WPKN Archives: Connections: Bob Dylan 75th Birthday Special with Eric Cocks and Chris Frantz

Episode Info

Original Aired:
Tuesday, May 24th, 2016
3:05PM to 6:55PM

Duration:
3 hours, 50 minutes

Posted:
Wednesday, May 25th, 2016 4:05AM

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Episode: Connections: Bob Dylan 75th Birthday Special with Eric Cocks and Chris Frantz

May 24, 2016: WPKN Special with Eric Cocks and Chris Frantz celebrating Bob Dylan's 75th Birthday!

Includes new Bob Dylan music, extra rare songs from Bob, along with alternate versions and vintage classics.

Also Dylan covers from Tom Tom Club, Wendy James, The Byrds, Raphael Saadiq, The Wonder Who, Bryan Ferry (with Brian Eno and Andy Newmark), Harry Nilsson (produced by John Lennon), The Staples Singers, Esther Phillips, The Turtles and more.

Plus Traveling Wilburys, rare duets by Bob Dylan and Johnny Cash, a Dylan influenced song by Minutemen.

And… several great personal stories from Chris Frantz on meeting Bob Dylan, a phone call from Talking Heads percussionist Steve Scales (who also played with Bob Dylan), plenty of laughs throughout and whatever happened in the moment.

It was also a low key fundraiser for WPKN.

Great thanks to everybody who tuned in!

Extra thanks to my good friend Chris Frantz for joining me, to my friends Justin Shay and Pete Stewart for joining in on air, and everyone helping out on the phones!

Additional thanks to all who donated to the station! (It's still possible to donate online at wpkn.org)

Special additional extra thanks to Bob Dylan for creating and performing such extraordinary music, influencing so many people in so many different ways and for being exactly who he is!

Previous episodes of Connections are available in the WPKN archives, including interviews with Chris Frantz of Talking Heads and Tom Tom Club, Producer Tony Visconti (Bowie, T-Rex and many more), New Yorker cartoonist and author Roz Chast, Peppy Castro of The Blues Magoos, Grammy Award winning singer and author Janis Ian and more. Also special features on Bob Dylan, The Beatles, Harry Nilsson, The Beach Boys, Bob Marley and the British Invasion.

Here are some direct links:

Connections: Blonde on Blonde and Pet Sounds Outakes, Plus New and Vintage Music (May 20, 2016):

http://archives.wpkn.org/bookmarks/listen/147608

Connections: Dylan's Cutting Edge 1965-1966 and more (Nov 4, 2015)

(The first hour and a half explores previously unreleased songs and outtakes):

http://archives.wpkn.org/bookmarks/listen/129667

Connections: Dylan's Cutting Edge Part 2, New Music and Tony Visconti Interview (Dec 18, 2015)

http://archives.wpkn.org/bookmarks/listen/133365

Tony Visconti Interview

(Direct link to Dec 18, 2015 conversation about record production, David Bowie, Marc Bolan of T Rex, exploring music and much more):

http://archives.wpkn.org/bookmarks/listen/133445

Spontaneous Connections (April 15, 2016): Link Wray covering Dylan, Beatles, Bowie, Stones, Kinks, Liz Phair, Esquivel, PF Sloan, Dennis Wilson, Slim Harpo and Rockpile. New music from Dylan, PJ Harvey, Mudcrutch, Paul Simon, Sturgill Simpson, Euphoria, Parquet Courts and more.

http://archives.wpkn.org/bookmarks/listen/144281

Subconscious Connections (April 29, 2016, filling in for Chris Frantz): Beatles, Dylan, Yardbirds, Little Richard. New music from Brian Eno, Mudcrutch, Beth Orton, PJ Harvey, The Jayhawks, Xeno & Oaklander, Andrew Bird and more. Special tribute to Prince…

http://archives.wpkn.org/bookmarks/listen/145599

Connections (Feb 19, 2016): New music from Lucinda Williams, Wild Nothing, Dion, Anna Rose, Hillary Bratton, The Mynabirds, Mavis Staples, Ty Segall, Miike Snow, One Prayer One Sin, Leon Bridges and more. World premiere of music from A Bronx Tale, The Musical by Alan Menken. Plus Beatles, Dylan, Lee Hazlewood, Larry Williams and other vintage music:

