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Articles by Jeff Slate in The New Yorker      Articles by Jeff Slate in Esquire      Articles by Jeff Slate in the Wall Street Journal  

 

Articles by Jeff Slate in Rolling Stone   Articles by Jeff Slate in The Daily Beast    

 

Articles by Jeff Slate in Quartz      Articles by Jeff Slate in Rock Cellar Magazine 

 

Jeff's Personal Top 5

1) THE NEW YORKER: Bob Dylan’s First Day with “Tangled Up in Blue”

2) ESQUIRE: Tom Petty Was Always One of Us

3) WALL STREET JOURNAL: 20 Odd Questions With Ringo Starr

4) ESQUIRE: The Music in Ken Burns' The Vietnam War Is Remarkable. Here's How It Was Chosen.

5) ESQUIRE: When Bob Dylan Saw God
 

Additional Recommended Reading

WALL STREET JOURNAL: How Deepak Chopra Is Getting Through Quarantine

NBC News THINK: Little Richard dead at 87: The rock and roll king who scared — and changed — America

THE DAILY BEAST: Bob Geldof: America Is ‘Screwed’

THE DAILY BEAST: John Cleese and Eric Idle on the Trump and Brexit ‘Sh*tshow’

NBC News THINK: Netflix and Martin Scorsese's 'Rolling Thunder Revue' is peak Bob Dylan

THE DAILY BEAST: A Beatles Masterpiece Just Got Even Better

QUARTZ: Led Zeppelin’s discography is immortal, thanks to Jimmy Page

QUARTZ: Prince made weird sexy, and kept sexy weird

ESQUIRE: The Best Rock Album You've Never Heard

QUARTZ: David Bowie’s bandmates explain just how he got them to sound like that

ESQUIRE: Monty Python Finally Says Goodbye

NBC News THINK: Passing Michael Jackson, the Eagles now have the best-selling album of all time. And they're still terrible.

ESQUIRE: Wu-Tang Clan Opens Up About Reuniting and the New Album

ESQUIRE: When David Bowie Invented The Future

WALL STREET JOURNAL: Will the Smartphone Ever Truly Replace Your Beloved Wallet?

ESQUIRE: Willie Nelson Wants You to Buy His Music–And His Weed

ESQUIRE: The Making of David Bowie's Lost Soul Album

ROCK CELLAR MAGAZINE: The Beastie Boys Origin Story: Michael Diamond and Adam Horovitz on Their Roller-Coaster Career

ROLLING STONE: 10 Things We Learned From Elvis Costello’s Brilliant New Memoir

ESQUIRE: John Cleese Picks the Most Gut-Busting Monty Python Sketches

THE DAILY BEAST: Ringo Starr’s Post-Beatles Bliss

ESQUIRE: David Crosby Does Not Give a Single F*ck

ROCK CELLAR MAGAZINE: Behind the Curtain: On Tour with Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers

ESQUIRE: Roger Waters Won't Hide His Disdain for Donald Trump

ESQUIRE: Gregg Allman Always Walked Through the Fire

ESQUIRE: 73 Reasons to Love Bob Marley on His 73rd Birthday

QUARTZ: “Pink Floyd is dead. I’m ready to move on.”

THE DAILY BEAST: Goddamn, Dylan’s Sinatra Album Is Great

QUARTZ: Hey haters: rock stars like Miley are supposed to be rebels, and a little crazy
 

More from Jeff...

 

Jeff's TapeOp Interviews and Reviews

 

 

 

Articles by Jeff Slate in Guitar World     Articles by Jeff Slate in Guitarist & Music Radar 

 

 

 

Articles by Jeff Slate in Rock's Backpages 

 

Live!

Beloved classics. Deep cuts. Lost gems. Songs from the vaults. An evening of Bob Dylan like you’ve never heard before!

Jeff Slate & Friends lead a celebration of Bob Dylan’s 82nd birthday at Hill Country Live! on Friday, May 19th. Advance tickets are on sale now and are $15 (inclusive of fees).

Whether you’re a hardcore fan of Bob Dylan, a classic rock trivia buff or just discovering the greatest songwriter of the past 50-plus years, this show is for you.

In celebration of this milestone in Dylan’s life, Jeff Slate and his all-star band will treat you to an evening of stellar rock and roll, and will be joined by some of the hottest names on the NYC and national music scene, so this is one that is not to be missed.

In May 2014 Jeff Slate made his Hill Country Live! debut with his Dylan Obscura show to a packed house. Prior to the 2020 lockdown, he’d returned monthly with stellar, packed shows celebrating David Bowie, Tom Petty and others, and playing original music inspired by those legends. Since the end of lockdown, Slate and his band have performed regular, sold out shows at Hill Country Live! with many more exciting celebrations planned in the future.

$15

Join the Duluth Dylan Fest for a special evening of music with Jeff Slate, Award-winning New York City-based musician and writer. He has appeared on stage and worked with music legends like Pete Townshend, Roger McGuinn, Jeff Tweedy, Sheryl Crow, and others, and his music has appeared in advertising and films and on television, including in the show Gossip Girl. Joining him is Mark Bosch.

Opening for Jeff Slate are Paul Metsa and Sonny Earl. Paul Metsa, who the Huffington Post called " The other great folksinger from Minnesota's Mesabi Iron Range '' will be joined by his longtime harmonica player Sonny Earl in a great evening playing Dylan songs, Metsa originals, and blues and country songs by artists that influenced Bob Dylan.

You don't want to miss this show.

Tickets are $15 in advance and $20 at the door.

Tickets are $15 in advance and $20 at the door.

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