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Bob Dylan
OffStereo builds narrated music history shows around real records. Bob Dylan runs through 5 of them, 2 that take them as the subject and 3 more where they surface inside someone else's story. They appear most often alongside Pete Seeger, The Staple Singers and U2.
Shows about Bob Dylan
Dylan Electric: Betrayal or Rescue?
From Greenwich Village folk disciple to Newport's electric rebel, Bob Dylan's 1965 shift was a necessary artistic evolution, not a betrayal of acoustic purists like Pete Seeger.
Featuring Blowin' in the Wind · Don't Think Twice, It's All Right · Maggie's Farm
Dylan's Newport Electric Shock
Bob Dylan plugs in at Newport 1965, sparking a folk firestorm with "Like a Rolling Stone" that challenges purists like Pete Seeger, even as The Byrds and Paul Butterfield Blues Band electrify the scene.
Featuring Subterranean Homesick Blues · Like a Rolling Stone (Live at Newport Folk Festival, 1965) · Maggie's Farm (Live at Newport Folk Festival, 1965)
Shows where Bob Dylan appears
Cash's Prison Mythos
Johnny Cash's Folsom and San Quentin albums blur lines, igniting his career and inspiring Outlaw Country's raw sound, from Merle Haggard to Waylon Jennings.
1 of 8 tracks — Wanted Man
Joshua Tree's American Tapestry
U2's The Joshua Tree found its spiritual quest and desert sound in the raw yearning of Robert Johnson, the prophetic voice of Bob Dylan, and the gospel power of Mahalia Jackson and Sister Rosetta Tharpe.
2 of 8 tracks — A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall · All Along the Watchtower
Live Aid: Stage or Spectacle?
Live Aid proves a proving ground where Queen's Freddie Mercury unites 72,000 with "Radio Ga Ga" and U2's Bono dives into legend, while Led Zeppelin's "Stairway to Heaven" reunion falters.
1 of 7 tracks — Blowin' in the Wind