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.
The Never Ending Rough and Rowdy Ways Tour continues!
November 13, 2025 at 6:20 PM
The Never Ending Rough and Rowdy Ways Tour continues!
What do you call a pile of dirt that plays the banjo?
November 13, 2025 at 3:23 PM
What do you call a pile of dirt that plays the banjo?
Kind of amazing a new Men Without Hats song has over a million views in 2025
Men Without Hats - I ❤️ The '80s [Official Video]
YouTube video by Men Without Hats
www.youtube.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Kind of amazing a new Men Without Hats song has over a million views in 2025
The first five shows of the Modern Times era
The Beginning of the 'Modern Times' Era
2006-10-17, Bill Graham Civic Auditorium, San Francisco, CA
www.flaggingdown.com
November 12, 2025 at 8:19 PM
The first five shows of the Modern Times era
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Bob Dylan looking at Bob Dylan looking at Bob Dylan… at the 1986 JUNO Awards.
November 12, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Bob Dylan looking at Bob Dylan looking at Bob Dylan… at the 1986 JUNO Awards.
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Here's the great @zachschonfeld.bsky.social with a new installment in his Vinyl Me, Please reporting. This one looks at the vendors and customers who are getting screwed by the failed subscription record club's new management.
Who Got Screwed When Vinyl Me, Please Went Bust?
Inside the subscription vinyl club's unpaid debts and troubled relaunch
stereogum.com
November 12, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Here's the great @zachschonfeld.bsky.social with a new installment in his Vinyl Me, Please reporting. This one looks at the vendors and customers who are getting screwed by the failed subscription record club's new management.
Fun(?) fact: Bob Dylan has now played "Goodbye Jimmy Reed" more times live than:
* Visions of Johanna
* I Want You
* Not Dark Yet
* Blind Willie McTell
* The Man in Me
* My Back Pages
* Gates Of Eden
* Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues
* Visions of Johanna
* I Want You
* Not Dark Yet
* Blind Willie McTell
* The Man in Me
* My Back Pages
* Gates Of Eden
* Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues
November 11, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Fun(?) fact: Bob Dylan has now played "Goodbye Jimmy Reed" more times live than:
* Visions of Johanna
* I Want You
* Not Dark Yet
* Blind Willie McTell
* The Man in Me
* My Back Pages
* Gates Of Eden
* Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues
* Visions of Johanna
* I Want You
* Not Dark Yet
* Blind Willie McTell
* The Man in Me
* My Back Pages
* Gates Of Eden
* Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues
A wild month in 1995 where Bob invited seemingly everyone he knew to sit in with him on tour
Bob Dylan ft. Dickey Betts, Stevie Nicks, Alison Krauss, Charlie Sexton, Sheryl Crow, Doug Sahm, more…
Bob Dylan ft. Dickey Betts, Stevie Nicks, Alison Krauss, Charlie Sexton, Sheryl Crow, Doug Sahm, more…
A Month of All-Star Sit-Ins
Betts and Sexton and Nicks and Sahm and Krauss and mo(o)re—but not Mellencamp
www.flaggingdown.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:28 PM
A wild month in 1995 where Bob invited seemingly everyone he knew to sit in with him on tour
Bob Dylan ft. Dickey Betts, Stevie Nicks, Alison Krauss, Charlie Sexton, Sheryl Crow, Doug Sahm, more…
Bob Dylan ft. Dickey Betts, Stevie Nicks, Alison Krauss, Charlie Sexton, Sheryl Crow, Doug Sahm, more…
Literally no one picked a song off the album about his electric car or the one where he talks to a robot he bought online? Cowards!
For real tho excited to dig into this
For real tho excited to dig into this
The great Neil Young turns 80 tomorrow.
To celebrate, we asked 80 artists including Jeff Tweedy, Dave Matthews, Brittany Howard, Michael Stipe, Open Mike Eagle, Jewel, Tom Morello, Kurt Vile, Allison Russell, Matt Berninger, Perfume Genius, A-Trak, and many more about their favorite Neil song:
To celebrate, we asked 80 artists including Jeff Tweedy, Dave Matthews, Brittany Howard, Michael Stipe, Open Mike Eagle, Jewel, Tom Morello, Kurt Vile, Allison Russell, Matt Berninger, Perfume Genius, A-Trak, and many more about their favorite Neil song:
80 Artists Pick Their Favorite Neil Young Song
Happy 80th birthday, Neil Young!
stereogum.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Literally no one picked a song off the album about his electric car or the one where he talks to a robot he bought online? Cowards!
For real tho excited to dig into this
For real tho excited to dig into this
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For years, advertising has been how Stereogum made money to pay its writers. While we made progress moving away from that model, Google AI search has decimated the business almost overnight. Today we relaunch with a greater focus on subscription. We’d love your support: stereogum.com/2478838/ster...
November 10, 2025 at 11:40 PM
For years, advertising has been how Stereogum made money to pay its writers. While we made progress moving away from that model, Google AI search has decimated the business almost overnight. Today we relaunch with a greater focus on subscription. We’d love your support: stereogum.com/2478838/ster...
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Thank you to @raypadgett.bsky.social and his great site Cover Me for letting me highlight some of the more obscure versions of 'Hey Joe' featured in my book That Gun In Your Hand
@anvilpress.bsky.social @asterismbooks.bsky.social #booksky
www.covermesongs.com/2025/11/the-...
@anvilpress.bsky.social @asterismbooks.bsky.social #booksky
www.covermesongs.com/2025/11/the-...
"Hey Joe" Book Author Shares Five Lesser-Known Versions Worth Hearing - Cover Me
Jason Schneider, author of 'That Gun in Your Hand', takes us beyond Hendrix
www.covermesongs.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Thank you to @raypadgett.bsky.social and his great site Cover Me for letting me highlight some of the more obscure versions of 'Hey Joe' featured in my book That Gun In Your Hand
@anvilpress.bsky.social @asterismbooks.bsky.social #booksky
www.covermesongs.com/2025/11/the-...
