Who is Rosie? Who said, “Polyrhythm has its place but it doesn’t work for knife-like lyrics trying to convey majesty and heroism”? Was Bob writing about the state of Mississippi, the state of the nation or the state of a relationship? Or Elvis? Is the older, sardonic, raised-eyebrow Dylan superior to the younger, sneery Bob?

Who wrote about Highway 61 that “it was my place in the universe. Always felt like it was in my blood”? Whose grandfather and uncle were Mack the Finger and Louis the King? Where does boxing fit into the story? What’s with all those numbers? Was Dylan hip to Lord Buckley’s jive? And how does he have the balls to keep on keepin’ on?

Song 1: Mississippi https://open.spotify.com/track/6iCUV1fm0Ag3Jg8zFniarc?si=373f30009de044c9

Song 2: Highway 61 Revisited https://open.spotify.com/track/6os5B6xjuke9YfBKH3tu1e?si=bd351ea6e0e247a1

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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/podcast/is-it-rolling-bob-talking-dylan/id1437321669

Recorded at Lipsync Post

Engineer: Roisin King

Producer: Robin Guise

Editor: Daniel Crespin

Theme Music: The Haze by Daniel Crespin

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