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Thursday, August 6, 2026
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Dylan related
1. The Grand Finale of the 1986 Bob Dylan/Tom Petty Tour 1986-08-06, Mid-State Fairground, Paso Robles, CA (Flagging Down the Double E's) from Ray Padgett
2. BOB DYLAN PASSING THROUGH THE SEACOAST TOWN OF BALBRIGGAN, IRELAND, DURING HIS WORLD TOUR OF 1966 (PopSpotsNYC on Facebook) from Bob Egan
3. SHOW REVIEW: 2019 Bob Dylan is on Par with the 1966 and Rolling Thunder Revue Tours (Medium) from Cliff Warnken
4. Dylan, Morrison and Mitchell in Total Control OC Register 1998 (Joni Mitchell) from Cliff Warnken
5. Where are Bob Dylan’s happy songs? (Untold Dylan) from Scott Miller
6. A TEST OF WISDOM (short story) Subscr. (Bob Dylan on Patreon)
7. Are Friends Electric? A Complete Unknown, belatedly reviewed. (conradbrunstrom) from Cliff Warnken
8. Harvey Brooks and Bob Dylan’s Highway 61: It Was 50 Years Ago (Almost) Today in 2015 (Territorial Imperatives) from Cliff Warnken
9. ADOPT THIS ALBUM: BOB DYLAN – THE BOOTLEG SERIES VOL. 4: THE “ROYAL ALBERT HALL” CONCERT (Bearded Gentlemen MUsic) from Cliff Warnken
10. A Complete Unknown Do you want to make a...Dylan? (Steve Leftrifge) from Cliff Warnken
11. Review of recent Bob Dylan concert in Nashville (Facebook) from Scott Miller
12. Dylan Comes to Santa Barbara 2012 (Daily Nexus) from Scott Miller
13. Listen to Bob Dylan perform rare cover of We Three on this day in 1988 (Cult Following) by Ewan Gleadow
14. Jacques Marie Mage Spent 3 Years Forging Bob Dylan’s Shades in Grade 6 Titanium (hiconsumption) from Cliff Warnken
15. Tangled Up In Dylan April 12, 2001. (Rolling Stone)
16. STEPPING INTO THE UNKNOWN: FILMS FROM THE BOB DYLAN CENTER Minneapolis, Sat Aug 29 (MSP Film) from Scott Miller
17. Rock and Roll Book Club: 'Dylan by Schatzberg' captures Bob at his most iconic (The Current) from Scott Miller
18. STEPPING INTO THE UNKNOWN: FILMS FROM THE BOB DYLAN CENTER Wed Sep 02 (Paris Theater NYC) from Cliff Warnken, Scott Miller
19. Stepping into the Unknown: Films from the Bob Dylan Center Pleasantville, NY, Thu, Sep 3 (Jacob Burns Film Center) from Scott Miller
    
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20. At 60, The Beatles’ “Revolver” is still unfolding its secrets (Salon) from Scott Miller
21. 60 Years Ago Today, the Beatles Released an Album That Hit No. 1 and Was Ranked Among the ‘Greatest Ever’ (Men's Journal) from Scott Miller
22. 60 years ago today was the most important day in The Beatles’ history (Far Out) from Scott Miller
23. How Deadheads became rock and roll's greatest renewable resource (npr) from Scott Miller
24. ‘Time Has Told Me’: the 1968 demo where Nick Drake found his voice (Far Out) from Scott Miller
25. Richard Thompson: Master of Studio and Stage (Musoscribe) from Scott Miller
26. More Rock, More Talk: The 5 Types of Stage Banter (Treblecine) from Cliff Warnken
27. Bryan Ferry saw what's next 1974 interview shares his vision and his future (John's Substack) by John Nogowski
    
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28. Bob Dylan ~ Get Your Mind Off Winter Time - Bennyboy's Best of The '26 Summer Tour w/Bonus Material (YouTube) from Jacob Daniel
29. Bob Dylan - Buckets of Rain (Live Debut, Detroit 1990) (YouTube) from Scott Miller
30. The Schatzberg Sessions (Bob Dylan Center on YouTube) from Scott Miller
31. Richard Thompson on 'Five Leaves Left' (YouTube) from Scott Miller
32. On This Day in 1947, Hank Williams Recorded the Single That Set the Bar for Future Success (American Songwriter) from Scott Miller
33. Bob Dylan – If You See Her Say Hello (6 Best Versions) (NSF) from Ugur Oral
34. The Guitar Story 1. Flamenco to the Blues Bob Dylan plugs in (BBC Radio 4) from Graham Cole 0900
    
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35. Next meeting of The Cambridge Bob Dylan Society 27th August 2026 (The Cambridge Bob Dylan Society) from John Stokes
36. The lost legacy of Ma Rainey, the mother of the Blues (Uncut) from Cliff Warnken
37. Bob Dylan Announces Five-Night London Residency at Royal Festival Hall (London Daily News) from Cliff Warnken
38. Bob Dylan – Mutineer Review (Cult Following) from Cliff Warnken

