Theme Time Radio Hour

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Theme Time Radio Hour


Theme Time Radio Hour logo
Genre Music show
Running time 1 hour per episode, weekly
Country Flag of United States United States
Home station Deep Tracks (XM40)
Starring Bob Dylan
Pierre Mancini (announcer)
Creator(s) Bob Dylan
Lee Abrams
Executive producer(s) Eddie Gorodetsky
Air dates May 3, 2006 – present
No. of episodes 45
Website http://www.xmradio.com/bobdylan/

Theme Time Radio Hour is a one hour radio show hosted by Bob Dylan. The first program was broadcast on May 3, 2006 (for a subscription) on the Deep Tracks channel of XM Satellite Radio. It is broadcast every Wednesday at 10:00am ET with several "encore" repeats throughout the week.[1] DirecTV subscribers can also hear the show on the Deep Tracks simulcast on channel 840.

In August 2006 AOL Radio began offering the show on AOL Radio featuring XM a selection of 200 XM radio stations which is available to those with an AOL login (registration is currently free) and a broadband internet connection.

In 2007 the program also began appearing for free on BBC Radio 2 and BBC6 Music for listeners in the UK.

It is unknown how many episodes of the show will be produced, although Rolling Stone's August 2006 cover feature on Dylan noted that he had agreed to at least 50 episodes.[2]

"Theme Time Radio Hour" reflects Dylan's, and very probably producer Eddie Gorodetsky's, deep interest in and knowledge of music. As the playlists below show, each episode is an eclectic brew of blues, rockabilly, soul music, bebop, rock-and-roll and pop music, with songs from artists as diverse as Patti Page to LL Cool J. Interspersed between the music segments are email readings (although the emails appear to be staged rather than mail from actual listeners), poetry recitations, and scripted commentary from Dylan on the music as well as recipes and other oddities related to the themes. It should be noted that various articles from Wikipedia have been discovered to be sources of information on various episodes. At times these references are verbatim or near verbatim quotes from these articles.

Contents

[edit] Episodes (original US running order, UK running order differs)

Each episode is usually introduced by an uncredited female voice murmuring "It's night (or night time) in the Big City" and then reciting a few descriptive lines of a cityscape scene; a woman walks in the rain, a shopkeeper closes his doors, angry hookers arguing on a streetcorner. At times, those intros can be interpreted to have some relation to the respective show's theme, while at other times the relationship appears tenuous. Although not acknowledged until Episode 34, the 2-hr Christmas/New Year's special program which featured her Christmas greeting, the opening voice-over is by Ellen Barkin with the exception of the Halloween Episode 26 which was introduced by the comedian Steven Wright.

[edit] Episode 1: Weather

First aired on May 3, 2006.

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[edit] Episode 2: Mother

First aired on May 10, 2006.

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[edit] Episode 3: Drinking

First aired on May 17, 2006.

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[edit] Episode 4: Baseball

First aired on May 24, 2006.

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[edit] Episode 5: Coffee

First aired on May 31, 2006.

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[edit] Episode 6: Jail

First aired on June 7, 2006.

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[edit] Episode 7: Father

First aired on June 14, 2006.

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[edit] Episode 8: Wedding

First aired on June 21, 2006.

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[edit] Episode 9: Divorce

First aired on June 28, 2006.

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[edit] Episode 10: Summer

First aired on July 5, 2006.

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[edit] Episode 11: Flowers

First aired on July 12, 2006.

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[edit] Episode 12: Cars

First aired on July 19, 2006.

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[edit] Episode 13: Rich Man, Poor Man

First aired on July 26, 2006.

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[edit] Episode 14: The Devil

First aired on August 2, 2006.

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[edit] Episode 15: Eyes

First aired on August 9, 2006.

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[edit] Episode 16: Dogs

First aired on August 16, 2006.

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[edit] Episode 17: Friends & Neighbors

First aired on August 23, 2006.

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[edit] Episode 18: Radio

First aired on August 30, 2006.

