Seven Days: Aug 27 - Sept 2, 2023
This Week in Bob Dylan
This is Seven Days, our weekly recap of the top Bob Dylan news and links plus podcasts, events, and the photo & video of the week.
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Top News & Posts
Our favorite news, posts, reviews (w/links) of the week.
Bob Dylan Gave Post Malone Some Lyrics to Record. Then Things Got Weird (Rolling Stone)
"Despite his best efforts, Cash had trouble getting Malone to finish the track. “I was like, ‘Dude, he’s going to finish this track. Bob Dylan wrote it.’ I’m wrong. I’m an idiot. This thing was just never going to come out.”
Superproducer Blake Mills on Working With Dylan (Pitchfork)
"The most immediate thing I picked up on during those sessions was that the worst thing you could do is ask him, “Do you want me to do this?” When you do that you’re interrupting somebody who’s on their own train of thought, and all of a sudden they have to set that aside and enter your train of thought."