Ray Padgett
@raypadgett.bsky.social
Flagging Down the Double E's Dylan newsletter, Cover Me covers blog, 3 books (Pledging My Time, Cover Me, Leonard Cohen 33 1/3).
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Ray Padgett
@raypadgett.bsky.social
· Nov 19
Three books so far! Latest, from last year, is Pledging My Time: Conversations with Bob Dylan Band Members.
Previous two are about cover songs. Cover Me: The Stories Behind the Greatest Covers of All Time and a 33 1/3 on Leonard Cohen and the history of tribute albums called I'm Your Fan.
Previous two are about cover songs. Cover Me: The Stories Behind the Greatest Covers of All Time and a 33 1/3 on Leonard Cohen and the history of tribute albums called I'm Your Fan.
January 29, 2026 at 12:36 PM
Probably my favorite photo of Joe Walsh eating corn and mashed potatoes
January 29, 2026 at 2:23 AM
Probably my favorite photo of Joe Walsh eating corn and mashed potatoes
Always knew Neil was the 🐐
January 29, 2026 at 1:09 AM
Always knew Neil was the 🐐
Amazing photo of Stephen Stills and Neil Young in later CSNY drummer Joe Vitale’s book
January 29, 2026 at 12:45 AM
Amazing photo of Stephen Stills and Neil Young in later CSNY drummer Joe Vitale’s book
71 thousand views in a day. We’re doomed.
January 28, 2026 at 5:10 PM
71 thousand views in a day. We’re doomed.
For the Neil heads, scattershot new info on what will be on Archives Vol 4 via a Zoom call he did with NYA supporters today
via neilyoungnews.thrasherswheat.org/2026/01/neil...
via neilyoungnews.thrasherswheat.org/2026/01/neil...
January 27, 2026 at 10:04 PM
For the Neil heads, scattershot new info on what will be on Archives Vol 4 via a Zoom call he did with NYA supporters today
via neilyoungnews.thrasherswheat.org/2026/01/neil...
via neilyoungnews.thrasherswheat.org/2026/01/neil...
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A play-by-play of the second Night of the Hurricane 1976, as told through contemporary newspaper accounts. Plus other Bob Dylan appearances offstage and onstage afterwards in Texas.
Includes confirmation of songs not previously listed with Bob Dylan's participation (Mercedes Benz, etc).
Includes confirmation of songs not previously listed with Bob Dylan's participation (Mercedes Benz, etc).
Look Back: An Eventful Week in January 1976
A play-by-play of Bob Dylan's Night of the Hurricane II, and what followed in Texas
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January 26, 2026 at 9:53 PM
A play-by-play of the second Night of the Hurricane 1976, as told through contemporary newspaper accounts. Plus other Bob Dylan appearances offstage and onstage afterwards in Texas.
Includes confirmation of songs not previously listed with Bob Dylan's participation (Mercedes Benz, etc).
Includes confirmation of songs not previously listed with Bob Dylan's participation (Mercedes Benz, etc).
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This is fun: I get to pontificate about Dylan, always a great way to relax and pass the time. Ruminate, cogitate, whatever we ate - with the great @raypadgett.bsky.social in person:
My backstage conversation with the great @robynhitchcock.bsky.social last summer in Tulsa
Bonus Track: Robyn Hitchcock on the Magic of "Desolation Row"
"It’s one of his old songs that he loves to reverse a car over at the moment. "
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January 25, 2026 at 6:20 PM
This is fun: I get to pontificate about Dylan, always a great way to relax and pass the time. Ruminate, cogitate, whatever we ate - with the great @raypadgett.bsky.social in person:
My backstage conversation with the great @robynhitchcock.bsky.social last summer in Tulsa
Bonus Track: Robyn Hitchcock on the Magic of "Desolation Row"
"It’s one of his old songs that he loves to reverse a car over at the moment. "
www.flaggingdown.com
January 25, 2026 at 2:09 PM
My backstage conversation with the great @robynhitchcock.bsky.social last summer in Tulsa
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I....don't even know what to say about this. Legs & Co "interpret" Bob Dylan's Baby Stop Crying, Top of the Pops 1978.
youtu.be/_0TCgktn7tI?...
youtu.be/_0TCgktn7tI?...
Top Of The Pops - 1978.08.10 - Bob Dylan - Baby Stop Crying (danced to by Legs & Co)
YouTube video by marinescu10
youtu.be
January 24, 2026 at 7:56 AM
I....don't even know what to say about this. Legs & Co "interpret" Bob Dylan's Baby Stop Crying, Top of the Pops 1978.
youtu.be/_0TCgktn7tI?...
youtu.be/_0TCgktn7tI?...
