About this episode

Laura and Rebecca discuss the creative process behind Bob Dylan's song 'Brownsville Girl' and its significance in his discography.

Buried on one of Bob Dylan's lesser 80s albums, "Brownsville Girl" is consistently cited as one of his greatest and most ambitious songs. Co-written by playwright/screenwriter/director/actor Sam Shepard, the song originally came to life as "New Danville Girl”. It was recorded, put aside, and then ultimately rewritten and overdubbed before finally seeing the light of day. Laura and Rebecca talk about creative collaboration, the alchemy of the songwriting process, and what we love about "Brownsville Girl" Find the video of this conversation over on YouTube If you have a question for us, send us a voice memo to bobdylanhotline@gmail.com. For anything else get in touch at itsdefinitelydylan@gmail.com

People in this episode

Host: Laura Tenschert

Guest: Rebecca

Topics covered

• Bob Dylan
• songwriting
• creative collaboration
• music analysis
• 80s music
• Sam Shepard

Keywords

• Brownsville Girl
• Bob Dylan
• Sam Shepard
• songwriting process
• 80s music
• creative collaboration

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Brownsville Girl, New Danville Girl, Bob Dylan

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