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[edit] Episode 19: Bible

First aired on September 6, 2006.

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[edit] Episode 20: Musical Map

First aired on September 13, 2006.

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[edit] Episode 21: School

First aired on September 20, 2006

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[edit] Episode 22: Telephone

First aired on September 27, 2006.

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[edit] Episode 23: Water

First aired on October 4, 2006.

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[edit] Episode 24: Time

First aired on October 11, 2006. This episode exceeded the usual 1 hour duration by approximately 17 minutes.

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[edit] Episode 25: Guns

First aired on October 18, 2006.

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[edit] Episode 26: Halloween

First aired on October 25, 2006.

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[edit] Episode 27: Dance

First aired on November 1, 2006.

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[edit] Episode 28: Sleep

First aired on November 8, 2006.

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[edit] Episode 29: Food

Aired November 15, 2006

  • Everybody Eats When They Come To My House - Cab Calloway
  • Rice Crispies (Wake Up In The Morning) - Rolling Stones
  • Bar-B-Q - Wendy Rene
  • Hot Biscuits And Sweet Marie - Lincoln Chase
  • Eat That Chicken - Charles Mingus
  • Hamburger Hop - Johnny Hicks
  • Swing And Dine - The Melodians
  • Purple Stew - Thurston Harris
  • Shortnin' Bread - Paul Chaplain & His Emeralds
  • Matzoh Balls - Slim Gaillard
  • I Heard The Voice Of A Pork Chop - Jim Jackson
  • Hey Pete! Let's Eat More Meat - Dizzy Gillespie
  • Hungry Man - Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five
  • Saturday Night Fish Fry - The Blue Dots
  • The Hamburger Song - Bobby Moore & The Rhythm Aces
  • Hot Dog - The Detroit Cobras
  • I Like Pie, I Like Cake - The Four Clefs

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[edit] Episode 30: Thanksgiving Leftovers

Aired November 22, 2006

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[edit] Episode 31: Tennessee

Aired November 29, 2006

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[edit] Episode 32: Moon

Aired December 6, 2006

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[edit] Episode 33: Countdown

Aired December 13, 2006

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[edit] Episode 34: 2-Hr Christmas/New Year's Special

Aired December 20, 2006

  • Swinging For Christmas (Boppin’ For Santa) – Tom Archia (1948)
  • Christmas Is A-Coming (Chicken Crows At Midnight) – Leadbelly (194 ?)
  • A Party For Santa – Lord Nelson (1963)
  • Sock It To Me Santa – Bob Seger & The Last Heard (1966)
  • Who Took The Merry Out Of Christmas – The Staple Singers (1970)
  • Please Come Home For Christmas – Charles Brown (1960)
  • Jingle Bells – Johnny Paycheck (1967)
  • It Must Be Christmas – Gerry Mulligan & Judy Holliday (1980)
  • Christmas Morning – Titus Turner (1952)
  • Poor Old Rudolph – The BellRays (2001)
  • Blue Xmas – Bob Dorough & Miles Davis (1962)
  • Far Away Christmas Blues – Little Esther with Johnny Otis Orchestra (1950)
  • Beatnik’s Wish – Patsy Raye & The Beatniks (1959)
  • Don’t Believe In Christmas – The Sonics (1965)
  • Christmas Tree – King Stitt (1969)
  • Silent Night – Huey "Piano" Smith & His Clowns (1962)
  • Must Be Santa – Brave Combo (1991)
  • Mambo Santa Mambo – The Enchanters (1957)
  • Fiesta De Navidad – Celia Cruz Y La Sonora Matancera (1961)
  • Merry Christmas Darling – Hop Wilson & His Buddies (1960)
  • Merry Merry Christmas – Alton Ellis & The Lipsticks (1972)
  • The Merriest – June Christy (1961)
  • Truckin’ Trees For Christmas – Red Simpson (1973)
  • Christmas In Jail – The Youngsters (1956)
  • I Want A Casting Couch For Christmas – Kay Martin & Her Body Guards (1962)
  • Santa Claus – Sonny Boy Williamson II (1960)
  • Hello Mr New Year – Cool Breezers ( ?)
  • Happy Christmas, Happy New Year – Mabel Mafuya (1958)
  • Christmas To New Years – The Larks (1951)
  • What Are You Doing New Year’s Eve – Nancy Wilson (1965)