@queencityjamz.bsky.social sighting in the Shahzad Ismaily tour zine
January 24, 2026 at 12:27 AM
@queencityjamz.bsky.social sighting in the Shahzad Ismaily tour zine
First and only time anything interesting has happened on Threads
January 23, 2026 at 4:41 PM
First and only time anything interesting has happened on Threads
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recorded 60 years ago today in New York, with Michael Bloomfield & most of The Band. one of the most frustrating studio breakdowns ever. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vhpz...
Bob Dylan - She's Your Lover Now (Studio Outtake - 1966 - Official Audio)
YouTube video by BobDylanVEVO
www.youtube.com
January 21, 2026 at 5:57 PM
recorded 60 years ago today in New York, with Michael Bloomfield & most of The Band. one of the most frustrating studio breakdowns ever. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vhpz...
This is all Spotify’s fault
January 21, 2026 at 2:27 PM
This is all Spotify’s fault
Asking the most important questions in the newsletter today
Was That Bob Dylan’s Real Oscar Onstage?
Mailbag: Funeral songs, Dylan collectables, "No Time to Think"
www.flaggingdown.com
January 21, 2026 at 1:43 PM
Asking the most important questions in the newsletter today
My most basic Bob Dylan opinion is that Blood on the Tracks is his best album.
It’d be much more fun to argue for Street Legal or Modern Times or something more unusual. But come on. Blood on the Tracks has never been topped - by him or by anyone else.
It’d be much more fun to argue for Street Legal or Modern Times or something more unusual. But come on. Blood on the Tracks has never been topped - by him or by anyone else.
January 20, 2026 at 8:19 PM
My most basic Bob Dylan opinion is that Blood on the Tracks is his best album.
It’d be much more fun to argue for Street Legal or Modern Times or something more unusual. But come on. Blood on the Tracks has never been topped - by him or by anyone else.
It’d be much more fun to argue for Street Legal or Modern Times or something more unusual. But come on. Blood on the Tracks has never been topped - by him or by anyone else.
Happy Blood on the Tracks day!
Photographer Paul Till Tells the Story Behind the 'Blood on the Tracks' Cover
Plus a tour through four more decades of Till's live Bob Dylan photos
www.flaggingdown.com
January 20, 2026 at 2:36 PM
Happy Blood on the Tracks day!
Wow you’re totally right, nothing embodies the spirit of Bob Weir like a promoted tweet from a Twitter blue check promoting his startup
January 19, 2026 at 11:35 PM
Wow you’re totally right, nothing embodies the spirit of Bob Weir like a promoted tweet from a Twitter blue check promoting his startup
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i wrote an afterword about bobby weir for @pitchfork.com, but probably could've kept going for a few more days. pitchfork.com/features/bob...
Bob Weir’s Cosmic Touch
The inimitable Bobby Ace played guitar alongside Jerry Garcia for over three decades. His unique style and merry personality helped shape the sound and spirit of the Grateful Dead, and his lifelong de...
pitchfork.com
January 12, 2026 at 7:11 PM
i wrote an afterword about bobby weir for @pitchfork.com, but probably could've kept going for a few more days. pitchfork.com/features/bob...
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“Most of the Time”
3/22/12 at TRI Studios rehearsal for Bobby & The National
@conraddoucette.bsky.social on drums.
3/22/12 at TRI Studios rehearsal for Bobby & The National
@conraddoucette.bsky.social on drums.
January 15, 2026 at 11:02 PM
“Most of the Time”
3/22/12 at TRI Studios rehearsal for Bobby & The National
@conraddoucette.bsky.social on drums.
3/22/12 at TRI Studios rehearsal for Bobby & The National
@conraddoucette.bsky.social on drums.
Hard to keep up with the constant flood of new Bob Dylan biographies on Amazon that were definitely written by real human people
January 16, 2026 at 4:51 PM
Hard to keep up with the constant flood of new Bob Dylan biographies on Amazon that were definitely written by real human people
Talking Dylan's covers albums with musician and Bob-head Walter Martin (The Walkmen, Jonathan Fire*eater)
Episode 62: Bob Dylan’s Mysterious Covers Records - with Ray Padgett
Dylanologist Ray Padgett and I explore dark corners of Bob's catalog
waltermartin.substack.com
January 16, 2026 at 3:51 PM
Talking Dylan's covers albums with musician and Bob-head Walter Martin (The Walkmen, Jonathan Fire*eater)
Never heard early Bad Seeds tape! From Metro in Chicago (which I never knew was once "Cabaret Metro")
Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds Live at Cabaret Metro 1986-10-24 https://archive.org/details/ajc02568_nickcaveandthebadseeds1986-10-24
Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds Live at Cabaret Metro 1986-10-24 : Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
Nick Cave and The Bad SeedsOctober 24, 1986Cabaret MetroChicago, IllinoisRecording generously loaned from the Aadam Jacobs Audio Archive.Transfer: Yamaha...
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January 16, 2026 at 2:45 PM
Never heard early Bad Seeds tape! From Metro in Chicago (which I never knew was once "Cabaret Metro")