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Wednesday, April 22, 2026
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Dylan related
1. Letters Never Sent #5: Humphrey Bogart to Elvis Presley (Bob Dylan on Patreon)
2. Bob Dylan Shares More 2026 Tour Dates, Including NYC Stop With Jimmie Vaughan and Lucinda Williams (Ultimate Classic Rock) from Scott Miller
3. Bob Dylan adds more tour dates, playing Forest Hills Stadium with Lucinda Williams and Jimmie Vaughan (Brooklyn Vegan) from Scott Miller, Carol Bertolotti
4. More Bob Dylan 2026 Tour Dates Just Dropped: Here’s Everything You Need To Know When Lucinda spoke with Bob (American Songwriter) from Scott Miller
5. Huck’s Tune and the Poker Face of the 21st Century (Untold Dylan) from Scott Miller
6. Bob Dylan Rose Bowl, Pasadena 1982 Peace Sunday Concert – Photographs (NSF) from Ugur Oral
7. БОБ ДИЛАН В СССР, by Kirill Razumov (Come Writers And Critics) from Scott Miller
8. Bob Dylan and Russia: The Next Meeting May 17th on Zoom (Bob Dylan Book Club) from Scott Miller
9. The surreal day in 1972 when Harry Dean Stanton and Bob Dylan went for a jog : “Bob’s an unusual guy” (Far Out) from Cliff Warnken
10. The Rolling Thunder TV Special That Wasn't 1976-04-22, Belleview Biltmore Hotel, Clearwater, FL [two shows] (Flagging Down the Double E's) by Ray Padgett
    
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11. RIP Wayne Moss: Influential Nashville Guitarist Who Played With Waylon Jennings, Patsy Cline, and Bob Dylan (American Songwriter) from Scott Miller
12. Nashville Cat Wayne Moss, Whose Guitar Defined an Era, Dead at 88 (That Eric Alper) from Scott Miller
13. American Music Honors bridges generations as Springsteen Center expands its vision (Salon) from Scott Miller, Carol Bertolotti
14. Ringo Starr – Long Long Road Review: Rediscovered country seam continues to produce gold (Mojo) from Scott Miller (amazon.com - .co.uk - .de)
15. Ibogaine in the Oval? Hunter Thompson misses the story (John's Substack) by John Nogowski
16. Dave Mason, Traffic Co-Founder & Solo Star, Dead at 79 (Best Classic Bands) from Greg Brodsky
    
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17. Bruce Springsteen - Light my fire (Doors cover) with John Densmore multicam (YouTube) from Scott Miller
18. WAYNE MOSS 2013 West Virginia Music Hall of Fame Induction Vignette (YouTube) from Scott Miller
19. Bob Dylan at Spartanburg Memorial Auditorium — The Concert Review (YouTube) by Paul Leslies
20. Bob Dylan in USSR - the research and the book by Kirill Razumov, part 1 Боб Дилан в России. - part 2. (YouTube) from Scott Miller
21. BOB DYLAN: Pop Songs of the 1980s Part Two (from 'Minstrel Boy') Music analysis, rock stars (YouTube) from Chris Gregory
    
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22. DAVE MASON, TRAFFIC CO-FOUNDER, DIES AT 79 (Billboard) from Steve J.
23. All Along the Watchtower Dave Mason (YouTube) from Steve J.
24. The Bridge web site has eventually been updated after some minor technical issues. Details of issue 84 are available and this has been mailed out. (The Bridge) from John Wraith 1400
25. Who is this blue-eyed son in Dylan’s “A hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall”? (Kees de Graaf) by Kees de Graaf
26. Songs of Freedom at the White House... well, sort of… Bob Dylan playing an acoustic Martin guitar, right into the microphone for possibly the first time since 1974 (The Joker and the Thief)
27. This “Mystical” Bob Dylan Track Was Inspired by Caribbean Folklore (And Dylan’s Lesser-Known Hobby in the 1980s) (American Songwriter) from Cliff Warnken
28. Bob Dylan – Genuine Hard Rain Review (Cult Following) from Cliff Warnken

Tuesday, April 21, 2026
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Dylan related
1. Last night's Bob Dylan Spartanburg setlist - (Bob Links)
2. High Tide (short story) Original short story by Reuben Bond (Bob Dylan on Patreon)
3. Bob Dylan’s 60-Year 4/20 Mystery: What is “Rainy Day Women” Really About? (screenrant) from Scott Miller
4. Bob Dylan’s composition of 1972 – preparing to open a minor door Forever Young (Untold Dylan) from Scott Miller
5. "Series of Dreams" - On Seeing Bob Dylan in Tennessee, with Thoughts on the Civil War and the Inescapable Maw of Grief (Empire Blues with Tim Shorrock)
6. On the Unique and Ongoing Relationship Between Bob Dylan and the Beatles (lithub) from Scott Miller (Jim Windolf's book: amazon.com - .co.uk - .de)
7. Professor Chasar’s new book deep dives into the work of Bob Dylan (The Collegian) from Scott Miller (The Poetry of Bob Dylan - amazon.com - .co.uk - .de)
8. Dylan's Lost Songs, and the Band That Saved Them The New Basement Tapes (Abigail Devoe) from Scott Miller
9. Janis Joplin Gets Arrested, Patti Smith Breaks Her Neck, and Bob Dylan Prepares for Prime Time 1976-04-21, Curtis Hixon Convention Center, Tampa, FL (Flagging Down the Double E's) by Ray Padgett
   
