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Dylan.FM

Craig Danuloff

Music

Frequency: 1 episode/16d. Total Eps: 55

Dylan.FM dives deep into Bob Dylan with insiders, authors, fans and more. The show tends to look at one album or period for several months at a time, digging in from multiple angles. We also often talk to authors and learn about great Bob Dylan Books. Most new episodes are free for 90 days. Subscribers to FM+ get Extended Versions of many shows, Bonus Episodes and full access to every episode in our Archives. Subscribe to FM+ in Apple Podcasts or at www.FMpods.com. One low price includes full access to Extended and Bonus Episodes from every show on the network.

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30/09/2025
#63
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07/06/2025
#86
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06/06/2025
#54

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S03.08 Jokerman w/Michael Gray

Season 3 · Episode 8

Friday, July 19, 2024 • Duration 47:06

To listen to the Extended and Bonus Episodes of our shows you can either:

Subscribe to FM+ : Click the subscribe button in Apple Podcasts or sign up here. (One subscription covers all our network podcasts for one low price ! )
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VIDEO AVAILABLE

• • This interview is available on video for FM Premium Members.

LINKS

Michael Gray Website
Song & Dance Man Book Website
Song & Dance Man Books Amazon
Seven Days Weekly Dylan Email SignUp

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This interview is available on video for FM Premium Members.

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We're a proud member of The FM Podcast Network

QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?

Drop us a note at dylanfm@fmpods.com.

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S03.07 Traveling Wilburys: A Little Help From Bob’s Friends w/Jeff Slate

Season 3 · Episode 7

Saturday, April 6, 2024 • Duration 01:03:38

Dylan's participation in The Traveling Wilburys was a clear career bright spot of the 1980s. What started as a few friends dropping by the house turned into a hit record. In this episode Musician Jeff Slate talks to us about how this happened, what it produced, and what it mean to Dylan and his career.

** This Episode is available on video for FM Premium Members. **

LINKS

Jeff Slate Website
(AppleMusic) (Spotify)
The Last Day of Summer (New Record)
- CD, Bonus Tracks Photo (US)
- CD - Limited Edition DigiPak (Rest of World)
Traveling Wilburys Website
The True History Of The Traveling Wilburys (Documentary YouTube)
Videos
- Handle With Care
- End of The Line

We're a proud member of The FM Podcast Network

S02.19 The Street to Slow Train – Song & Dance Man Vol.2 Ch.1 with Michael Gray

Season 2 · Episode 19

Saturday, November 25, 2023 • Duration 26:57

In this episode we talk with author Michael Gray about Chapter One of Volume 2 of Song & Dance Man: The Art of Bob Dylan - Yonder Comes Sin, which was just released.

Much of the discussion is about Street-Legal, and how that album revealed Dylan's evolving search for salvation - in a way that perhaps foreshadowed the gospel years much more clearly than anyone caught at the time.

LINKS:

Song & Dance Man: The Art of Bob Dylan - Volume 2: Yonder Comes Sin
- Paperback at Amazon
- Kindle at Amazon
Greil Marcus's 1978 Review of Street Legal (It Ain't Pretty)

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S02.18 Mixing Up The Medicine – The Bob Dylan Archives Book With Mark Davidson and Parker Fishel

Season 2 · Episode 18

Friday, October 27, 2023 • Duration 30:24

Mixing Up The Medicine is a new book that takes us all inside The Bob Dylan Archives, and shares a wealth of photos, memorabilia, manuscripts, and new original writing. We talk with authors Mark Davidson and Parker Fishel to learn how they created it.

** The Extended Version of this Episode is 30 Minutes long and available only to FM+ Subscribers **

You can order Mixing Up The Medicine at Amazon.

Mark Davidson has a PhD in musicology and is Senior Director of Archives and Exhibitions for both the Bob Dylan and Woody Guthrie Centers in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and Parker is an archivist who has done archival consulting and production work for Third Man Records, Sony and others, and served as co-curator of the inaugural exhibitions at the Bob Dylan Center.

