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Sunday, January 11, 2026
at 0600 CET

Dylan related
1. BS18: Bob Dylan – Through the Open Window – The Bootleg Series Volume 18 (Lightwood) from Scott Miller
2. Local Music History, Mapped Out in the Greenwich Village Historic District (Village Preservation Blog) from Scott Miller
3. Musicians' Homes Greenwich Village Historic District Tour (Village Preservation) from Scott Miller
4. Bob Dylan – Crossing The Rubicon – Advanced Lyrics & Meaning Quiz (NSF) from Ugur Oral
5. Bonus Tracks: Mikael Jorgensen (Wilco) & Ethan Miller (Howlin' Rain) Talk 'Tarantula' and the Bass Part on "Desolation Row" (Flagging Down the Double E's) by Ray Padgett
   
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6. Bob Weir, Guitarist and Founding Member of the Grateful Dead, Dies at 78 Shared article (NY Times) from Marsh At Birchard, psamdancin, Scott Miller, Cliff Warnken, Jacob Daniel
7. Bob Weir, Grateful Dead Singer, Guitarist and Co-Founder, Dies at 78 (Variety) from psamdancin, Scott Miller
8. Bob Weir, Grateful Dead Founding Member, Dies at 78 (Best Classic Bands) from Greg Brodsky
9. Bob Weir, Grateful Dead Co-Founder, Dies at 78 (The Hollywood Reporter) from Paul Wolters
10. Bob Weir, founding member of the Grateful Dead, dies at 78 (LA Times / Yahoo) from Scott Miller
11. The Rhythm & The Blues: A Salute To Jerry Wexler (udiscovermusic) from Scott Miller
12. Lucinda Williams | World’s Gone Wrong | Album Reviews (Record Collector) from Scott Miller
13. 50 Years Ago This Week, a Cherished Beatles Assistant and Confidant Met a Tragic and Untimely End (American Songwriter) from Scott Miller
14. An annual dose of Marxism The silent magic of Harpo Marx still works! (John's Substack) by John Nogowski
15. Nick Cave on Writing the ‘Train Dreams’ Title Song in Support of a ‘Devastating’ Yet ‘Life-Affirming’ Story: ‘That’s the Beautiful Paradox of Grief’ (Variety) from Scott Miller
16. Evolution Mama - Carl "Deacon" Moore's strangest recording (I Went Down to St.James Infirmary) by Bob Harwood
    
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17. The Dylan Hours: Streams live every Sunday, 9 - 11 am Pacific Standard Time. Today: DESIRE: A 50th Anniversary Celebration 🎶 (thesocalsound.org) from Lisa Finnie
18. Bob Weir: 10 Essential Songs Shared article (NY Times) from Scott Miller
19. Bob Weir and Jerry Garcia - When I Paint My Masterpiece (live acoustic 12-17-87) (YouTube) from Scott Miller
20. Me and Bob at Al's diner (Garrison Keillor and Friends) from Paul Wolters
21. Bob Dylan: the concert series. 1977. The preparation and the rehearsals (Untold Dylan) from Scott Miller
22. Bob Dylan: The dynamic catalyst of music industry evolution Episode 7, guest Harold Lepidus (Garage to Stadiums) from Scott Miller
23. Lucinda Williams "The World's Gone Wrong" (Official Music Video) (YouTube) from Scott Miller
24. 4 Songs by Famous Artists That Feature Jimmy Page as a Session Musician (American Songwriter) from Scott Miller
25. The 2026 Grammys...Proof Music is Getting Worse (YouTube) from Oreo Pagus
    
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26. Russ Savakus Bass on Highway 61 Revisited (Wikipedia)
27. The Monkees - I'm a Believer - Isolated Bass Russ Savakus (YouTube)

Saturday, January 10, 2026
at 0645 CET

Dylan related
1. 50 Years Later: Bob Dylan Goes Exotic & Dramatic With ‘Desire’ (glide) from Cliff Warnken
2. The Philosophy of Modern Song: the Little White Cloud that Cried (Untold Dylan) from Scott Miller
3. 'I've chosen gorgeous Welsh name for my baby but family hate it for odd reason' (Wales ONline) from Cliff Warnken
4. Highlands parts I & II By Jochen Markhorst (Academia) from Jacob Daniel
5. Joan Osborne Sings the Songs of Bob Dylan Peekskill, NY, March 28 (Patch) from Cliff Warnken
6. Ten Songs (Plus One or Two) Tulsa, Feb 5 (Bob Dylan Center) from Scott Miller
   
