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The Jokermen finally sit down to unpack an overlooked late-era masterpiece by American singer Bob Dylan. Hop on the bandwagon now, there ain't much space.SUSCRIBE TO JOKERMEN ON PATREONLISTEN TO JOKERMEN THEME-TYPE RADIO: XMAS ON SPOTIFY FOLLOW JOKERMEN ON TWITTER AND INSTAGRAM AND SUBSCRIBE ON YOUTUBE

And Marcel and St. John—big guys, strong guys! STRONG [hunching, widening arms, squinting eyes] guys, strong men. They don't make men like that anymore do they? [crowd hooting, hollering] Well you do down here in Jacksonville but they don't know that, they won't tell you that on CNN. And then what happened? [pausing, gripping podium, gazing left and right, lips pursed] Marcel, St. John—they were belittled by doubt. Marcel! And St. John, big strong St. John... Can you believe that? [shaking head, crowd booing] Can you believe—oh it's such a shame what they did to St. John, it really is. Sweet St. John. And so we'll be looking into that, we'll be doing something about that very soon.LISTEN TO "THE STREET-LEGAL LISTS"SUSCRIBE TO JOKERMEN ON PATREONLISTEN TO JOKERMEN THEME-TYPE RADIO: XMAS ON SPOTIFY FOLLOW JOKERMEN ON TWITTER AND INSTAGRAM AND SUBSCRIBE ON YOUTUBE

The Jokermen are joined by Street-Legal scholars Matt Krefting and Josh Builder to revisit the record and discuss Matt and Josh's "Street-Legal Lists" project. Can you believe there was a time we didn't like "New Pony?"LISTEN TO "THE STREET-LEGAL LISTS"SUSCRIBE TO JOKERMEN ON PATREONLISTEN TO JOKERMEN THEME-TYPE RADIO: FALL ON SPOTIFY FOLLOW JOKERMEN ON TWITTER AND INSTAGRAM AND SUBSCRIBE ON YOUTUBE

Turns out "Ballad of a Thin Man" is about the lying fake news media—who knew?SUBSCRIBE TO FLAGGING DOWN THE DOUBLE E'S ON SUBSTACKFOLLOW RAY ON TWITTERSUSCRIBE TO JOKERMEN ON PATREONLISTEN TO JOKERMEN THEME-TYPE RADIO: FALL ON SPOTIFY FOLLOW JOKERMEN ON TWITTER AND INSTAGRAM AND SUBSCRIBE ON YOUTUBE

The Jokermen are joined by Ray Padgett, author of the best live Dylan Substack going, to break down a brilliant document of Bob's time on the road with Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers.SUBSCRIBE TO FLAGGING DOWN THE DOUBLE E'S ON SUBSTACKFOLLOW RAY ON TWITTERSUSCRIBE TO JOKERMEN ON PATREONLISTEN TO JOKERMEN THEME-TYPE RADIO: FALL ON SPOTIFY FOLLOW JOKERMEN ON TWITTER AND INSTAGRAM AND SUBSCRIBE ON YOUTUBE

Donald Fagen please go on JokermenFOLLOW ALEX ON TWITTER @BADDANTAKESSUSCRIBE TO JOKERMEN ON PATREONLISTEN TO JOKERMEN THEME-TYPE RADIO: FALL ON SPOTIFY FOLLOW JOKERMEN ON TWITTER AND INSTAGRAM AND SUBSCRIBE ON YOUTUBE

The Jokermen welcome Alex back to the program to chat Donald Fagen's 1982 solo debut The Nightfly, a brilliant, beautiful, and occasionally brutally sad record. Put on your spandex jacket and join us on that wheel in space.FOLLOW ALEX ON TWITTER @BADDANTAKESSUSCRIBE TO JOKERMEN ON PATREONLISTEN TO JOKERMEN THEME-TYPE RADIO: FALL ON SPOTIFY FOLLOW JOKERMEN ON TWITTER AND INSTAGRAM AND SUBSCRIBE ON YOUTUBE

"This is called Watered-Down Love you don't want a love that's pure you want a drowned love you want a Watered-Down Love"FOLLOW IAN ON INSTAGRAM AND CATCH A DEERTICK SHOWSUSCRIBE TO JOKERMEN ON PATREONLISTEN TO JOKERMEN THEME-TYPE RADIO: HALLOWEEN 🎃 ON SPOTIFY FOLLOW JOKERMEN ON TWITTER AND INSTAGRAM AND SUBSCRIBE ON YOUTUBE

The Jokermen are joined by musician and visual artist Ian O'Neil as they dig into a criminally underrated era of live Bob. Keltner Tha God.FOLLOW IAN ON INSTAGRAM AND CATCH A DEERTICK SHOWSUSCRIBE TO JOKERMEN ON PATREONLISTEN TO JOKERMEN THEME-TYPE RADIO: HALLOWEEN 🎃 ON SPOTIFY FOLLOW JOKERMEN ON TWITTER AND INSTAGRAM AND SUBSCRIBE ON YOUTUBE

The Jokermen debut their new hit segment, "Guess Which Bob Bootleg Titles Are Real?" SUSCRIBE TO JOKERMEN ON PATREON to hear the rest