Subscribe to Seven Days (our weekly Bob Dylan Newsletter) to be eligible to win a free copy of Mixing Up The Medicine - (Courtesy of Callaway). Winner will be chosen from among all subscribers (free or paid) on Oct 30, 2023

** There is an Extended Version of this episode available. Details below. **

LINKS:

Mixing Up The Medicine - Order at Amazon
Bootleg Series Whiskey and Book Combo - Order at HeavensDoor
The Bob Dylan Center
S02.07 - Steven Jenkins, Director of The Bob Dylan Center

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S02.17 Bob Dylan’s Use of Pre-War Blues: Song & Dance Man Ch 8 With Michael Gray

Season 2 · Episode 17

Friday, October 20, 2023 • Duration 25:59

Nobody Else Can Be Influenced By The Pre-War Blues like Bob Dylan - or so says author Michael Gray in Chapter 8 in Song & Dance Man Vol.1 (The 50th Anniversary Edition). In 112 pages in that book he explains Dylan's relationship with the blues, which we discuss in this episode. Our Guest Reader for this episode is Scott Bunn of ReclinerNotes.com

** The Full Extended Version of this Episode is 45 Minutes long and available only to FM+ Subscribers. ** ** Details on joining FM+ are below. **

Song & Dance Man: The Art of Bob Dylan was first released in 1972 in the UK, and 1973 in the US. It was updated twice before, in the early 80's and late 90's - eventually growing to over 900 pages. It's been loved by Dylan Scholars and fans for all these decades - The Observer (London) Said: "A mammoth work of scholarship, often enthralling and never less than illuminating." After over a decade out of print, is is being re-issued in three volumes for it's 50th Anniversary - with the full text and extensive footnotes of the Third Edition reproduced in full.

You can order Vol. 1 of the re-release series on Amazon in print or on kindle.

ABOUT SCOTT BUNN (@reclinernotes on Social Media)

Scott Bunn is the publisher of ReclinerNotes, a website filled with essays and interviews on the music he loves. It includes a huge number of thoughtful analysis of Bob Dylan songs written in 2021 and 2022.

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LINKS:

Song & Dance Man: The Art of Bob Dylan Vol.1 (Amazon)

S02.16 Lay Down Your Weary Tune – Song & Dance Man Ch 6 With Michael Gray

Season 2 · Episode 16

Friday, October 13, 2023 • Duration 25:08

Only one song from Dylan's 1960s output earned a dedicated chapter in Song & Dance Man: The Art of Bob Dylan (Vol.1), and it's a song that Dylan never even released until over 20 years later. In this episode we talk to Michael Gray about "Lay Down Your Weary Tune" (later released on Biograph in 1985 and later on Side Tracks).

The song is called out for special attention, because as Michael explains, it is unlike any other in Dylan's catalog before or since. We'll learn why in this episode. Selections from Chapter Six are read in this episode by Jim Salvucci, the host of The Dylantantes - another great podcast on The FM Podcast Network.

** Premium Members can watch the video version of this interview at TheFM.Club Website **

You can order Vol. 1 of the re-release series on Amazon in print or on kindle.

ABOUT JIM SALVUCCI (@jimsalv on Twitter)

Jim Salvucci, the founder and keeper of The Dylantantes, has spoken on Bob Dylan on three continents. His writing on Dylan appears in books, journals, and blogs. His admiration for Dylan dates back to his teenaged years and promises to continue well into his dotage.

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LINKS:

Song & Dance Man: The Art of Bob Dylan Vol.1 (Amazon)

S02.15 Dylan Moves Toward Simplicity With Michael Gray

Season 2 · Episode 15

Friday, September 15, 2023 • Duration 31:21

Following our two episodes on complexity in Dylan's lyrics, our discussion turns to the trend towards simplicity in the late 60's and early 70's work. This covers Chapter 5 in Song & Dance Man: The Art of Bob Dylan (Vol.1) and includes comments on John Wesley Harding, Nashville Skyline, New Morning, Self Portrait, Planet Waves and Blood On The Tracks.

We'll listen to passages from the book and then Michael comments, adds new thoughts, and answers questions. The selections for Chapter Five are read in this episode by Rob Kelly, the podcaster and host of Pod Dylan.

** An Extended Version of this episode is available to FM+ and Premium Subscribers **

** Premium Members can watch the video version of this interview at TheFM.Club Website **

You can order Vol. 1 of the re-release series on Amazon in print or on kindle.

ABOUT ROB KELLY (@Pod_Dylan on Twitter)

Rob Kelly is an award-winning podcaster, writer, and illustrator. He hosts POD DYLAN as well as numerous other podcasts devoted to his pop culture passions: FADE OUT (movies), M*A*S*HCast (TV), and TREASURYCAST (comic books).

