# the Thief — RSS Amplifier

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## [Saying farewell to Levon Helm](https://jokerandthethief.substack.com/p/saying-farewell-to-levon-helm)

_2026-08-19 · The Joker and the Thief — Newsletter_

For almost 50 years, Levon Helm brought me something that went beyond mere pleasure. He was a musician I loved and admired, in fact a heroic inspiration.

## [The Resurrection of Michael Bloomfield](https://jokerandthethief.substack.com/p/the-resurrection-of-michael-bloomfield-1e9)

_2026-08-12 · The Joker and the Thief — Newsletter_

He was without question one of the greatest guitarists.

## [Help get 'Silver Cross' to the finish line and receive a signed CD of the album](https://jokerandthethief.substack.com/p/help-get-silver-cross-to-the-finish)

_2026-08-09 · The Joker and the Thief — Newsletter_

Many of you come here for the Dylan content so I fully understand if you wish to file this one away, I already greatly appreciate you as readers and subscribers.

## [Where are all Bob Dylan's black fans?](https://jokerandthethief.substack.com/p/where-are-all-bob-dylans-black-fans)

_2026-08-08 · The Joker and the Thief — Newsletter_

A deep dive on the phenomenon of the Bob Dylan black reaction-video community on YouTube and their refreshing take on classics and rarities.

## [The Basement Tapes: The songs Dylan didn’t write](https://jokerandthethief.substack.com/p/the-basement-tapes-the-songs-dylan)

_2026-08-03 · The Joker and the Thief — Newsletter_

They remind us that Dylan’s oft-repeated act of reinvention and creativity then and even now was not just to invent a new musical language, but to create through the rediscovery of an older one.

## [Bob Dylan goes deep on the recording and writing of John Wesley Harding](https://jokerandthethief.substack.com/p/bob-dylan-goes-deep-on-the-recording)

_2026-07-22 · The Joker and the Thief — Newsletter_

What the songwriter does, is just connect the ends. The ends that he sees are the ones that are given to him and he connects them.

## [Van Morrison, Keep Me Singing](https://jokerandthethief.substack.com/p/van-morrison-keep-me-singing)

_2026-07-18 · The Joker and the Thief — Newsletter_

Van Morrison has always been about finding that indefinable magic moment.

## [What Paul Simon really thinks about Bob Dylan](https://jokerandthethief.substack.com/p/what-paul-simon-really-thinks-about)

_2026-07-16 · The Joker and the Thief — Newsletter_

To me, the person who wrote the most moving lyrics was Bob Dylan, in the early days.

## [The journey to Newport — how Bob Dylan never really abandoned folk music](https://jokerandthethief.substack.com/p/dylan-at-newport)

_2026-07-15 · The Joker and the Thief — Newsletter_

Who is that guy under that cowboy hat? And what’s that hair in a ponytail? That wasn’t there last night in Worcester, and neither was what appears to be a pretty long beard.

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_2026-07-15 · **Sponsored**_

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## [Bob Dylan and Mark Knopfler live in Philadelphia, November 19, 2012](https://jokerandthethief.substack.com/p/bob-dylan-and-mark-knopfler-live)

_2026-07-11 · The Joker and the Thief — Newsletter_

Listen to the show and read Peter Stone Brown’s review — He can still deliver when he wants and tonight he made a huge arena seem like club and that’s no easy trick.