It’s hard to believe, but there was a time when Bob Dylan never imagined he’d be a rock star. In fact, that time can be rounded out to somewhere around March 11, 1962, when the then-fresh faced singer sat down with fellow folkie Cynthia Gooding to talk about the pending release of his self-titled debut album.
Bob Dylan Brings Out the Oldies — Sinatra’s, and Not So Much His — at L.A. Concert
That WBAI FM interview on the Folksingers Choice show has now been turned into a cartoon by the PBS series Blank on Blank. In the animated chat Dylan, 20, describes his early days as a performer (when he got paid in cheeseburgers), talks about his long-alleged stint as a carny, spends a while explaining how he holds his harmonica in place, reminisces about a song he wrote for a performer in the freak show (“Won’t Buy You a Postcard”) and laments that he’ll never become “rich and famous.”
Click here for a full transcript of the interview.