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7. How Shakespeare, (Probably) Bob Dylan, and an Ex-Girlfriend Inspired This Underappreciated Dire Straits Track (American Songwriter) from Scott Miller
8. Inside John Mellencamp's Long Battle to Escape 'Johnny Cougar' (Ultimate Classic Rock) from Scott Miller
9. The Quiet Genius of Mark Knopfler (Wellsville Sun) from Scott Miller
10. Audrey Roberts - Undiagnosed to Death: How My Mother's Writing Captured Our Family's Hidden Battle with Huntington's Disease, book from amazon.com - .co.uk - .de. from Magne Karlstad
11. Meet the Orpheists Chapter Eight - And Then There Were Four (Muddy Water) by William Routhier
12. The Jim Irsay Collection (Christie's) from Scott Miller
13. This Lollipop Plays Tunes in Your Head Using Bone Conduction. I Tried It and Was Floored (CNET) from Scott Miller
    
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14. Download 'Bob Dylan Live in Glasgow' — The Joker Remixes (The Joker and the Thief)
15. Angel flying too close to the ground - Bob Dylan Feat. Mark Knopfler (YouTube) from Scott Miller
16. A Magnificent Film Of Bob Dylan Forever Young with Mark Knopfler London 2011 (YouTube)
17. Bob Dylan - Man In The Long Black Coat HMV Hammersmith Apollo, London 21 November 2011 (YouTube) from John Spoor
18. Willie Nelson - Angel Flying Too Close to the Ground (Live at Budokan, Tokyo 2/23/1984) (YouTube) from Scott Miller
19. ‘Long Gone Lonesome Blues’: Hank Williams’ Classic Country Hit (udiscovermusic) from Scott Miller
20. Bob Dylan — High Water (For Charley Patton). Uniondale, New York. November 13, 2006. Video (YouTube) from Jacob Daniel
21. JOHN C. REILLY Talks Step Brothers, Empathy, New Album Dylan mentions from ca 23 min (YouTube) from Hannah O'Rourke
    
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22. Bob Dylan – Idiot Wind: The Minnesota Sessions Review (Cult Following) from Cliff Warnken
    
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23. Norwegian: Eventyrlig morsomt om The Beatles i Norge! (Puls)

Friday, January 9, 2026
at 0600 CET

Dylan related
1. Defending Pop Music as Music (Law & Liberty) from Michelle Engert
2. BS18: Where It All Began Doesn't Explain How it All Began, But What Could? (Tracking Angle) from Scott Miller
3. Bob Dylan warned us about guys like Stephen Miller By Seth Rogovoy (Forward) from Scott Miller, Cliff Warnken, Steven Zweifler, The Bigstockbroker
4. Bob Dylan takes Highway 61 by Jochen Markhorst, from amazon.de: German paperback - German ebook - Dutch only paperback
5. No Nobel Prize for Music but Bob discovers sequences he’s never used before (Untold Dylan) from Scott Miller
   
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6. The Village Years of Joan Baez (Village Preservation Blog) from Cliff Warnken
7. Why Paul McCartney Rejected George Harrison’s Offer To Play at His History-Making Benefit Concert (American Songwriter) from Scott Miller
8. Legendary folk-rockers Fairport Convention to tour the UK this Spring (Herald Wales) from Scott Miller
9. Music Reissues Weekly: The Rolling Stones - Live & Sessions 1963-1969 (the arts desk) from Scott Miller
10. Syd Barrett Remembered: “He was fragile, a gentle soul who somehow got stuck…” (Mojo) from Scott Miller
11. Honoring The King at 91 (John's Substack) by John Nogowski
12. German: Stimme der Hoffnung Joan Baez 85 ("I'm in a cowboy band") by Thomas Waldherr
13. David Bowie’s childhood home to open to public after 1960s restoration (theguardian) from Martin Cowan
    
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14. The Making of Bob Dylan’s The Times They Are A-Changin' (newstalk) from Cliff Warnken, Scott Miller
15. Bob Dylan & Joan Baez - More And More (Savoy Hotel 1965 RARE) (YouTube) from Scott Miller
16. Webb Pierce - More and More (YouTube) from Scott Miller
17. Bob Dylan made a Beeline for John Denver -Jeff Hanna (YouTube) from Bill Lakin, Steve Lockwood, francis mckee
18. Robyn Hitchcock, 1967 Caropop (Apple Podcasts) from Harold Lepidus
    
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19. ‘There’s serendipity to my story’: Emmylou Harris on Gram Parsons, her garlanded career – and her dog rescue centre (theguardian) from Tiernan Henry
20. Bob Dylan, Van Morrison, More and More , New York,16.01.1998 (YouTube) from andrew nieurzyla
21. Dylan Thomas 'plagiarised other poets' repeatedly as schoolboy (BBC) from Stan Davies 1200
22. Bob Dylan and The Band – Dreams of Iron and Steel Review (Cult Following) from Cliff Warnken 1400
23. The Beatles, Muhammad Ali and Austin Powers: Inside Jim Irsay’s collection set for auction Shared article (NY Times) from Alan Gordon 1600