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Ray Padgett @raypadgett.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Kicking off a new series on cities where Bob Dylan has only performed once ever. First up: Las Cruces, NM. Dylan performed Marty Robbins' "El Paso" for the only time ever—and he did it twice in the same show!

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The Only Time Bob Dylan Ever Performed in Las Cruces, New Mexico

A new series on Dylan’s one-time-only tour stops: “Only Passing Through”

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Ray Padgett @raypadgett.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

This made me want to look up other 7" single art for Dylan covers. Here are some Like a Rolling Stones.

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Ray Padgett @raypadgett.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

"Guys, what should we put on the cover art for our version of Ballad of a Thin Man?" … "Wait, I've got it!"

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Ray Padgett @raypadgett.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Just remembered when Miley Cyrus and The Roots covered Freewheelin' outtake "Baby I'm in the Mood for You" on Jimmy Fallon. That might top even Chalamet's SNL set for Most Unlikely Bob Dylan Cover Performed on Late Night TV.

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Miley Cyrus - Baby, I'm in the Mood for You (Bob Dylan Cover) HD

YouTube video by Miley Cyrus Fans

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Ray Padgett @raypadgett.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Nice try but it's not truly deluxe unless it's 39 discs long and includes 19 different versions of "Vincent Van Gogh"

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Ray Padgett @raypadgett.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Happy birthday Leonard Cohen! For the Rock Hall's newsletter, I wrote about great Cohen covers by his fellow inductees. Willie, Bob, Iggy, Aretha, Joan, R.E.M., and more

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Leonard Cohen Covers by His Fellow Rock Hall Inductees

Bob Dylan, Mavis Staples, R.E.M., and more sing Cohen’s songs

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Ray Padgett @raypadgett.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

It’s official the Best Album of 2026 is this old fan compilation of the Seeger Sessions tour

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Ray Padgett @raypadgett.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

"Hmm, what photo should we use for this graceful set?"

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Ray Padgett @raypadgett.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

A good omen for the day when the rotating @bobserve.com homepage poster is a show that happened just down the road from me (albeit like 25 years before I lived here)

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Ray Padgett @raypadgett.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

In the past year, Jim Keltner has drummed on new albums by Phoebe Bridgers, Japanese Breakfast, and Perfume Genius. An indie-rock darling at 84 years old!

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Ray Padgett @raypadgett.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Nick Cave shares his beauty tips

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Ray Padgett @raypadgett.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Ok Love & Theft week was fun and all, but it's time to get serious about the IMPORTANT album anniversaries

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Ray Padgett @raypadgett.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Does anyone here live in: - Las Cruces, NM - Ferrara, Italy - Córdoba, Argentina ? (No I’m not planning a very odd road trip. Doing research for some pieces and looking for local intel.)

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Ray Padgett @raypadgett.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Laurel & Hardy's silence is deafening

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Ray Padgett @raypadgett.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

September 11 2001 is gonna be awesome!!

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Ray Padgett @raypadgett.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Amazingly, in 30-plus years of the Never Ending Tour, there seems to be only ONE time where Bob Dylan played an all-60s setlist. I investigated that show, 37 years ago today.

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The Only All-Sixties Setlist of the Never Ending Tour

1989-09-06, Starlight Bowl, San Diego, CA

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Ray Padgett @raypadgett.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Indie music magazine score today. Long live print media!

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Ray Padgett @raypadgett.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

My new favorite album cover micro-genre: 70s soul singers offering you stuff

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Erin Callahan @inthephishbowl.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

The September episode dropped today! In it, my guest, Graley Herren, discusses his new book, Bob Dylan in Cincinnati, in which he argues “where and when a performance takes place matters.” Buy the book with the link in the show notes. Enjoy! open.substack.com/pub/infinity...

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Bob Dylan in Cincinnati: A Conversation with Graley Herren

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Ray Padgett @raypadgett.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Yes I’ll take one cursed AI chicken please

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Ray Padgett @raypadgett.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

There's no way this album can live up to the cover right?