@anvilpress.bsky.social @asterismbooks.bsky.social #booksky
www.covermesongs.com/2025/11/the-...
I don't think I like covers anymore
Cardi B - WAP (in the style of Slipknot)
YouTube video by Anthony Vincent
www.youtube.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:15 PM
I don't think I like covers anymore
This is a wild read. He basically claims credit for inventing the concept of dancing (??) and uttered one of the most wonderful sentences I've read in a minute: "They're racist against the Chub"!
[new post] Chubby Checker's Long and Twisted Road to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame futurerocklegends.com/News/index_f...
Chubby Checker's Long and Twisted Road to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
After decades of thirsting to get into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, when it finally happened, Chubby Checker was nowhere to be found.
futurerocklegends.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:58 PM
This is a wild read. He basically claims credit for inventing the concept of dancing (??) and uttered one of the most wonderful sentences I've read in a minute: "They're racist against the Chub"!
Charlie Sexton joins the Bob Dylan band—for one night only, years before he ACTUALLY joined the Bob Dylan band
Charlie Sexton Makes His Dylan Debut
1991-10-25, City Coliseum, Austin, TX
www.flaggingdown.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Charlie Sexton joins the Bob Dylan band—for one night only, years before he ACTUALLY joined the Bob Dylan band
Why is this in my bed? Is this a five year old’s version of that scene in the Godfather?
November 9, 2025 at 4:08 AM
Why is this in my bed? Is this a five year old’s version of that scene in the Godfather?
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We took special note of this because we had a close friend in Brighton attending the concert but this review by Jack Walters for @raypadgett.bsky.social is just an amazing read.
substack.com/@raypadgett/...
substack.com/@raypadgett/...
Review: Bob Dylan in Brighton 2025 (by Jack Walters)
2025-11-07, Brighton Centre, Brighton, UK
substack.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:24 PM
We took special note of this because we had a close friend in Brighton attending the concert but this review by Jack Walters for @raypadgett.bsky.social is just an amazing read.
substack.com/@raypadgett/...
substack.com/@raypadgett/...
Madonna still has not showed
November 6, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Madonna still has not showed
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The story of how these recordings were made requires no Dylan fandom at all to find fascinating. Technical wizardry and human creativity at its best, and obviously, if you like Dylan even a bit, this is essential.
Surprise! The first Bob Dylan soundboards in 16 years. The Outlaw Tour has never sounded better.
www.flaggingdown.com/p/the-outlaw...
www.flaggingdown.com/p/the-outlaw...
November 6, 2025 at 4:46 PM
The story of how these recordings were made requires no Dylan fandom at all to find fascinating. Technical wizardry and human creativity at its best, and obviously, if you like Dylan even a bit, this is essential.
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These are other-worldly. You might think you went to an Outlaw show, but these prove you were outside the building listening through the walls.
Surprise! The first Bob Dylan soundboards in 16 years. The Outlaw Tour has never sounded better.
www.flaggingdown.com/p/the-outlaw...
www.flaggingdown.com/p/the-outlaw...
November 6, 2025 at 2:44 PM
These are other-worldly. You might think you went to an Outlaw show, but these prove you were outside the building listening through the walls.
Maybe my favorite ten seconds on these tapes. Bob Dylan simply cannot stop thinking about pie.
November 6, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Maybe my favorite ten seconds on these tapes. Bob Dylan simply cannot stop thinking about pie.
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For 2 decades I've been listening to audience recording, watching audience taped YouTube videos, and I always wanted to contribute to the community in some way. Really happy that my tapes were a part of this.
Surprise! The first Bob Dylan soundboards in 16 years. The Outlaw Tour has never sounded better.
www.flaggingdown.com/p/the-outlaw...
www.flaggingdown.com/p/the-outlaw...
November 6, 2025 at 2:08 PM
For 2 decades I've been listening to audience recording, watching audience taped YouTube videos, and I always wanted to contribute to the community in some way. Really happy that my tapes were a part of this.
Surprise! The first Bob Dylan soundboards in 16 years. The Outlaw Tour has never sounded better.
www.flaggingdown.com/p/the-outlaw...
www.flaggingdown.com/p/the-outlaw...
November 6, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Surprise! The first Bob Dylan soundboards in 16 years. The Outlaw Tour has never sounded better.
www.flaggingdown.com/p/the-outlaw...
www.flaggingdown.com/p/the-outlaw...
Sure indie bands have to wait months to get their records pressed but it was worth it to get eight different versions of "Take On Me" pressed on red vinyl for Record Store Day
November 4, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Sure indie bands have to wait months to get their records pressed but it was worth it to get eight different versions of "Take On Me" pressed on red vinyl for Record Store Day
Dylan's setlist isn't changing this fall, but the arrangements are. "It's All Over Now Baby Blue" was grooving full-band one night in Brussels, then serene near-solo-piano the very next show in Paris.
Here's the same stanza from each to compare:
Here's the same stanza from each to compare:
November 4, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Dylan's setlist isn't changing this fall, but the arrangements are. "It's All Over Now Baby Blue" was grooving full-band one night in Brussels, then serene near-solo-piano the very next show in Paris.
Here's the same stanza from each to compare:
Here's the same stanza from each to compare:
True sicko mode cover singing the words of "Red Right Hand" to the music of "Ride Like the Wind"
Red Like the Wind, by Christopher Cave
from the album August 2025: Nick Cave
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November 4, 2025 at 3:47 PM
True sicko mode cover singing the words of "Red Right Hand" to the music of "Ride Like the Wind"