Jerry Wexler Talks Bob Dylan Slow Train Coming (2 of 3)

Legendary music producer Jerry Wexler talks about being in the studio and the recording of Slow Train Coming with Bob Dylan. CLICK HERE to watch the YouTube Video

Jerry Wexler Talks Bob Dylan Slow Train Coming (3 of 3)

Legendary producer Jerry Wexler talks about producing Bob Dylan's Slow Train Coming album and what it means to him. CLICK HERE to watch the YouTube Video

Simple Gifts, Complex Spirituality

The Jewish head of the Boston Camerata collaborates with an acclaimed Finnish choreographer to shine a light on Shaker worship. CLICK HERE to read more

Author Examines Link Between Dylan and Zen

In addition to being a folk music visionary, Bob Dylan may also be a modern-day Zen master, said Steven Heine in a lecture given as part of a new series presented by the USU religious studies program Friday. CLICK HERE to read more

GMC Airing of the documentary Gotta Serve Somebody: The Gospel Songs of Bob Dylan.

Screens: TV the week of October 21
Rock and Soul Night (8 p.m. Sunday, Gospel Music Channel) -- Five hours showcasing the churchy roots of rock and soul music, including concerts by such artists as Calvin Cooke, Mike Farris and the Blind Boys of Alabama. To top it off there's an airing of the documentary Gotta Serve Somebody: The Gospel Songs of Bob Dylan.

My Backstroke

Times change, and we are called as the church to reach the sheep of this fold, (generation) while ministering to all. The first step may be found with my old friend Bob Dylan: CLICK HERE to read more

Sam Cooke says, “a change is gonna come”

“A change is gonna come.” By itself, a great statement, and one that has gotten me through rough times along with faith, but in 1963 Sam Cooke gave these words so much meaning, not just for the civil rights movement but for anyone who would ever find themselves wanting to move forward for whatever reasons or needs. The song and it’s creation is tightly woven with that of two Bob Dylan songs. CLICK HERE to read more

"...You Gotta Serve Somebody...but How?"

The point, of course, is that all of us seek to find meaning, seek to find a purpose for our lives by giving ourselves to some cause or some power or some institution that�s bigger than ourselves, through which we find some kind of purpose and some kind of way to give and to make a contribution. CLICK HERE to read more

Devotional Dylan?

Dylan hints, alludes, and perplexes us with his spirituality and lyricism. CLICK HERE to read more

Right Wing Bob: Q & A with Robert Spencer

SPENCER: When I went to college in 1979, I had only heard the Bob songs that made it to the radio now and again — Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door, Like A Rolling Stone, etc. But I was aware of Dylan, as he was still a major pop culture figure — everyone in my dorm had a copy of Street Legal, and many had the Budokan live album also. But when Slow Train Coming came out, all his fans were knocked back. CLICK HERE to read more

The Rise of Mailerism

Norman Mailer’s God, not surprisingly, is a great artist, who created mankind and all the plants and other animals, and could reincarnate them according to his whim. But he was not all-powerful. Because there was the Devil—and the Devil had technology. And lately, the Devil seems to be winning… CLICK HERE to read more

Dylan Devotional: The sun keeps shinin’

It was a beautiful drive into the office this morning. I was rockin’ to Dylan and holding a cup of coffee in a styrofoam cup. I was listening to “Thunder on the Mountain” CLICK HERE to read more

An essay, "Is Dylan Still?" by Bill Parr (from 2000)

Some thoughts on questions about Dylan, regarding whether "He is still a Christian": Is he still a Christian?

Lots of folks would argue against. Some would agree that he is. My sense is that, for many, their answer reveals more about their preconceptions and biases than about Dylan.

My answer, based on the lyrics of his songs over the last roughly 20 years (since the end of the 1979 - 1981 period), as well as his comments during concerts, and his song choice, is: CLICK HERE to read more

Bob Dylan Reaffirms His Place in the Tribe

Sorry, Christians: It’s looking less and less likely that Bob Dylan is going to... CLICK HERE to read more

FAVORITE SONGS: Bob Dylan, Gotta Serve Somebody (1979)

The “Poet of This Generation” caused quite a stir in the late 70s when he announced he had become a born-again Christian. CLICK HERE to read more

Bob Dylan - Time Out Of Mind

‘Goodness me!’ is the gold bar in the currency of superlatives that my students use and it aptly describes Bob Dylan's first album of new songs... CLICK HERE to read more

Michelle Shocked 'went for the singing, and stayed for the song'

“Probably the only real template we have for people like myself in terms of their career – getting saved – is the path that Bob Dylan laid out. And if he was Judas for going electric…” Dylan’s audience grew significantly when he challenged the status quo and plugged in. It took a declaration of Christian faith to finally loose his exalted standing. “The same people that embraced him for his creativity and his willingness to evolve [dropped him].” CLICK HERE to read more

Singer/Songwriter Bob Dylan Joins Yom Kippur Services in Atlanta

Recording legend Bob Dylan joined Chabad-Lubavitch of Georgia for Yom Kippur services over the weekend. CLICK HERE to read more

