BOB DYLAN - CYNTHIA GOODING INTERVIEW
NEW YORK, WBAI - FM RADIO MARCH 11, 1962



From the studios of the New York Radio Station WBAI -FM for the Folksingers Choice program. The interviewer and regular program presenter was Cynthia Gooding (CG). There is confusion about the exact date of the recording and even over whether the programme was eventually broadcast. What we actually hear is the unedited version of the studio session. Dylan and Gooding chat between each of the 11 songs, a duration of around one hour. Dylan continues to expound his 'alternative biography' and his tall stories have become quite stereotyped. Gooding is a receptive listener and there's an obvious magic between the two. She had met Dylan on a number of occasions previously, going back to 1959 when they both attended a party after one of her concerts. Apparently Dylan sang to her and she was much impressed. Later, when she saw Dylan perforning at the Folk City in New York, she commented: "People listen ... he talks and he laughs and just when they are about to catch him in a lie, he takes out his harmonica and blows them down". Was she fully aware of Bob's penchant for tall stories when she interviewed him? (words & music)

(2009)