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10. Wayne Moss has died at 88 (Nashville Musical History Tour's Post on Facebook) from Jim Baumann
11. Paul McCartney Walks Us Through Every Track on New Album, ‘The Boys of Dungeon Lane’ And Lovingly Shares Beatles Stories (Billboard) from Scott Miller
12. L.A. Woman and Jim Morrison’s map of Los Angeles (Paste) from Scott Miller
13. A jury declared Live Nation a monopoly. But ticket prices won't drop just yet (npr) from Scott Miller
14. The girl who knew everybody: Chrissie Hynde’s star-studded life before The Pretenders (Far Out) from Scott Miller
15. My guitar talked to me Why do some songs stick and others don't? (John's Substack) by John Nogowski
16. Meet Jessie Monday (Muddy Water) by William Routhier
    
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17. Paul McCartney Rocks Apple 50th Celebrations (Tour Diary) (YouTube) from Scott Miller
18. Bob Dylan's Lost Songs, and the Band Who Saved Them Abigail Devoe (YouTube) from Scott Miller
19. "Bob Dylan Hotline #3: What does Bob Dylan owe us?" at Apple Podcasts and Spotify (Definitely Dylan) by Laura
20. Bob Dylan & Susan Tedeschi - Rainy Day Women #12&35 - Newark, DE, 20 Nov 1999 (YouTube) from Scott Miller
21. Bob Dylan — Love Sick / Rainy Day Women #12 & 35. Newcastle, England. 20th June, 1998 (YouTube) from Scott Miller
22. 3 Surprisingly Romantic Songs by Bob Dylan That Still Give Listeners Butterflies Today (American Songwriter) from Scott Miller
    
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23. Even more Dylan dates 6 (bobdylan.com) from Hermann Rechberger
24. This 1976 Song By Bob Dylan Is His Most Personal By Far (Grunge) from Cliff Warnken 1500
25. 4 Times Levon Helm Put His Definitive Stamp on Songs Not Originally Written for Him (American Songwriter) from Cliff Warnken
26. Nashville Session Musician Wayne Moss Dead at 88 (Ultimate Classic Rock) from Cliff Warnken
27. The photographer who connects Bob Dylan and the Beatles By Anne Margaret Daniel. Subscr. (The Spectator) from Cliff Warnken
28. Bob Dylan-Masterpieces (1978) Published this day (The Reverse Collector) from David Gwiazdowski 1700
29. Al Brown Blues Band (ABBB) live at NIDABA THEATRE MILANO Gotta Serve Somebody (YouTube) from Andrea Brillo

Monday, April 20, 2026
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Dylan related
1. Last night's Bob Dylan Asheville setlist - (Bob Links)
2. The Last Bob Dylan Lyric Before His Born-Again Period Found Him on a Futile Quest (American Songwriter) from Cliff Warnken, Jacob Daniel
3. Original Bob Dylan Typewritten Lyrics for "I'm Not There" Heads to Auction (Hypebeast) from Jacob Daniel
4. Bob Dylan – Get Out of Denver Review (Cult Following) from Cliff Warnken
5. "These Dylan people have a big goon at every corner" 1976-04-20, Bayfront Civic Center Auditorium, St. Petersburg, FL (Flagging Down the Double E's) by Ray Padgett
   
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6. Robert Johnson as you've never heard him (Low Down & Dirty) from Jacob Daniel
7. Levon Helm Didn't Go Quietly (Nick DeRiso)
8. The Band pays tribute to Levon Helm on anniversary of drummer’s passing (Cult Following) from Cliff Warnken
   
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9. "Knockin' On Dylan's Door (BobFest)" "Bob Masterpieces throughout the decades" Select: Listen Live 88.1 FM WCWP 9-11 pm DST (WCWP 88.1 FM) from G. Walsh
10. Charlie McCoy - Legendary Nashville Session Musician (Vinyl Vibes) from Harold Lepidus
11. Watch Part 1 of a new upgrade of Bob Dylan's 'Renaldo and Clara' (The Joker and the Thief)
12. Bob Dylan ~ April 16, 2026 in Bowling Green, KY (Remastered with Artwork by Bennyboy) (YouTube) from Jacob Daniel
13. George Harrison absolutely owning the stage 1963 That's 63 years ago, and 63 years before that was the year 1900! (YouTube) 1000
    
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14. Prince’s Trump song was a caricature of an American capitalist that still rings true (The Observer) from Martin Cowan