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Ray Padgett @raypadgett.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

The Traveling Wilburys never performed a single live show—but what would have happened if they had? I investigated all the times the various Wilburys performed Wilburys songs in their OWN shows. Which Wilbury performed the most Wilbury material?

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The Traveling Wilburys Live

Live Wilburys songs by Bob Dylan, Tom Petty, Jeff Lynne, and George Harrison

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Ray Padgett @raypadgett.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

TIL that Bob Dylan once played a city called Worms

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Ray Padgett @raypadgett.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Interesting that of all the people disagreeing, barely anyone is arguing for Rough and Rowdy (it’s almost all L&T). A couple years ago I think it would have been cited more. Did the endless tour burn people out on it? Surprised it’s not more in the conversation (it should be!)

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Ray Padgett @raypadgett.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Happy 20th birthday to Bob’s best album of the 21st century

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Ray Padgett @raypadgett.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Dolly recorded a couple amazing covers for tribute albums in the last few years. One was "Southern Accents" that far outshined an otherwise mediocre 2024 country tribute to Petty

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Southern Accents

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Alex Zalben @azalben.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Dolly Parton, among a thousand other amazing things she did in her life, gifted over 330 million books to kids through her Imagination Library program. Her passing is a tremendous loss to the world, but you can support the program today to keep it going imaginationlibrary.com

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Dolly Parton's Imagination Library | USA, UK, IE, CA, AU

Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library is a book gifting program that mails free books to children from birth until they begin school in participating areas.

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Ray Padgett @raypadgett.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

One of the few fun things about moving is opening book boxes. It’s like finding them for the first time!

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Ray Padgett @raypadgett.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Follow up question: Why DO they gotta front?

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Ray Padgett @raypadgett.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Get ready for a super chooglin' version of Enter Sandman

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Ray Padgett @raypadgett.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

My latest "Venue Spotlight" looks at every time Bob Dylan has played the iconic Royal Albert Hall—from 1965 all the way up to 2024. John Lennon tells Dylan, “Maybe they didn’t get it. It’s the price of being ahead of your time.” Dylan: “Maybe, but I’m only twenty minutes ahead, so I won’t get far.”

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Bob Dylan at the Royal Albert Hall, 1965-2024

George Harrison: "The people who walked out must have been idiots"

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Mark Yarm @markyarm.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

The Cramps' long-shelved album 'Gravest Gravy' is finally out today. Read the story behind it here:

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Ryan @ryansimmons.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

[pushing a button on my desk that is not connected to anything and speaking to no one]: janice, hold my calls youtu.be/o4I-Y8XiBIs?...

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'Weird Al' Yankovic: Tiny Desk Concert

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Ray Padgett @raypadgett.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Found some of my high school ticket stubs at my parents house

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Ray Padgett @raypadgett.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Today I learned that Engelbert Humperdinck is a) still alive b) still named "Engelbert Humperdinck" and c) still releasing new albums with covers like this

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Ray Padgett @raypadgett.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

I guess we’ll never hear Bob ripping a 15 minutes Buckets of Rain with Crazy Horse

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QueenCityJamz @queencityjamz.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Here's the original ad that inspired Neon Park's cover for the Mothers' Weasels Ripped My Flesh LP.

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Ray Padgett @raypadgett.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Imagine doing this photoshoot for your new record, then going, "No wait, you know what would make an ever BETTER album cover?"

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Emma Swift @emmaswiftsings.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Here's "Jealous Guy" performed at The Basement East last month, with Rick Lollar on guitar ❤ youtu.be/l2rZgPvW7Hs

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Emma Swift - Jealous Guy (Live at the Basement East)

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Ray Padgett @raypadgett.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Speaking of Dylan and Petty, I wrote a chapter on that tour for this book that's coming out early next year. Just went up for preorder. Code LSU40OFF gets you 40% off. lsupress.org/978080718651...

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