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Dad. Baseball coach. Comms/PR/marketing. Minnesotan. Former newspaper writer. Charter member: The Bob Dylan Club. Something in the moonlight still hounds him.
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All-time Great Bob Dylan Quote “I’m afraid to go on the internet. I’m afraid somebody, some pervert’s gonna lure me somewhere.” Also perfectly encapsulates how the average 60 year old felt about the internet in 2001.

Mankato!

Imagine you have a great uncle in his 80s. He’s led an amazing life full of adventure - traveled to every corner of the world, been present at numerous historic events, and rubbed shoulders with celebrities and significant cultural figures.

I laugh every time I see this. Hypocrite!

Funny facial expression cam

Brochure for the Hibbing house

The final session for Blood on the Tracks was 50 years ago today. Here’s guitarist Kevin Odegard’s memory of that night in south Minneapolis.

Bob Dylan on Jimmy Carter

Best of 2024

Nervous tics never die

Look who I ran into in the skyway - @atrupar! Go Wolves!

VIDEO: Myself and Paul Metsa talk with the Bob Dylan Book Club (bobdylanbookclub.com) about our Bob in Minnesota book. If you like reading and talking about Bob, I recommend signing up and joining their monthly online meetings. www.youtube.com/watch?app=de...

Someone from Hibbing will perform in Tulsa. Drummer Bill Berg is now on board, making it four Blood on the Tracks players reuniting.

Happy Holidays! Who can name all the clips?

Great stuff from @JayGabler. This would have made a great chapter in Bob Dylan in Minnesota - The Zimmermans in local media in the ‘20s and ‘30s.

"You sound like a bunch of big hardcore Bob Dylan nerds talking about all the obscure details and stuff." -One of my kids recently, after listening to me and my wife talking

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Happy birthday to my pal Gene LaFond. He’s led a fascinating life, including when he traveled the country on tour with Bob Dylan in the 70s and 80s. Hear a bit from Geno here: m.youtube.com/watch?v=2D04...

Another hospital day

The Homer Theater was one of several theaters in Hibbing owned by Bob’s relatives. It’s now Homer’s Bar. Pics show it nearly 100 years ago and today.

The new @bobdylan biopic, "A Complete Unknown", will premiere in Hibbing on December 20th at the Mann Theatre 5 days before the nationwide opening. donorbox.org/events/707609

Nick Cave, Joy, Paris

A great summary by Tony Atwood of Mr. Tambourine Man live from 2000-2010. bob-dylan.org.uk/archives/29140

Watching old SNL. Harry Dean Stanton is hosting the first episode of ‘86 and pretty sure that’s Tony Garnier sitting in with GE Smith.

Steven Jenkins reports there will be a new @bobdylan Bootleg Series release of “very early material” in the fall of ‘25.

A particularly haunting My Own Version of You last night in London: m.youtube.com/watch?v=fwbN...

It would be just like Bob to keep playing nine Rough and Rowdy Ways songs at every show next spring.

Bob never met Elvis, but we now know he watched the comeback special in Woodstock with the Band.

Bob content in the new Elvis documentary

Doing my part to address this: www.tiktok.com/@badfriendsp...