About this episode

Chris examines Bob Dylan's early song 'Lay Down Your Weary Tune' and its significance.

Chris looks at Bob Dylan's early visionary song LAY DOWN YOUR WEARY TUNE A version of this will appear in Chris Gregory's DIG YOURSELF: THE RISE OF BOB DYLAN 1961-66, the third volume of the PICASSO OF SONG trilogy ANY COMMENTS GRATEFULLY RECEIVED

People in this episode

Host: Chris Gregory

Topics covered

• Bob Dylan
• music analysis
• songwriting
• visionary songs
• 1960s music

Keywords

• Bob Dylan
• Lay Down Your Weary Tune
• music commentary
• 1960s
• song analysis

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: LAY DOWN YOUR WEARY TUNE, DIG YOURSELF: THE RISE OF BOB DYLAN 1961-66, PICASSO OF SONG

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