Boston Harold Podcast

Talkin' Bob Dylan with Wesley Stace, plus a whole bunch of other stuff (including writing the libretto for "Dido's Ghost," Lou Reed, Springsteen, and more) by Harold Lepidus (Boston Harold Podcast)   This is a three part interview I conducted with singer-songwriter-author Wesley Stace, via Zoom, on October 3, 2025. The first half of the interview (in parts one and part of two) is a conventional interview, where we cover the evolution of his name, updating his catalogue, his novels, the Frank Capra connection, collaborating with Lou Reed, opening for Bruce Springsteen in 1995, the evolution of his "Cabinet of Wonders" concert series, writing the libretto for the opera "Dido's Ghost," losing close friends, and his future plans.  Part One But what Wesley REALLY wanted to talk about with me was Bob Dylan, so that took up the second half of this interview.  Part Two (Some Dylan) Wesley was very generous with his time, and so much fun to talk to. Wes...

  GEMINI SUITE:  Bob Dylan's 2025 OUTLAW Blues (Concert review) If you’re going to comment about the division currently occurring in this country, or between this country and others, or the lack of it here between church and state, who better to chronicle it (consciously or not) than the Nobel Prize winning Gemini, Bob Dylan.     There have been recurring themes that have been marinating in my cerebrum as I've listened to some live recordings from Bob Dylan’s recent performances as part of the 10th anniversary "Outlaw" tour. I had attended two “Outlaw” shows earlier this month, one at the Xfinity Theater in Hartford, the other the next day at the Xfinity Center in Mansfield, MA (the one the locals still refer to as “Great Woods.”) While I noticed the themes of division and separation at the actual shows, mostly referring to the end of some sort of romantic relationship, since then I couldn't help but identify certain strands that infiltrated the set list, which ...

THIS KID IS ALRIGHT! VIDEO INTERVIEW WITH “THE WHO” AND “CREAM” CONCERT BOOK AUTHOR, EDOARDO GENZOLINI   By Harold Lepidus Credits: Schiffer Publishing  Hello and welcome to The Boston Harold Video Podcast. I recently had the pleasure of interviewing via Zoom, all the way from Perugia, Italy, Edoardo Genzolini. Mr. Genzolini has recently written and published two brilliantly constructed books which should appeal to music fans everywhere: The WHO at WINTERLAND, 1968 and 1976, and CLAPTON, BRUCE & BAKER- Sitting on top of the world - San Francisco, February -March 1968. He is also the author of  The Who: Concert Memories from the Classic Years, 1964 to 1976 (2002). WHO HE IS: In addition to being a musician himself, Mr. Genzolini is a music archivist and historian. Much like the 1979 documentary about The Who, The Kids Are Alright , Genzolini’s books are the work of a scholarly fan.  In our interview, Edoardo and I discuss how certain films he watched as ...

VIETNAM, WATERGATE, AND THE ART OF MOTORCYCLE MAINTENANCE: Bob Dylan/The Band - The 1974 Live Recordings Mildred (Peggy Maley): “Hey, Johnny! What are you rebelling against?” Johnny (Marlon Brando): “Whadda you got?” —  The Wild One (1953) “Mama wipe the blood from my face/I'm sick and tired of this war/I’ve got a long black feeling and it’s hard to trace” - “Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door,” 1974 live version. “Art is never finished, it is only abandoned,” Leonardo Da Vinci, which can be applied to Dylan’s body of work, as well as this review. (Please forgive any grammatical or syntax errors. I am abandoning the article now, as is.) Bob Dylan and the Band - The 1974 Live Recordings is a 27 CD box set of whatever surviving soundboards exist in the Sony cupboards, from Dylan’s “comeback” trek across North America, then known as “Tour ‘74.” 40 shows in six weeks, sometimes two a day/night - a mix of Dylan with the Band, Dylan solo, and separate sets by the Band. Each of almost all of Dyla...