Brian barrels through the backstory of his favorite televised rock n roll performance, connecting punk rock, alien movies and Bob Dylan’s conversion to Christianity along the way.

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SHOW NOTES:

Songs in this episode: The Plugz – La Bamba, Larry Norman – UFO, Larry Norman – The Great American Novel, Larry Norman – I Wish We’d All Been Ready, Bob Dylan – Gotta Serve Somebody, John Lennon – Serve Yourself

Vulture article with clips to all of the performances: https://www.vulture.com/2015/05/strange-saga-of-dylans-first-letterman-gig.html

Harmonica Gate Reddit thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/bobdylan/comments/giwbk4/harmonicagate_story_jokerman_on_letterman_1984/

https://78sand45s.wordpress.com/2014/02/04/bed-of-lies-bw-chains-of-freedom-by-cruzados-arista-109-488-german-release-recorded-in-1987-in-los-angeles/

The Plugz – La Bamba: https://youtu.be/tb3b_b1535w

Repo Man trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLGrXGEMOSo

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Repo_Man_(film)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Association_of_Vineyard_Churches

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Norman

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_Girard

https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/bob-dylan-jesus-trouble-no-more-bootleg-series-volume-13-slow-train-coming-u2-a8031031.html

Larry Norman tribute album: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GqJ_R0r-drc&list=PLX3vEJ8epL7KybDlh_UBQdI19QsvWrGHg&index=4

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infidels_(Bob_Dylan_album)

Sweetheart Like You video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PpRKstHl7Y0

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Letterman