Austin Scaggs joins the pod to discuss sixteen years of Dylan Fest. Dylan Fest is a two night celebration of Bob Dylan's songwriting that first started in the East Village in New York City on Dylan's 60th birthday. Austin founded Dylan Fest with his partner Alex Levy and their band The Cabin Down Below band.
This year's Dylan Fest is happening at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, TN on May 23 & 24. You can get tickets here and find out more at BestFest.com.
Music
- "I'll be Your Baby Tonight" by Bob Dylan from John Wesley Harding, 1967
- "Bob Dylan's 115th Dream" by Bob Dylan from Bringing It All Back Home, 1965
- "Tomorrow Is A Long Time" by Bob Dylan from Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits Vol. II, 1971
- "Tomorrow Is A Long Time" by Elvis Presley from the movieSpinout, 1966
- "Everything Is Broken" by Bob Dylan from Oh Mercy, 1989
- "I'll Keep It With Mine" by Nico from Chelsea Girls, 1967
- "Last Thoughts on Woody Guthrie" poem by Bob Dylan read at New York City's Town Hall on April 12, 1963