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Bob Dylan Approximately

Bob Dylan Approximately

By: Daniel Crespin and Kerry Shale
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A podcast about all things Bob Dylan...approximately.


Actors Kerry Shale and Daniel Crespin - a Canadian Boomer and an English Millennial - dive deeply into a mutual love of Bob Dylan's work.


Content Warning ⚠️ : Flippant humour, mysterious lyrics, and unexpected tangents.


For bonus episodes, please visit our Patreon page https://www.patreon.com/c/BobDylanApproximately

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  • Bonus EP#11 (TEASER) - That Dylan Scorsese Netflix Thing (BDA Film Club III)
    Jan 26 2026

    This is a teaser of Bonus EP#11 - That Dylan Scorsese Netflix Thing (BDA Film Club III). The full episode is available to our Bobsessives over on Patreon right now, for just £5 a month.


    Are you a Bobsessive? If so, please consider joining us over on Patreon patreon.com/BobDylanApproximately for bonus episodes, early access to all episodes and much more. To further support the podcast, please rate and review via whichever platform you are listening to the podcast, and hit that follow button. Thanks for your listenership!


    How does Martin Scorsese pronounce “Martin Scorsese”? Is Allen Ginsberg really a fantastic dancer? What’s the point of leaving a legacy? Which London drama school did “Stefan Van Dorp” get kicked out of? Did the Rolling Thunder film dent the Netflix charts? Who is the mystery woman in the “mental marriage” sequence? (seriously, let us know…)


    Recorded at Cathouse Studio, Islington, London

    Producer: Robin Guise

    Theme music: The Haze by Daniel Crespin



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    11 mins
  • EP#11 - Talkin' World War III Hollis Brown Blues
    Jan 19 2026

    Was America Great when Dylan wrote The Ballad of Hollis Brown? What links the song to Othello’s pal, Iago? What’s the difference between being broke and having nothing? How did Dylan make that stabbing sound on his guitar? Who stole Ronnie Wood’s duvet? Which Bluegrass band named themselves after a brand of bib overalls?


    How does Talkin’ World War III Blues make use Shakespeare’s iambic verse? How does Donovan feature in the live version of the song? What’s with the lyrics on the official Dylan website? Is Dylan registered to vote? Does he prefer answers or questions? Is sex dirty? Did Abraham Lincoln say that? Where does Daniel Day-Lewis fit in?


    Song 1: Ballad of Hollis Brown https://open.spotify.com/track/3Si9u9FVlUTcUXVcawnstJ?si=d65b1bd2cf644d25

    Song 2: Talkin' World War III Blues https://open.spotify.com/track/0ePDsEDDIPZNpbwRUEXKoX?

    si=6f8119025584499d


    Are you a Bobsessive? If so, please consider joining us over on Patreon patreon.com/BobDylanApproximately for bonus episodes, early access to all episodes and much more. To further support the podcast, please rate and review via whichever platform you are listening to the podcast, and hit that follow button. Thanks for your listenership!


    Follow us on Instagram @bobdylanapproximately


    Follow us on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@BobDylanApproximately


    If you like this podcast, you may also enjoy Daniel's other podcast where he and Kerry met. It's called Starving Artists, and you can find it wherever you get your podcasts, and follow it on Instagram @starvingartists_pod


    Or you might want to check out some of the 80 episodes of Is It Rolling, Bob? Talking Dylan, the podcast Kerry previously co-hosted, with guests including Billy Bragg, Stewart Lee and Nish Kumar. https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcasts/is-it-rolling-bob-talking-dylan/id1437321669


    Recorded at Lipsync Post, Soho, London

    Producer: Robin Guise

    Engineer: Roisin King

    Theme Music: The Haze by Daniel Crespin

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    47 mins
  • Bonus EP#10 (TEASER) - Yea! Heavy & A Pack of Wild Geese (The Second Pilot Episode)
    Jan 12 2026

    This is a teaser of Bonus EP#10 - Yea! Heavy & A Pack of Wild Geese (The Second Pilot Episode). The full episode is available to our Bobsessives over on Patreon right now, for just £5 a month.


    Are you a Bobsessive? If so, please consider joining us over on Patreon patreon.com/BobDylanApproximately for bonus episodes, early access to all episodes and much more. To further support the podcast, please rate and review via whichever platform you are listening to the podcast, and hit that follow button. Thanks for your listenership!


    What is it with Dylan and Rome? How did The Band's version of the song come to feature Coca-Cola? Why did the Romans keep a pack of wild geese? Who are the real mighty kings of the jungle? What’s the song’s possible connection with drug addiction? What’s the definite connection with Tommy James and the Shondells?

    How did Dylan manage to stay in Woodstock? Is Yea! Heavy & A Bottle of Bread about Bob re-joining his pirate buddies on the road? Which is more disgusting, blood or pus? What quality do Levon and Bob have in common? How do foreign cover versions open up Dylan’s songs? Has Dylan ever left his absurdist period?

    Our bad: “Crimson and Clover was released in ’68, not ’65


    Song 1: Yea! Heavy & A Pack of Wild Geese https://open.spotify.com/track/4daGDsq2Gv4qeGR3uYpQoy?si=45162d6aaba84103


    Song 2: When I Paint My Masterpiece https://open.spotify.com/track/2AvzdZW3p6eouVGk2F9QnV?si=50406b06ede740fb


    Hank Shizzoe’s cover version of “Yea, Heavy & A Bottle of Bread”.https://open.spotify.com/track/4wZmAqa0vGqWsgtOSKhB7J?si=bdd9d43eaf5b4785


    Recorded at Cathouse Studio, Islington, London

    Producer: Robin Guise

    Edited by: Daniel Crespin

    Theme music: The Haze by Daniel Crespin

    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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    12 mins
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