THE BOB DYLAN CHRONICLES
Fridays from 1 June 2115-2130
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Sean Penn reads an eight part abridgement of Bob Dylan's Chronicles.
To compliment Theme Time Radio Hour With Bob Dylan which you can hear on Radio 2 on Bank Holiday Monday and weekly on BBC 6Music, Radio 2 broadcasts Sean Penn’s reading of Dylan’s autobiography Chronicles Volume 1 - adapted for Radio 2 in eight parts.
This is a fascinating insight into the man’s mind as we follow him through his struggle to get a record deal, his battle to write songs, recording sessions, influences both literary and musical, his accidents, his traumas and his highs and lows as he becomes probably the greatest singer songwriter of his generation. To read this classic autobiography we have not only one of America’s greatest contemporary actors but also a friend and neighbour of Bob Dylan’s Sean Penn, punctuated of course by snatches of some great music from Dylan, Robert Johnson, Woody Guthrie, Jack Elliott, Joan Baez and of course Dave Van Ronk.
Dylan’s voice is quintessentially American: generous, engaged, fanciful and rhythmic with a great turn of phrase as one would expect from someone who has written some of the greatest lyrics of our time. It is a poignant reflection on his life, the people whom he has met, the places he has played in, and his many influences all shaping the character of the man and his art.
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