<p>Journalist <a href="https://www.helenbarrettjournalist.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Helen Barrett</a> was lullabied to sleep as her mother sang Mr. Tambourine Man; she had it played at her mother’s funeral (“the Dylan version, not the Byrds cover”). To top it off, Baby, Stop Crying was the soundtrack to her Dylan-loving parents’ divorce. Helen analyses <a href="https://www.ft.com/content/2fa77364-1613-40e3-9e32-64238ec92d3b" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Dylan’s clothes</a> (“John Lennon wasn’t given to copying people, but he copied Dylan’s look”), his album covers (“when I was nine, I wanted to be Sally Grossman”) and his <a href="https://www.hotpress.com/live-review/the-palladium-of-modern-song-bob-dylan-and-his-band-in-london-22936558" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">current incarnation</a> (“he’s the ringmaster of a magical circus show.”) Download this stylish episode and discover oddities like the name of the Soho shop where Bob Neuwirth purchased his famous <a href="https://twitter.com/alfinaldedylan/status/725409261656915968" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">orange and white “Highway 61” T-shirt.</a></p><p>Helen Barrett is a writer and editor, based in London. From 2012 - 2021, she was a journalist at the <a href="https://www.ft.com/helen-barrett" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Financial Times</a>. She currently writes for the FT, the <a href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/authors/h/ha-he/helen-barrett/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Telegraph</a>, the <a href="https://www.spectator.co.uk/writer/helen-barrett/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Spectator</a> and other publications on art, design, architecture, music, fashion, travel, modern life and popular culture. Her work includes features and opinion pieces which cover everything from the future of gastropubs to the new era of protest music. She also reviews theatre, dance, books and films.</p><br><p><a href="https://youtu.be/1NR6adURop4?t=49" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Bob Dylan clothes shopping in 1965</a></p><p><a href="https://external-preview.redd.it/90b5zErMLIVx-Q9QjO_awrPFdZVK5OG3jS7QDjaxKH8.jpg?auto=webp&v=enabled&s=71a179ba60471d8d914c710ddcff088227832428" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Sandie Shaw photo</a></p><p><a href="https://www.helenbarrettjournalist.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Website</a></p><p><a href="https://twitter.com/helenbarrett" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Twitter</a></p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4ZRFZ_qqc0&list=PLs7QaQ865qkopyF1GyG14LFPxMZJulA1y&index=76" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Trailer</a></p><p><a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0nUbSC0UUWvuh9rMNdq3YU?si=bb215a900d684959&nd=1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Episode playlist on Spotify</a></p><p>Listeners: <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/is-it-rolling-bob-talking-dylan/id1437321669" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">please subscribe and/or leave a review and a rating.</a></p><p>Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/isitrollingpod" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@isitrollingpod</a></p><p>Recorded 20th December 2022</p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
