November 03, 2025

EP#6 - Frankie Lee & Judas Priest, Said the Joker to the Thief

55 minutes

Why are we discussing a Jimi Hendrix tune? Is All Along The Watchtower, Dylan’s most-performed song, a critique of the Music and Acting Industry? Who recorded the most boring cover version? The best? Who in their right mind releases a major album two days after Christmas? How did Elvis come to sing his only Dylan song? Who loves an outlaw? What did Ozzy Osbourne say about the Beatles? What does Daniel Crespin say? What do you say?

What two words from The Ballad of Frankie Lee and Judas Priest keep us up at night? What did The Saturday Evening Post say about Dylan and his manager? Is Judas Priest a band or a minced oath? What were the terms of Bob’s recording contract after 1967? What do Disraeli Gears, the first Doors album and Donovan’s Greatest Hits have in common?

Song 1: Frankie Lee and Judas Priest https://open.spotify.com/track/1XXHPSNbmHgi8EJvO3yGyd?si=e9872ae97e2e4351

Song 2: A Day in the Life https://open.spotify.com/track/0hKRSZhUGEhKU6aNSPBACZ?si=b00f2e3c6edb48d6

Song 3: All Along the Watchtower https://open.spotify.com/track/0Fnb2pfBfu0ka33d6Yki17?si=493ee084a53d4d70

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If you like this podcast, you may also enjoy Daniel's other podcast where he and Kerry met. It's called Starving Artists, and you can find it wherever you get your podcasts, and follow it on Instagram @starvingartists_pod https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/starving-artists/id1667216427

Or you might want to check out some of the 80 episodes of Is It Rolling, Bob? Talking Dylan, the podcast Kerry previously co-hosted, with guests including Billy Bragg, Stewart Lee and Nish Kumar. https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcasts/is-it-rolling-bob-talking-dylan/id1437321669

Recorded at Lipsync Post

Engineer: Tim Sketchley

Producer: Robin Guise

Editor: Daniel Crespin

Theme Music: The Haze by Daniel Crespin

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