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Mid-day Briefing: Bob Dylan

Saturday, June 27, 2026 · 6:46 PM EDT

Worth noting

WORTH NOTING

1965 Dylan track reassessed

Observation Blogger revisited “It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry,” summarizing its Highway 61 Revisited context, blues borrowings, session musicians, earlier “Phantom Engineer” version, and later Steely Dan title connection.

Still unclear

OPEN QUESTION

Will new archival evidence surface?

The only available item is retrospective analysis rather than newly reported Dylan news, leaving open whether fresh session documentation, releases, or scholarship will add anything substantive.