Thanks to everyone for taking part in our Wild Wilbury Weekend, and look forward to more in the future!  As always, this station only exists because of you, so thank you for keeping the music rolling.

I hope everyone is enjoying the Wilbury Weekend!  Keep making great requests and don’t forget to tune in at 3pm (2pm Eastern, 1pm Central, 11am Pacific, 7pm London, 6am Sydney) Saturday afternoon for an encore of BBC’s “The Traveling Wilburys Revisited” It will also play Sunday at 2am (1am Eastern, 12am Central, 10pm Pacific, 6am London, 5pm Sydney)  and 8pm (7pm Eastern, 6pm Central, 4pm Pacific, 12am London, 11am Sydney)  so that everyone gets a chance to hear it.

If you’re on Facebook or Twitter, share this weekend with your friends by using the #WilburyWeekend hashtag, and keep requesting your faves by  Nelson, Spike, Otis, Clayton, Charlie T Jr, Muddy, Lefty, Lucky & Boo!

I think we’re due for another Wild Wilbury Weekend!  Tune in Friday Sept 25th through Sunday for the collective & solo works of the Great Brothers Wilbury, Nelson, Spike, Otis, Clayton, Charlie T Jr, Muddy, Lefty, and of course Lucky & Boo Wilbury! You can also tune into the BBC radio show “The Traveling Wilburys Revisted” Friday at 6pm, Saturday at 3pm, and Sunday at 2am & 8pm Atlantic.  Come request your Wilbury favorites all weekend long!  Have fun, and may Thy Wilbury Done!

Since I’m away teaching this weekend, howsabout a few radio program treats while I’m gone?

• We’ll kick it off this afternoon at 4pm with Lenny Henry’s quest to answer the question “What’s so great about Bob Dylan?”  (3pm Eastern, 2pm Central, 12pm Pacific, 8pm London, 7am Sydney)
• At 7pm, BBC Radio tackles “The Lyrics of Bob Dylan” (6pm Eastern, 5pm Central, 3pm Pacific, 11pm London, 10am Sydney)
• Tune in at Midnight for “The Beatle Years” looking into the impact of Bob Dylan on the Fab 4 (11pm Eastern, 10pm Central, 8pm Pacific, 4am London, 3pm Sydney)
• Saturday at 2pm, tune in for Studs Terkel’s Wax Museum featuring a young up & coming artist in 1963, our beloved Bob. (1pm Eastern, 12pm Central, 10am Pacific, 6pm London, 5am Sydney)
• Saturday at 7pm, Bob Fass’s 1986 Rock Line Phone-In show (6pm Eastern, 5pm Central, 3pm Pacific, 11pm London, 10am Sydney)
• Sunday at 1am, we’ll wrap it up with Dave Herman’s interview with Bob discussing Shot of Love (12am Eastern, 11pm Central, 9pm Pacific, 5am London, 4pm Sydney)

Have a great weekend, all!

We’ve got another audiobook treat for you!  Tune in tonight at 8pm Atlantic (7pm Eastern, 6pm Central, 4pm Pacific, 12am London, 11am Sydney) for the first in a 13-part series of Daniel Mark Epstein’s book “The Ballad of Bob Dylan: A Portrait.”

Drawing on revelatory interviews, a rich analysis of lyrics, and a lifelong study of one of the greatest songwriters of our time, Daniel Mark Epstein delivers a singular, nuanced, and insightful examination of Bob Dylan: the poet, the musician, and the man. Interweaving in-depth conversations with Dylan collaborators and contemporaries – including Eric Andersen,Tom Paxton, Woody Guthrie’s daughter, Nora Guthrie, Ramblin’ Jack Elliott, Pete Seeger, Maria Muldaur, John P.Hammond, and many others – Epstein crafts a vivid and unforgettable portrait of the inimitable poet and performer.  Readers of Christopher Ricks’ Dylan’s Visions of Sin, the Dylan autobiography, Chronicles, or Sean Wilentz’s Dylan in America, as well as fans enthralled by expository musician stories, such as Keith Richards’ Life and Patti Smith’s Just Kids, will be captivated by Epstein’s unprecedented and incisive look at Bob Dylan, music’s most ineffable creator.

I hope you’ll like what you hear, and if you enjoy the book, be sure to pick up your own copy at Amazon.  Thanks for tuning in!