Dylan Revisited

In this episode of Dylan Revisited, it’s time to meet the podcast’s first guest. Martin Fitzgerald is the author of a brilliant new book about the JFK assassination, The Umbrella Man and Other Stories, as well as Ruth and Martin’s Album Club.
Borrowing the premise of the latter, I challenged Martin to listen to a record he had never heard before, Broadside Ballads Vol. 1, which features a number of Bob Dylan’s early compositions as well as performances by Dylan himself under the pseudonym Blind Boy Grunt.
Find out what Martin thought of the record and hear his take on the time it was recorded in: JFK’s America of the early 1960s.
Let’s revisit Broadside Ballads Vol. 1.
Written, produced and performed by Colm Larkin. Theme music by Frank Harkin - check out his band Ha Ha Ha.
All other music is used for the purposes of illustration and is intended as fair use.
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A book based on the podcast is now available. Busy Being Born (1960-66) tells the story of Bob Dylan’s early career through his albums, live recordings, bootleg tapes, film, TV appearances and more. It collects material that has already featured in this podcast series, while covering much more material from those early days in Greenwich Village.
Dylan Revisited: Busy Being Born (1960-66) is available now in paperback, hardback and Kindle editions – click here to check it out.
The Umbrella Man and Other Stories by Martin Fitzgerald is available now in bookshops and online – here’s a Waterstones link.
For even more Bob Dylan-related stuff, visit www.dylanrevisited.com for the latest revisits (just finished Desire), or follow us on Twitter, Bluesky and Instagram.

In this episode of Dylan Revisited, I look back at Dont Look Back, the feature-length documentary covering Bob Dylan's 1965 UK tour that became a landmark in documentary filmmaking and helped make this Dylan an iconic figure in music history. Join me to revisit director DA Pennebaker’s groundbreaking film and its extraordinary cast of characters.
Let’s revisit Dont Look Back.
Written, produced and performed by Colm Larkin. Theme music by Frank Harkin - check out his band Ha Ha Ha.
All other music is used for the purposes of illustration and is intended as fair use.
If you like this episode, please tell a friend or share it on social media.
A book based on the podcast is now available. Busy Being Born (1960-66) tells the story of Bob Dylan’s early career through his albums, live recordings, bootleg tapes, film, TV appearances and more. It collects material that has already featured in this podcast series, while covering much more material from those early days in Greenwich Village and on through to his controversial switch to an electric sound.
Dylan Revisited: Busy Being Born (1960-66) is available now in paperback, hardback and Kindle editions – click here to check it out.
For even more Bob Dylan-related stuff, visit www.dylanrevisited.com for the latest revisits (just finished Desire), or follow us on Twitter, Bluesky and Instagram.

In this episode of Dylan Revisited, I look back at Bringing It All Back Home, the first in Bob Dylan's trio of classic mid-60s albums, which sees the protest icon begin his thrilling transformation into a rock star. Join me to revisit this remarkable record, split into electric and acoustic sides but where the real divide between past and future is not as straightforward as that.
Let’s revisit Bringing It All Back Home.
Written, produced and performed by Colm Larkin. Theme music by Frank Harkin - check out his band Ha Ha Ha.
All other music is used for the purposes of illustration and is intended as fair use.
If you like this episode, please tell a friend or share it on social media. You can also support the show on Patreon.
Plus, visit www.dylanrevisited.com for more revisits, or follow us on Twitter, Bluesky and Instagram.

In this episode of Dylan Revisited, I look back at The Bootleg Series Vol. 6, which presents a complete Bob Dylan concert from New York’s Philharmonic Hall in October 1964 that features a guest appearance from Joan Baez. Join me to revisit this memorable show and dive into Baez’s background and her relationship with Dylan and his music.
Let’s revisit Concert at Philharmonic Hall.
Written, produced and performed by Colm Larkin. Theme music by Frank Harkin - check out his band Ha Ha Ha.
All other music is used for the purposes of illustration and is intended as fair use.
If you like this episode, please tell a friend or share it on social media. You can also support the show on Patreon.
Plus, visit www.dylanrevisited.com for more revisits, or follow us on Twitter, Bluesky and Instagram.

In this episode of Dylan Revisited, I look back at The Bootleg Series Vol. 9, which collects the demos recorded by Bob Dylan for his music publishing company over a three-year period from 1962-64. Join me to listen back to more original songs from this fertile era, as well as alternative versions of his classic songs, like A Hard Rain’s a-Gonna Fall, Blowin’ in the Wind and Mr. Tambourine Man.
Let’s revisit The Witmark Demos.
Written, produced and performed by Colm Larkin. Theme music by Frank Harkin - check out his band Ha Ha Ha.
All other music is used for the purposes of illustration and is intended as fair use.
If you like this episode, please tell a friend or share it on social media. You can also support the show on Patreon.
Plus, visit www.dylanrevisited.com for more revisits, or follow us on Twitter, Bluesky and Instagram.