http://archives.wpkn.org/bookmarks/listen/139091

Connections with Eric Cocks (New and vintage music, plus rare demos by Alan Menken and much more, Nov 20, 2015):

http://archives.wpkn.org/bookmarks/listen/130941

Connections: The Beatles and Dylan in Mono on Vinyl and more…

http://archives.wpkn.org/bookmarks/listen/76314

Connections: Dylan's Basement Tapes and other stuff…

http://archives.wpkn.org/bookmarks/listen/78585

May 15, 2015 Bob Dylan Special with Chris Frantz:

http://archives.wpkn.org/bookmarks/listen/99036

Roz Chast: Guest DJ and Interview with New Yorker cartoonist and bestselling author:

http://archives.wpkn.org/bookmarks/listen/73455

Peppy Castro of The Blues Magoos: Interview/Conversation

http://archives.wpkn.org/bookmarks/listen/77015

Janis Ian Interview:

http://archives.wpkn.org/bookmarks/listen/75781

Connections: Beatles, Dylan, Nilsson, Kinks, Elvis, Beach Boys and new music (August 2015):

http://archives.wpkn.org/bookmarks/listen/122280

Connections with Eric Cocks: Odds and Ends, New and Vintage…

http://archives.wpkn.org/bookmarks/listen/78264

Connections at Night (including music and comedy geared for late night listening):

http://archives.wpkn.org/bookmarks/listen/94633

Bob Dylan Special with Chris Frantz and Jeff Slate (May 2014):

http://archives.wpkn.org/bookmarks/listen/70656

Connections: Music of the Heart (Sep 2015):

http://archives.wpkn.org/bookmarks/listen/125389

For more info, updates and occasional videos, please check the FaceBook page: Connections on WPKN

Show: Connections... with Eric Cocks

Connections... with Eric Cocks

Explores the connections between songs, songwriters, musicians, producers and people... often in surprising ways.

Vital, intelligent music with true artistic vision. Or just because it sounds good...

Includes extended features on specific artists such as Bob Dylan, The Kinks, The Beatles and far more. Also comedy by Lenny Bruce, George Carlin, Eddie Izzard, Paul Krassner and others with a rock and roll renegade attitude. In depth explorations of early electronic music (and how it relates to current music). Vital new music that deserves to be heard. Surf music. Garage bands. British invasion. Rock and Roll. John Coltrane, Sonny Rollins, Jimi Hendrix, Laurie Anderson, William Burroughs, Robert Anton Wilson, The Blues Magoos, David Bowie, The Beach Boys, Dr Fiorella Terenzi, Beethoven, Bo Diddley, The Rolling Stones, Alex Chilton, Nilsson, Tom Petty, Lucinda Williams, Jon Brion, Aimee Mann, Tame Impala, Grimes, The Pretenders, Blondie, Caitlin Rose, Juana Molina, Mojo Mancini, Elliott Randall, Marshall Chapman, Jessy Lanza, Big Star, demos, rarities, unreleased new music and far more may be part of any given show. Also live interviews of performers, writers, producers, engineers, session musicians and people behind the scenes. Plus unexpected surprises...

Previous in depth interviews include Sam Phillips, Peppy Castro of The Blues Magoos, author/comedian Paul Krassner, Chris Frantz of Talking Heads and Tom Tom Club, Neil Innes of The Rutles, Tommy James, legendary session musician Carol Kaye, Warren Zanes, Felix Cavaliere of The Rascals, Rod Argent of The Zombies, Oscar Winning Composer Alan Menken, Patty Larkin and more. All are available in archives for about 385 days. (Maybe that'll get extended some day.) Stay tuned for future interviews and special features.

The show will keep changing over time.

Tune in every 1st and 3rd Friday afternoon of each month at the new time of 4 to 7 pm eastern. Also special editions at other times. Available live over the air at 89.5, online at http://wpkn.org, tunein radio or listen later in the WPKN archives.

For further info, updates, news, videos and special features, please check the FaceBook site: Connections on WPKN

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