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May 23, 2011: Special edition of Connections on WPKN with Eric Cocks, featuring a celebration of Bob Dylan, his music, people he's influenced and a wide variety of eclectic music from the past and the present. The first 20 minutes focuses exclusively on Bob, including some live rarities and alternate versions.

After that, free form explorations of Bob's influence on everyone from John Lennon, The Kinks and Harry Nilsson to Elvis Costello, PIL, Warren Zevon, T-Rex, The Rolling Stones and more. Also songs from Solid State, an upcoming album by Sam Phillips.

Plenty of songs from Bob Dylan throughout the show...

Plus music from The Byrds, Brian Eno, The Section Quartet, Bo Diddley, The Fugs, Traveling Wilburys and more.

And new music from Tame Impala, Phoenix Foundation, The Antlers, Tune-Yards, Panda Bear and Tamer Animals.

Also, a world premiere of singer and songwriter Tim Moore's "Happy Birthday Mr Dylan".

Thanks to Bob Dylan for the music, the humor and the inspiration!

Connections... with Eric Cocks

Explores the connections between songs, songwriters, musicians, producers and people... often in surprising ways.

Vital, intelligent music with true artistic vision.

Includes extended features on specific artists such as Bob Dylan, The Kinks, The Beatles and far more. Also comedy by Lenny Bruce, George Carlin, Eddie Izzard, Paul Krassner and others with a rock and roll renegade attitude. In depth explorations of early electronic music (and how it relates to current music). Vital new music that deserves to be heard. Surf music. Garage bands. British invasion. Rock and Roll. John Coltrane, Sonny Rollins, Jimi Hendrix, Laurie Anderson, William Burroughs, Robert Anton Wilson, The Blues Magoos, David Bowie, The Beach Boys, Dr Fiorella Terenzi, Beethoven, Bo Diddley, The Rolling Stones, Alex Chilton, Tom Petty, The Pretenders, Blondie, demos, rarities, unreleased new music and far more may be part of any given show. Also live interviews of performers, writers, producers, engineers, session musicians and people behind the scenes. Plus unexpected surprises...

Previous in depth interviews include Sam Phillips, Peppy Castro of The Blues Magoos, author/comedian Paul Krassner, Chris Frantz, Neil Innes, Tommy James, legendary session musician Carol Kaye and more. All are available in archives for about 385 days. (Maybe that'll get extended one day.)  Stay tuned for future interviews and special features.

The show will keep changing over time.

Tune in every 2nd and 4th Monday of each month from 9 am to noon eastern. Also special editions at other times. Available live at http://wpkn.org or listen later in archives.

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