Wednesday, August 5, 2026
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Dylan related
1. Bob Dylan ends US tour by adding extra guitarist to live band (NME) from Scott Miller
2. Bob Dylan recruits Jimmie Vaughan as blues legend becomes final guest guitarist during hectic US tour (Guitar World) from Scott Miller
3. THE 3 J’s BAND (Medium) from Mike Smith
4. HEADING DOWN THE SAME BOB DYLAN ROAD (Pop Matters) from Cliff Warnken
5. Scott Peeples - How Many Roads: A Life of Bob Dylan, book Oct 12 from amazon.com - .co.uk - .de
6. Subterranean Homesick Blues: Bob Dylan, the Broken Handle, and the Birth of Chaotic Truth (The Funkadelic Manifesto) from Cliff Warnken
7. Bob Dylan Vocal Range: Voice Type, Functional Range & Style Explained (Vocal Range Calculator) from Cliff Warnken
8. Revisit Our Infamous 1963 Profile of Bob Dylan (Newsweek) from Cliff Warnken
9. Mother Of Muses Part 9: “It was never about whether it was in tune or out of tune” (final) (Untold Dylan) from Scott Miller
10. Automatic Generation of Lyrics in Bob Dylan’s Style (Stanford.edu) from Cliff Warnken
11. The talkin’ 1962 Bob Dylan London blues (Around the edges) from Cliff Warnken
12. For a truly bizarre Bob Dylan movie, watch Masked and Anonymous (Flicks) from Cliff Warnken
13. David Kynaston - Deep Into the Sixties: Britain 1965–66 (Tales of a New Jerusalem), book Nov 26 from amazon.com - .co.uk - .de (Cover: Barry Feinstein photo of Dylan with Liverpool children) from Travis Rojakovick
14. Bob Dylan’s Prophetic Strains: Crafting ‘The Times They Are A-Changin” (PM Magazine) from Cliff Warnken
15. Bob Dylan's Dream No. 2017 (Listen music culture) from Cliff Warnken
16. Letters Never Sent #29: Webb Pierce to Boris Karloff Subscr. (Bob Dylan on Patreon)
17. That Wild Mercury Sound (London Review of Books) from Scott Miller
18. Bob Dylan: Dylan's poetry and prophecy (Academia) from Cliff Warnken
19. Noiseless Chatter Spotlight: “Roll On John,” Bob Dylan (2012) (Noiseless Chatter) from Cliff Warnken
20. Mike Seeger’s influence on Bob Dylan (bibliolore) from Cliff Warnken
21. Street Culture: Banksy, Fairey, & Bob Dylan's Lyrics on a World Record Skateboard (Julien's) from Scott Miller
22. The Most Expensive Skateboards In History (Slick Willie's) from Scott Miller
23. Bob Dylan and Jamie Thomas Skateboard (Julien's) from Scott Miller
24. Bob Dylan Tribute med Niki Ivan & Partisanerna Malmö, Aug 22 (Medley Malmö) from Lars M Banke
    
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25. The Beatles’ Revolver Turns 60 As The Album That Changed Pop Music Forever (Noise 11) from Scott Miller
26. Revolver’s psychedelic finale rewrote pop music’s future (Paste) from Scott Miller
27. Being Rhythmically Admired: Elvis Costello’s Debut Gets Box Set Edition This Fall (the Second Disc) from Scott Miller
28. Van Morrison confirms ten-date UK tour (Far Out) from psamdancin
29. On "An Editor's Burial" (John's Substack) by John Nogowski
    
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30. “Thin Wild Mercury: Dylan 1966” Exhibit (YouTube) from Scott Miller
31. Glen Hansard funeral concludes with a rousing rendition of Bob Dylan's 'Forever Young' | RTÉ News (Bing) from Paul Sutcliffe, Scott Miller
32. Bob Dylan’s 10 greatest heroes of country music (Far Out) from Cliff Warnken, Scott Miller
33. Bob Dylan The Dead Big River , Somerset 03 08 2003 (YouTube) from Scott Miller
34. NEW UNRELEASED Beatles song from day after rooftop (YouTube) from Scott Miller
35. Tales Of Frankie Rabbit Drew And Dy (YouTube) from Scott Miller
36. The Beatles - Tales Of Frankie Rabbit (YouTube) from Scott Miller
37. Bob Dylan's Final Show of his US Long Hot Summer Tour in Nashville, TN (Gonzo recording in stereo) (YouTube) from Cliff Warnken
    
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38. Bob Dylan Approximately New Dylan bio in a couple of years (Claire Dederer on Instagram, with Peter Ames Carlin)