September 23, 2007 Sermon, a Call to Serve

Intro: Bob Dylan lyrics, you can’t escape those lyrics, they call at you, they call you, and what’s Bob’s conclusion: you gotta serve somebody. God or something else. Scripture seems to have this way of pinning us down, holding up a mirror that we cannot escape, it convicts, it doesn’t leave room to wriggle out! CLICK HERE to read more

The Gospel According to Bob Dylan

As you might have noticed, if you are regular readers, that I've been posting the gospel songs written by Bob Dylan and performed in a concert in 1980. Of all the songs Dylan ever wrote, these are my very favorites. CLICK HERE to read more

THE BRUCE HEIMAN INTERVIEW, TUSCON, DECEMBER 7, 1979

OK, my name is Bruce Heiman. I'm with KMEX radio here in Tuscon. We got a press release from the Tuscon chapter of the American Atheists and they said in response to your recent embrace of the born-again Christian movement they plan to leaflet your upcoming concert. CLICK HERE to read more

Bob Dylan: Troubadour with a message

Bob Dylan’s songs were written over four decades filled with intense cultural change. By speaking to the deeper issues, he addressed the primary concerns of the day without producing lyrics that become dated. “Like a Rolling Stone,” for example, punctures the idolatrous pretensions of cultural “success” today as effectively as it did in 1965. CLICK HERE to read more

Podcast: Advent Sunday with Bob Dylan

In celebration of Advent Sunday, I’ve been listening to Bob Dylan’s extraordinary gospel song, When he Returns (1979) : Click Here to read more

Gotta Serve Somebody cover in church last Sunday

Bob's "Gotta Serve Somebody" was covered last Sunday at a large church
in Duluth, GA a few miles from the location that Bob will play on
September 22nd. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE

Jamaican church defends reggae hymns

The Anglican church in Jamaica has been defending its plans to include lyrics from renowned singers Bob Marley and Peter Tosh in its hymnal. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE

O'Connor Returns With Songs of Faith

Sinead O'Connor is not your typical Christian music diva. CLICK HERE to read more

John Lennon's Born-Again Phase

Dylan's transformation took John completely by surprise. CLICK HERE to read more

Slow Train Coming is my favourite album of all time

Sinead O'Connor marks the release of her ninth album, Theology, with a retrospective account of the music that has influenced and impressed her over her life. CLICK HERE to read more

"Gonna Change My Way of Thinking": Bob Dylan on the Bible, Sin & Virtue

This course proposes to look at how Dylan used Biblical references in his lyrics as an artist, his vision of sin, and his understanding of virtue. CLICK HERE to read more

Bob Dylan and Tom Petty: In the Garden (1986)

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The Pope and the Pop Star

On Saturday, September 27, 1997, during the Twenty-third Eucharistic Congress and as part of pope John Paul II’s pastoral visit to Bologna, there took place an outdoor event attended by some 300,000 people, featuring musical performances by Bob Dylan... CLICK HERE to read more

'Gotta' Serve Somebody' music documentary makes Dylan Days debut, joins new spiritual breakfast event - (Dylan Days)

HIBBING, Minn. – The documentary “Gotta’ Serve Somebody: the Gospel Music of Bob Dylan” will make its Midwestern premiere at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, May 23 at the Hibbing Community College Theatre. There will be an encore performance at 5 p.m on Friday, May 25. CLICK HERE to read more

Mass with Dylan gospel

Swedish: Saving Grace - Dylanmässa Mass with Dylan gospel at 1103 CEST - Click "Gudtstjänst" - (Sveriges Radio) from Monika Klingspor

Bob Dylan’s Gospel Music

If you aren’ta fan of Dylan’s nasal singing, I suggest that you check out Gotta Serve Somebody: The Gospel Songs of Bob Dylan. My favorite track from that album is currently Aaron Neville singing Saving Grace... CLICK HERE to read more

Class studies spiritual Dylan

Gonna change my way of thinking
Make myself a different set of rules
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Where Is God?

There's a dyin' voice within me reaching out somewhere
Toiling in the danger and in the morals of despair
Don't have the inclination to look back on any mistake
Like Cain, I now behold this chain of events that I must break
In the fury of the moment I can see the Master's hand
In every leaf that trembles, in every grain of sand.

- Bob Dylan, Every Grain of Sand 1981 CLICK HERE to read more

Rolling Stone’s State of the Union

God bless Jann Wenner — who did not recognize the word agape when Bono used it in a Q&A in 2005 — for trying so hard to coax Bob Dylan out of his fiercely guarded privacy on spiritual matters. [I am including links where possible, and these pages include embedded MP3s of the interviews’ best moments. Rolling Stone assures its readers that more are on the way.] CLICK HERE and scroll down to read more

Stop Doubting and Believe

Bob Dylan sings I Am The Man, Thomas in 2002. CLICK HERE to read more and listen

Tangled Up in Bob

A LITTLE PR ADVICE FROM ONE CATHOLIC TO ANOTHER. CLICK HERE to read more

Multilingual Seder Bridges Gaps

The seder is not only about the traditional text. It's also about how to liberate ourselves from modern slavery, as we are all slaves of one thing or another," Cohen said, adding the Bob Dylan line, "You have to serve somebody." CLICK HERE to read more