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#429 Bob Dylan's Autobiography

What I learned from rereading Bob Dylan's autobiography. Made possible by: Ramp: ⁠⁠https://ramp.com⁠⁠ Applovin: ⁠⁠https://www.applovin.com Vanta: ⁠⁠https://vanta.com/founders

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Why Did Steve Jobs Say No One Else Could Have Been Bob Dylan? at 1:55

David Senra says Bob Dylan wrote Chronicles: Volume One himself, every word, with no editor. Full answer
How Did Bob Dylan Hitchhike From Minneapolis to New York? at 4:52

David Senra, telling the story from Bob Dylan's Chronicles: Volume One, says that in 1961 the label sent Dylan to an in-house publicist, and the book has… Full answer
How Did Bob Dylan Learn Folk Music by Copying Other Musicians? at 6:29

David Senra cites Bill Gurley's talk How to Run Down a Dream for how Bob Dylan learned folk music before New York. Full answer
Why Did Bob Dylan Admire Roy Orbison? at 16:08

David Senra, reading Bob Dylan's Chronicles: Volume One, says Dylan greatly admired the singer Roy Orbison. Full answer
How Did Bob Dylan Learn to Write Songs From Hank Williams? at 30:14

David Senra, reading Bob Dylan's Chronicles: Volume One, says Dylan studied Hank Williams while he was still studying the greats. Full answer
Why Did Bob Dylan Say His Father Was Worth a Hundred of Him? at 32:32

David Senra, reading Bob Dylan's Chronicles: Volume One, says Dylan came home to bury his father and found that his father was the best man in the world and… Full answer
How Did a Jazz Singer Bring Bob Dylan Back to Writing Songs? at 45:45

David Senra, reading Bob Dylan's Chronicles: Volume One, says a tiny jazz bar restarted Dylan after he walked out of a Grateful Dead rehearsal. Full answer
What Did Bob Dylan Say About Listening to Ice-T? at 51:26

David Senra, reading Bob Dylan's Chronicles: Volume One, says Dylan told the producer that in the '80s he had been listening to Ice-T. Full answer
Why Did Bob Dylan Decide to Sing Only Woody Guthrie Songs? at 56:07

David Senra, reading Bob Dylan's Chronicles: Volume One, says an actress led Dylan to Woody Guthrie. Dylan already knew he would sing and write songs. Full answer

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