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Daniel Mackay

A weekly radio program featuring the music of Bob Dylan, his contemporaries, and his antecedents. Broadcast weekly on Thursdays from 8-9 pm PST on KEPW (97.3 FM-LP), available on www.kepw.org. Hosted by Dan. Artwork by Selena Dugan-Fields.

Hard Rain & Slow Trains: Bob Dylan & Fellow Travelers

Tribute to Dr. John, Leon Redbone, & Tony Glover

6/6/19: In Memoriam: Dr. John, Leon Redbone, & Tony Glover

Entire concert from Philadelphia, 17 December 1995. Band: Bob Dylan (vocals, guitar, harmonica), Tony Garnier (bass guitar & standup bass), John Jackson (guitar), Bucky Baxter (pedal steel & mandolin), Winston Watson (drums).

8/1/19: Philadelphia, 12/17/1995 (entire show)

9/12/19: Daniel Johnston In Memoriam

Examining the more baroque part of Dylan's canon and those times Elvis Presley covered Dylan or simply great instances of "folk baroque."

10/17/19: The Baroque & The Beautiful

The correspondence between some of Bob Dylan's music and that which is generally characterized as punk music.

10/24/19: The Broken & The Beautiful: Dylan & Punk

Thanksgiving episode of Hard Rain & Slow Trains: Happy Thanksgiving!

11/28/19: Thanksgiving!

During this episode, we celebrate Dylan's 10-show Beacon Theater residency in New York City concluding tomorrow night (12/6/2019) that began on 11/23/2019. Bob Dylan has played the Beacon Theater in 4, 5, 7, & now 10-night residencies in 1989, 1990, 2005, 2014, 2017, 2018, and 2019. He also played 2 nights at the Beacon in 1995. On this episode, we listen to 6 performances from his 2019 residency along with 3 performances from 1989, 1990, and 1995.

12/5/2019: Celebrating Dylan's Beacon Theater Residency

Our 40th episode features fellow travelers who capture the particular quality of Dylan's creative spirit: Gillian Welch, Beck, & Lauryn Hill.

12/12/2019: Chip Off the Old Block

The Christmas edition of Hard Rain & Slow Trains! Merry Christmas!

12/19/2019: Christmas

Remembering those who passed away in 2019.

12/26/2019: End of Year

Tonight we conclude our six-episode series featuring Dylan's bands over the decades by covering 2003-2019. On "Who Did It Better?" the song is "Not Dark Yet," and we ask you who did it better live, Eric Clapton in 2009 on the eve of Dylan's 68th birthday or Bob Dylan in 2019? Go to our Twitter page @RainTrains and vote between the two versions.

11/19/2020: "All Those Who've Sailed With Me": Bob Dylan & His Bands pt 6

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