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S02.12 Dylan Moves Toward Complexity (Pt.1) With Michael Gray

Season 2 · Episode 12

Wednesday, August 30, 2023 • Duration 31:46

In this fourth episode in our Series on the new book release Song & Dance Man: The Art of Bob Dylan (Vol.1) we talk to author Michael Gray about Chapter Four: Dylan's Use of Language: Toward Complexity. We discuss the changes on songs seen over the course of Dylan's first seven albums - from Bob Dylan through Blonde on Blonde.

The changes Bob Dylan went through from 1962 through 1966 are myriad, as everyone who has listened to the run of albums and live shows from that period knows. Dylan started playing primarily covers of folk songs and other ballads, and quickly became a distinctive songwriter (with early songs including the notable Song to Woody and Blowin In The Wind) who then grew and changed at perhaps the most incredible pace ever (literally) recorded.

** There is an Extended Version and Video of this episode available. Details below. **

**S02.14 is a Pt.2 - Another 40 Minutes - Discussing This Chapter - Available to FM+ Subscribers**

One of the many things going on in this period is a trend towards complexity of lyric. It's a long way from 'How Many Ears Can One Man Have' to 'Your Matchbook Songs and Your Gypsy Hymns'. Michael Gray talks about these changes, illustrates them, and highlights the most interesting of them.

As in the prior episodes, we'll listen to passages from the book and then Michael comments, adds new thoughts, and answers questions. The selections for Chapter Four are read in this episode by Anne Margaret Daniel, a writer and professor and author from Woodstock NY.

You can order Vol. 1 of the re-release series on or .

S02.11 What Dylan Took From Early Rock & Roll – Song & Dance Man Ch.3 – With Michael Gray

Season 2 · Episode 11

Thursday, July 20, 2023 • Duration 22:57

In this third episode in our Series on the new book release Song & Dance Man: The Art of Bob Dylan (Vol.1) we talk to author Michael Gray about Chapter Three: Dylan and Rock Music. We discuss the influence the early Rock & Roll performers had on Dylan. Things he heard over those distant AM Radio signals in his youth: Fats Domino, Buddy Holly, Chuck Berry, and Elvis Presley - among others.

As in the prior episodes, we'll listen to passages from the book and then Michael comments, adds new thoughts, and answers questions. The book selections for Chapter Two are read in this episode by Paul Metsa, a musician and author from Minnesota.

** There is an Extended Version and Video of this episode available. Details below. **

The Song & Dance Man book was first released in 1972 in the UK, and 1973 in the US. It was updated twice before, in the early 80's and late 90's - eventually growing to over 900 pages. It's been loved by Dylan Scholars and fans for all these decades - The Observer (London) Said: "A mammoth work of scholarship, often enthralling and never less than illuminating." After over a decade out of print, is is being re-issued in three volumes for it's 50th Anniversary - with the full text and extensive footnotes of the Third Edition reproduced in full.

You can order Vol. 1 of the re-release series on Amazon in print or on kindle.

ABOUT PAUL METSA

Huffington Post called Paul Metsa “the other great folksinger from Minnesota’s Mesabi Iron Range.” He is a critically acclaimed songwriter, winner of 7 MN Music Awards, has 12 original recording projects, and has performed over 5,000 shows. He is also an author, of 3 books including being the co-author of Blood in the Tracks (The Minnesota Musicians Behind Dylan’s Masterpiece) on the UofMN Press imprint out on 9/12/23

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S02.10 Dylan and Literature – Song & Dance Man Ch.2 – With Michael Gray

Season 2 · Episode 10

Friday, July 7, 2023 • Duration 29:33

In this second episode in our Series on the new Song & Dance Man: The Art of Bob Dylan (Vol.1) we talk to author Michael Gray about Chapter Two: Dylan and The Literary Tradition. We talk about the influence both classical english writers as well as both early and modern American writers had on Dylan, and what he came to do with that influence.

** There is an Extended Version of this episode available to FM+ Members. Details below. **

As in the prior episode, we'll listen to passages from the book and then Michael comments, adds new thoughts, and answers questions. The book selections for Chapter Two are read in this episode by Allison Rapp, a music writer based in New York.

You can order Vol. 1 of the re-release series on Amazon in print or on kindle.

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