Is there anything Bob Dylan can’t do? In addition to the genius that is his musical career, Dylan established himself as a great literary mind with the publication of his autobiography Chronicles last year and now he’s making a claim as a master of radio. His new weekly XM radio show Theme Time Radio is the best thing on the air.
Each show has a theme, the first three have been Drinking, Weather and Mothers (for mother’s day) with Dylan choosing the music and adding between song stories and jokes like “I read that drinking’s bad for you so I decided to stop reading.”
Dylan’s musical selections are eclectic. He’s played tunes by Judy Garland, Buck Owens, LL. Cool J, Dean Martin, The Clancy Brothers and Muddy Waters. He doesn’t just play the songs, he offers little tidbits of information about the artists that could only come from a fan and he frequently recites the lyrics as if they were his own.
It’s a real joy to hear and reminds me of how much I miss real radio. And by the way, If you don’t want to pay for XM radio just search the internet a bit for places you can download the shows. As I see it, the only flaw in this whole thing is that it’s not free. Unless you do a little online research.
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