Tuesday, August 4, 2026
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Dylan related
1. Bob Dylan Wraps Up Dramatic U.S. Tour by Adding One More Guitarist Into the Mix: Jimmie Vaughan (Rolling Stone/Yahoo) from Jacob Daniel, Scott Miller, Henry Bernstein, Cliff Warnken
2. Jimmie Vaughan Joins Bob Dylan At Summer Tour Finale In Nashville (JamBase) from Cliff Warnken, Scott Miller
3. The greatest concert experience of my life: Bob Dylan with Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, Greek Theatre, June 13, 1986 (Tear of Newt) from Cliff Warnken
4. Bob Dylan’s Rough And Rowdy Ways – Side C (Untold Dylan) from Scott Miller
5. I. Slightly more on Bob Dylan — sorry gang — the ride never ends. (A Good Hard Stare) from Cliff Warnken
6. A Look at the Style of Bob Dylan (Women's Wear Daily) from Scott Miller
7. Bob Dylan is Still Painting His Masterpiece (Just Exactly Perfect) from Scott Miller
8. Why Bob Dylan? (Voegelin View) from Cliff Warnken
9. KNOCKING ON LONDON’S DOOR Crouch End (Tony Barrell) from Cliff Warnken
10. Eyewear Icons: Bob Dylan (Seen) from Cliff Warnken
11. Everybody Must Get Stoned A close look at Bob Dylan’s 1966 album, Blonde on Blonde (Medium) from Cliff Warnken
12. Bob Dylan challenges China 2011 (Taipei Times) from Cliff Warnken
13. Beyonce and Bob Dylan (in just 24 hours) (The Daily Record) from Cliff Warnken
14. Bob Dylan in Carnegie Hall Photographs (NSF) from Ugur Oral
15. Talkin’ Bob Dylan’s First Album Blues (The Real Easy Ed) from Cliff Warnken
16. From the Vault: Masked and Anonymous (Spliced Personality) from Cliff Warnken
17. Voices: Bob Dylan at 70 (Junkyard Opera) from Cliff Warnken
18. Does plagiarism in Dylan songs matter? Who is allowed to copy from whom? (Untold Dylan) from Scott Miller
19. Fights With Bob Dylan, Magic With U2: Daniel Lanois On His Life In Music (Rolling Stone CA) from Scott Miller
20. Jewish Federation To Present ‘Songpoets & Comedians For Social Change’ On Aug. 6 Pittsfield (BusinessWest) from Jacob Daniel
    
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21. “It’s tragic the way he died. He made the blues accessible to a lot of guys like me.” Bob Dylan and Jorma Kaukonen on the 1960s guitar icon who led an electric blues revolution and died alone and unknown (Guitar Player) from Scott Miller, Cliff Warnken
22. Vicki Wickham, Behind-the-Scenes Force in Pop Music, Dies at 87 (NY Times) from Scott Miller
23. Vicki Wickham obituary (theguardian) from Scott Miller
24. No song showed The Beatles’ lyrical maturation like “For No One” (Paste) from Scott Miller
25. A Look at the Style of Bob Dylan (Women's Wear Daily) from Scott Miller
26. How we made Ready, Steady, Go! (theguardian) from Scott Miller
27. How long will the Grateful Dead's songs survive? (npr) from Scott Miller
28. The Woody Guthrie story you’ve probably never heard is deeply Jewish (Pittsburgh Jewish Chronicle) from Cliff Warnken
29. Defending Mark Twain? Do I need to stick up for the ol' guy? (John's Substack) by John Nogowski
    
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30. The Basement Tapes: The songs Dylan didn’t write (The Joker and the Thief)
31. I Shall Be Released - 1 August 2026 - Nashville, Tennessee (YouTube) from Jacob Daniel
32. The Rolling Stones - Ready Steady Go - Full Appearance - 05/27/1966 - [ remastered, 60FPS, HD ] (YouTube) from Scott Miller
33. Jimmie Vaughan sitting in for I Can Tell at Bob Dylan's set in Nashville, TN August 1, 2006 (YouTube) from Scott Miller
34. The Beatles on Ready, Steady, Go! (Television House, London, March 20th, Restored, 1964) (YouTube) from Scott Miller
35. Radosta and Nainby The Bob Dylan Book Club discussion of Bob Dylan in Performance (YouTube) from John Radosta
36. These 3 Songs by The Byrds Should Have Been Bigger Hits at Radio (American Songwriter) from Scott Miller
37. Bob Dylan: 2026-08-01 - Nashville (Music of Bob Dylan) from Scott Miller
    
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38. 1975 Bob Dylan Classic, Ranked One of His Greatest Songs, Was Only Performed Once (Parade) from Scott Miller, Cliff Warnken
39. 'With God on Our Side': Bob Dylan and the Pentagon’s ‘Send Me’ Blasphemy (Vinyl Theology) from Cliff Warnken
40. SCENIC ROUTE: I’m Not There, “Seven Simple Rules For Life In Hiding” (The Solute) from Cliff Warnken
41. Belgian Dylan poster Designed by Peter Macken (.jpg) from Peter Macken 1200
42. Bob Dylan will not release ‘new album’, Afternoon Remedies at The Delta Hotel, in 2027 (Cult Following) by Ewan Gleadow, from Cliff Warnken 1400