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Ray Padgett lives in Vermont, first discovered Dylan when he was 16 in the 21st Century and was fascinated and besotted, later launching the newsletter \\u2018Flagging Down the Double E\\u2019s\\u2019 and now publishing the enthralling \\u2018Pledging My Time\\u2019, a collection of his interviews with over 40 people who\\u2019ve worked, performed and recorded with the inscrutable old rogue. Both the book and this fast-moving, whip-smart and very funny conversation are revelatory and highly recommended, the podcast shedding light on \\u2026

\\u2026 the daily life of Bob Dylan \\u2013 eg the piles of gifts he routinely receives and the security men who scour his vacated hotel rooms to remove anything that could be nicked and put on eBay.

\\u2026 the only friend who seemed to co-exist with him on \\u201can equal footing\\u201d.

... an eye-witness account of his first performance (aged 13) at a Jewish summer camp in Minnesota.

\\u2026 the childhood friend who owned a fish business in Duluth and ended up running the Rolling Thunder Revue - as Dylan enigmatically put it, \\u201cif you can sell fish, you can sell tickets\\u201d.

... the time he went to a business conference and nobody recognised him.

\\u2026 how he tells musicians to \\u201cnever play the same thing twice\\u201d.

\\u2026 the chance meeting with Scarlet Rivera \\u2013 two hours later she was onstage as \\u201cmy violinist\\u201d with Dylan and Muddy Waters.

\\u2026 multiple examples of his love of spontaneity and the extraordinary way he hires musicians.  

\\u2026 a rare moment when his career seemed to stall.

\\u2026 and honourable mentions of Richard Thompson, Paul Stookey, Jim Keltner, Stan Lynch and Jeff Bridges.

Pledging My Time \\u2026

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Pledging-My-Time-Conversations-Members/dp/B0C6VRBZQC

Flagging Down the Double E\\u2019s newsletter \\u2026

https://dylanlive.substack.com/about

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