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[edit] 2007


[edit] Episode 35: Women's Names

Aired January 3, 2007

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[edit] Episode 36: Hair

Aired January 10, 2007

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[edit] Episode 37: Musical Instruments

Aired: January 17, 2007

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[edit] Episode 38: Luck

Aired: January 24, 2007

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[edit] Episode 39: Tears

Aired January 31, 2007

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[edit] Episode 40: Laughter

Aired February 7, 2007

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[edit] Episode 41: Heart

Aired February 14, 2007

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[edit] Episode 42: Shoes

Aired February 21, 2007

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[edit] Episode 43: Colors

Aired February 28, 2007

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[edit] Episode 44: Texas

Aired March 7, 2007

  • The Eyes Of Texas Are Upon You - uncredited
  • Drifting Texas Sand - Webb Pierce (1951)
  • Deep In The Heart Of Texas - Andy Anderson & The Dawnbreakers (1960)
  • The Girls From Texas - Jimmy Lewis (1967)
  • T For Texas - The Carter Family and Jimmie Rodgers (1931)
  • Ay Te Dejo En San Antonio - Don Santiago Jimenez Sr. (1937)
  • I Got Texas In My Soul - Tex Williams & the Western Caravan (1946) (PLEASE NOTE: Bob Dylan introduced "I Got Texas In My Soul" as being sung by Willie Nelson, however he played a different version, the one by Tex Williams, without explanation.)
  • Texas Flood - Larry Davis (1958)
  • Blue Yodel # 1 (T For Texas) - Bob Downen (19??)
  • Across The Alley From The Alamo - June Christy with Stan Kenton & His Orchestra (1947)
  • Under A Texas Moon - King Nawahi Hawaiians (1930)
  • All That Oil In Texas - Oscar McLollie & His Honey Jumpers (195?)
  • Texas Me - Doug Sahm (1969)
  • Waltz Across Texas - Ernest Tubb & His Texas Troubadours (1965)
  • The Assassination - The Dixie Nightingales (1965)
  • Across The Borderline - Ry Cooder & Freddy Fender (1987)

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[edit] Episode 45: Trains

Aired March 14, 2007

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[edit] Episode 46: More Trains

Aired March 21, 2007

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[edit] Episode: 47 Fools

Aired March 28, 2007

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[edit] Episode: 48 New York

Aired April 4, 2007

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[edit] Theme Time Radio Hour show credits

Host: Bob Dylan
Producer: Eddie Gorodetsky
Associate Producer: Sonny Webster
Continuity: Eats Martin
Editor: Damien Rodriguez
Supervising Editor: Rob Macomber
Research Team: Diane Lapson, Bernie Bernstein
Additional Research: Lynne Sheridan, Kimberly Williams, Robert Bower
Production Assistance: Jim McBeam
Special Thanks to: Coco Shinomiya, Sampson's Diner
Studio Engineer: Tex Carbone
For XM Radio: Lee Abrams
Recorded in Studio B, the Abernathy Building
A Greywater Park Production
In Association with Big Red Tree
Announcer: Pierre Mancini (the voice of Producer Eddie Gorodetsky)[citation needed]

[edit] References

  1. ^ http://www.xmradio.com/bobdylan/
  2. ^ http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/11216877/the_modern_times_of_bob_dylan_a_legend_comes_to_grips_with_his_iconic_status/4
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av http://notdarkyet.org/themetime.html

[edit] External links

  • * T H E M E * T I M E * The playlists (including release dates) of the tracks Bob Dylan chose to present, as well as the lyrics to some of the songs
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