Songs of Experience: A Bob Dylan Podcast

Welcome to Songs of Experience: A Bob Dylan Podcast, where we explore the man and the music one song at a time.

Henry welcomes David Lizerbram, co-host of Rock Docs Podcast, to talk about Bob Dylan's song, "Under The Red Sky," from the 1990 album, Under The Red Sky. 

Listen to Under The Red Sky

Follow along with the lyrics:

Written by: Bob Dylan

There was a little boy and there was a little girl
And they lived in an alley under the red sky
There was a little boy and there was a little girl
And they lived in an alley under the red sky

There was an old man and he lived in the moon
One summer’s day he came passing by
There was an old man and he lived in the moon
And one day he came passing by

Someday little girl, everything for you is gonna be new
Someday little girl, you’ll have a diamond as big as your shoe

Let the wind blow low, let the wind blow high
One day the little boy and the little girl were both baked in a pie
Let the wind blow low, let the wind blow high
One day the little boy and the little girl were both baked in a pie

This is the key to the kingdom and this is the town
This is the blind horse that leads you around

Let the bird sing, let the bird fly
One day the man in the moon went home and the river went dry
Let the bird sing, let the bird fly
The man in the moon went home and the river went dry

Thank you to my guest David Lizerbram, co-host of the podcast Rock Docs!

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Bob Dylan - Outlaw Music Festival field report - September 6, 2024. Somerset, Wisconsin. Somerset amphitheater

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Welcome to Songs of Experience: A Bob Dylan Podcast, where we explore the man and the music one song at a time.

Henry welcomes Adam Selzer to the show to talk about Bob Dylan's song, "Lenny Bruce," from the 1981 album, Shot Of Love. 

Listen to Lenny Bruce

Follow along with the lyrics here: 

Written by: Bob Dylan

Lenny Bruce is dead but his ghost lives on and on
Never did get any Golden Globe award, never made it to Synanon
He was an outlaw, that’s for sure
More of an outlaw than you ever were
Lenny Bruce is gone but his spirit’s livin’ on and on

Maybe he had some problems, maybe some things that he couldn’t work out
But he sure was funny and he sure told the truth and he knew what he was talkin’ about
Never robbed any churches nor cut off any babies’ heads
He just took the folks in high places and he shined a light in their beds
He’s on some other shore, he didn’t wanna live anymore

Lenny Bruce is dead but he didn’t commit any crime
He just had the insight to rip off the lid before its time
I rode with him in a taxi once
Only for a mile and a half, seemed like it took a couple of months
Lenny Bruce moved on and like the ones that killed him, gone

They said that he was sick ’cause he didn’t play by the rules
He just showed the wise men of his day to be nothing more than fools
They stamped him and they labeled him like they do with pants and shirts
He fought a war on a battlefield where every victory hurts
Lenny Bruce was bad, he was the brother that you never had

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Here is a short field report from the Outlaw Music Festival at the Hollywood Bowl on July 31, 2024.

Spoiler Alert - HENRY MET TONY GARNIER!

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Welcome to Songs of Experience: A Bob Dylan Podcast, where we explore the man and the music one song at a time.

Henry welcomes Christopher Vanni to the show to talk about Bob Dylan's North Country Blues from the 1964 album, The Times They Are A-Changin'. 

Listen to North Country Blues

and follow along with the lyrics:

WRITTEN BY: BOB DYLAN

Come gather ’round friends

And I’ll tell you a tale

Of when the red iron pits ran plenty

But the cardboard filled windows

And old men on the benches

Tell you now that the whole town is empty

In the north end of town

My own children are grown

But I was raised on the other

In the wee hours of youth

My mother took sick

And I was brought up by my brother

The iron ore poured

As the years passed the door

The drag lines an’ the shovels they was a-humming

’Til one day my brother

Failed to come home

The same as my father before him

Well a long winter’s wait

From the window I watched

My friends they couldn’t have been kinder And my schooling was cut

As I quit in the spring

To marry John Thomas, a miner

Oh the years passed again

And the givin’ was good

With the lunch bucket filled every season

What with three babies born

The work was cut down

To a half a day’s shift with no reason

Then the shaft was soon shut

And more work was cut

And the fire in the air, it felt frozen

’Til a man come to speak

And he said in one week

That number eleven was closin’

They complained in the East

They are paying too high

They say that your ore ain’t worth digging

That it’s much cheaper down

In the South American towns

Where the miners work almost for nothing

So the mining gates locked

And the red iron rotted

And the room smelled heavy from drinking

Where the sad, silent song

Made the hour twice as long

As I waited for the sun to go sinking

I lived by the window

As he talked to himself

This silence of tongues it was building

Then one morning’s wake

The bed it was bare

And I’s left alone with three children

The summer is gone

The ground’s turning cold

The stores one by one they’re a-foldin’

My children will go

As soon as they grow

Well, there ain’t nothing here now to hold them

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Welcome to Songs of Experience: A Bob Dylan Podcast where we explore the man and the music one song at a time. 

In this episode, I take the show on the road to the home of my dear friend Roberta Rakove, to talk about the 1970 song, The Man In Me from the album New Morning.

You can follow Roberta @roberta_rakove on twitter.

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Welcome to Songs of Experience: A Bob Dylan Podcast where we explore the man and the music one song at a time.

2 days after 3 nights at the Outlaw Festival, we welcome Robin Haar and Adam Selzer to give a first hand field report from the 3 shows!

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Welcome to Songs of Experience: A Bob Dylan Podcast where we explore the man and the music one song at a time.

In this episode, we welcome international guest Elle Paniche from Venezuela, here to talk about the 1985 song, Tight Connection To My Heart (Has Anyone Seen My Love?) from the album Empire Burlesque. 

You can follow Elle @l0velyelena on twitter. 

Stream or Download Tight Connection To My Heart (Has Anyone Seen My Love?)

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If you would like to support hosting my  podcasts, please check out my Patreon where for $5 I will give you a shout out on the podcast of your choice. 

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If you would like to support hosting my  podcasts, please check out my Patreon where for $5 I will give you a shout out on the podcast of your choice.  Thank you to my Patrons, Roberta Rakove, Matt Simonson and Christopher Vanni.

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Welcome to Songs of Experience: A Bob Dylan Podcast where we explore the man and the music one song at a time.

In our inaugural episode, we welcome acclaimed Chicago filmmaker Michael Glover Smith, here to talk about the 2012 title track, Tempest from, Tempest. 

You can follow Michael @whitecitycinema, and check out his film Relative now streaming on all platforms. 

Stream or Download Tempest on Apple Music

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If you would like to support hosting my  podcasts, please check out my Patreon where for $5 I will give you a shout out on the podcast of your choice.  Thank you to my Patrons, Roberta Rakove, Matt Simonson and Christopher Vanni.

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