed, on my "transister" radio. One night there was a singer/piano player called Memphis Slim. 43 years later I am still listening to the blues, I remember my first encounter as the most profound musical awakening I had ever had. My collection of the blues continues to grow over the last 43 years since that fateful day.
Rob.

yeah, we realy need a blues thread.