How Many Roads: Bob Dylan’s Back Pages Volume II

In this second edition of “How Many Roads?” Bob Dylan’s Back Pages, we’ll rejoin the great American wordsmith by listening to his work from the last 25 years. We won’t forget the historic and ancient roots of his modern sounds, from the Old Testament to the Civil Rights movement. We’ll hear from collaborators and friends, Mavis Staples and Joan Baez, and from Kris Kristofferson who overheard Dylan’s recording sessions while working as a custodian in Nashville. We’ll go to our archives for the late producer Jerry Wexler on Dylan’s spiritual transformation and hear songs that address outlaws and lovers, memories and mortality.

HOUR ONE

Open Bed: Man in the Long Black Coat Bob Dylan
Oh Mercy, Columbia

All Along the Watchtower Bob Dylan
John Wesley Harding, Columbia

Everything is Broken Bob Dylan
Oh Mercy, Columbia

Ring them Bells Bob Dylan
Oh Mercy, Columbia

This Wheel's On Fire The Byrds
Dr. Byrds and Mr. Hyde, Columbia

Talkin' World War III Blues Bob Dylan
The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan, Columbia

Instrumental: Corrina, Corrina Bob Dylan
The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan, Columbia

Oxford Town Bob Dylan
The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan, Columbia

Blowin' in the Wind Bob Dylan
The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan, Columbia

SEGMENT: Mavis Staples

Broke Down Engine Bob Dylan
World Gone Wrong, Columbia

CLIP: Jerry Wexler

You Got to Serve Somebody Bob Dylan
Slow Train Coming, Columbia

Instrumental: Pledging My Time Bob Dylan
Blonde on Blonde, Columbia

CLIP: Kris Kristofferson

Visions of Johanna Bob Dylan
Blonde on Blonde, Columbia

Just Like Tom Thumb Blues Nina Simone
To Love Somebody, RCA

Most of the Time Bob Dylan
Tell Tale Signs, Columbia

Closing Bed: Don't Think Twice, It's All Right David West
Tangled Up in Bluegrass: A Tribute to Dylan, CMH

HOUR TWO

Open Bed: Duquesne Whistle Bob Dylan
Tempest, Columbia

Sittin' On Top of the World Bob Dylan
Good as I Been to You, Columbia

CLIP: Ramblin' Jack Elliott

Song to Woody Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan, Columbia

John Wesley Harding Bob Dylan
John Wesley Harding, Columbia

Instrumental: Guitar Breakdown Woody Guthrie
My Dusty Road, Smithsonian

Outlaw Blues Bob Dylan
Bringing It All Back Home, Columbia

Pretty Boy Floyd Bob Dylan
Folkways-- A Vision Shared, Columbia

Knockin' on Heaven's Door Bob Dylan
Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid, Columbia

Señor (Tales of Yankee Power) Willie Nelson and Calexico
I'm Not There, Sony

Billy 1 Los Lobos
I'm Not There, Sony

Instrumental: Billy 1 Bob Dylan
Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid, Columbia

Buckets of Rain Bob Dylan
Blood on the Tracks, Columbia

Love Minus Zero No Limit Joan Baez
Baez Sings Dylan, Vanguard

SEGMENT: Joan Baez

Man of Constant Sorrow Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan, Columbia

Tryin' To Get To Heaven Bob Dylan
Time Out of Mind, Columbia

End Bed: Final Theme Bob Dylan
Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid, Columbia

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