Bob Dylan - A Headful of Ideas – Details, episodes & analysis

Chris does a detailed examination of Bob Dylan's OXFORD TOWN, ONLY A PAWN IN THEIR GAME and THE LONESOME DEATH OF HATTIE CARROLL

Chris examines Bob Dylan's amazing and cathartic Idiot Wind, from 1975's Blood on the Tracks, with reference to the various versions of the song.

Chris looks in detail at Bob Dylan’s deeply spiritual I and I from 1983’s INFIDELS

 Chris' new book MINSTREL BOY: THE METAMORPHOSES OF BOB DYLAN

released October 7th 2025. Pre order available from: 

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A deep dive into the mysteries of Bob Dylan's NO TIME TO THINK, including a discussion of the influence of Shakespeare's MACBETH and the TAROT CARDS on the song

Chris' new book MINSTREL BOY: THE METAMORPHOSES OF BOB DYLAN

released October 7th 2025. Pre order available from: 

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0955751268/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1BLULXOXW2Z4E&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.q1nnY756Hpsp6Tb723KODg.EpZ5EWtY8GAKFSLHhRjlGfXthI_GnL-5IzpfkAcU9ww&dib_tag=se&keywords=Chris+Gregory+Minstrel+Boy&qid=1757373510&sprefix=chris+gregory+minstrel+boy%2Caps%2C84&sr=8-1 

Chris looks in depth at MOST OF THE TIME, WHAT GOOD AM  I and WHAT WAS IT YOChris' new book MINSTREL BOY: THE METAMORPHOSES OF BOB DYLAN

released October 7th 2025. Pre order available from: 

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U WANTED, three heartwrenching songs from OH MERCY

Chris examines Bob Dylan's brilliantly poetic 1965 single CAN YOU PLEASE CRAWL OUT YOUR WINDOW

Chris' new book MINSTREL BOY: THE METAMORPHOSES OF BOB DYLAN

released October 7th 2025. Pre order available from: 

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0955751268/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1BLULXOXW2Z4E&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.q1nnY756Hpsp6Tb723KODg.EpZ5EWtY8GAKFSLHhRjlGfXthI_GnL-5IzpfkAcU9ww&dib_tag=se&keywords=Chris+Gregory+Minstrel+Boy&qid=1757373510&sprefix=chris+gregory+minstrel+boy%2Caps%2C84&sr=8-1 

Chris examines Bob Dylan's beautiful and nostalgic BOB DYLAN'S DREAM, an astonishing song for such a young man to write. There is also commentary on the song's relationship to LORD FRANKLIN, the folk song whose melody Dylan uses.

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Chris' new book MINSTREL BOY: THE METAMORPHOSES OF BOB DYLAN

released October 7th 2025. Pre order available from: 

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0955751268/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1BLULXOXW2Z4E&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.q1nnY756Hpsp6Tb723KODg.EpZ5EWtY8GAKFSLHhRjlGfXthI_GnL-5IzpfkAcU9ww&dib_tag=se&keywords=Chris+Gregory+Minstrel+Boy&qid=1757373510&sprefix=chris+gregory+minstrel+boy%2Caps%2C84&sr=8-1 

TAKE A TRIP INTO BOB DYLAN'S MYSTERIOUS AND SURREAL 'JUST LIKE TOM THUMB'S BLUES SET IN DEEPEST MEXICO, FULL OF COLOURFUL CHARACTERS AND WEIRD JUXTAPOSITIONS 

Chris' new book MINSTREL BOY: THE METAMORPHOSES OF BOB DYLAN

released October 7th 2025. Pre order available from: 

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0955751268/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1BLULXOXW2Z4E&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.q1nnY756Hpsp6Tb723KODg.EpZ5EWtY8GAKFSLHhRjlGfXthI_GnL-5IzpfkAcU9ww&dib_tag=se&keywords=Chris+Gregory+Minstrel+Boy&qid=1757373510&sprefix=chris+gregory+minstrel+boy%2Caps%2C84&sr=8-1 

Chris does a detailed deep dive into Bob Dylan's mystical fable SENOR, from 1978's STREET LEGAL

Chris' new book MINSTREL BOY: THE METAMORPHOSES OF BOB DYLAN

released October 7th 2025. Pre order available from: 

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0955751268/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1BLULXOXW2Z4E&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.q1nnY756Hpsp6Tb723KODg.EpZ5EWtY8GAKFSLHhRjlGfXthI_GnL-5IzpfkAcU9ww&dib_tag=se&keywords=Chris+Gregory+Minstrel+Boy&qid=1757373510&sprefix=chris+gregory+minstrel+boy%2Caps%2C84&sr=8-1 

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NEW PODCAST IN THE SERIES ‘BOB DYLAN: A HEADFUL OF IDEAS’

LOVE SONGS OF THE MID-60s (PART THREE)

Chris Gregory takes a detailed look at more of Bob Dylan’s love songs from the mid-60s.

Songs examined in this segment are LOVE IS JUST A FOUR LETTER WORD (recorded by Joan Baez), 

SHE BELONGS TO ME and LOVE MINUS ZERO/NO LIMIT.

THE BOB DYLAN: A HEADFULOF IDEAS PLAYLIST: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPeJPs7gNJM&list=PL17l2VeY-BFfKdDbfcchxkPJbQMLB_i4w

DETERMINED TO STAND: THE REINVENTION OF BOB DYLAN a study of Dylan’s late work 

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