Friday, January 12, 2007

Dylan, Dylan, everywhere… : encore, encore, encore

Two more examples of Dylan in the ether:

* BBC 6 Music are quietly repeating the 10-part Radio 2 series from 2001, The Bob Dylan Story. And so they should – it’s one of the best programmes BBC Radio has ever aired.

* Thanks to Martin Cowan: “Further to your recent ‘Dylan everywhere’ round-up, he has now been featured in this month's issue of kid’s mag Q, whose front page screams ‘500 of the greatest lost tracks’.

Dylan gets his own 20 song list which, despite the odd factual error, is a remarkably incisive selection, including Turkey Chase, the oft-mentioned Hard Rain version of Idiot Wind, and the Union Sundown B-side, Angels Flying Too Close To The Ground.