2025

OASIS TALKING SHITE

An Unauthorized, Unofficial and Unaffiliated Compendium of Provocations, Pontifications, Profanities and Profundities

Compiled and Edited by “Not the Gallagher Brothers”

Research and Photo Clearances

(Simon & Schuster)

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REVIEWS

“The curation of quotes is uniformly excellent, demonstrating the boys’ skills in the wiseacre department.”

The Houston Press

“Easy to pick up or put down when you need a larf or to roll your eyes at the audacity of what may be our last true rock stars.”

Allmusic

 

2024

HOW MANY ROADS: BOB DYLAN AND HIS CHANGING TIMES, 1961-1964

Bob Dylan Center®, Tulsa OK (2024)

The Gallatin Galleries, New York University, NYC (2025)

Video Writer and Producer


2023

BOB DYLAN: MIXING UP THE MEDICINE

Treasures from the Bob Dylan Center

Co-Writer and Editor

(Callaway Arts & Entertainment)

UNCUT Book of the Year

Winner – Perles du beau livre 2024 (Music), l’association homonyme, France

FEATURES & REVIEWS

“In the end, this first major book publication by the Dylan Archive makes a large part of the books published about Dylan de facto superfluous, because they suddenly seem speculative and subjective in retrospect.”

Die Welt

“[A] lavishly illustrated collection of archival treasures….The artifacts here are full of history…Luminous.”

New York Times Book Review

"This is the bible for Dylanologists the world over."

M Magazine (Le Monde)

As also seen in the pages of AARP, Vanity Fair, Le Figaro, The Telegraph, No Depression, and more.


2023

BOB DYLAN

THE BOOTLEG SERIES VOL. 17: FRAGMENTS – TIME OUT OF MIND SESSIONS (1996–1997)

Archivist, Production Coordination

(Sony/Legacy)

Nominee – Best Historical Album, 2023 GRAMMY Awards

 

2022

BOB DYLAN CENTER®

Tulsa, OK

Co-Curator, Inaugural Exhibitions

FEATURES & REVIEWS

“New Bob Dylan Center in Tulsa Might Just Be the GOAT of Rock Museums” – Variety

“Visitors to the new Bob Dylan Center here will soon get, at the tap of a finger, what generations of the most avid Dylanologists have only dreamed of: a step-by-step, word-by-word map of how Dylan wrote a song.” – New York Times


2021

THE COMPLETE GARNET CLARKE

by Phil Schaap

Researcher

(Hot Club Edition #1)

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ANN ARBOR BLUES FESTIVAL 1969

VOLS. 1 & 2

Producer, Liner Notes, Audio Transfers and Restoration

(Third Man Records)

Vol. 1 – LP / Vol. 2 – LP / Vols. 1 & 2 – CD

Nominee – Best Blues Album, 2020 Libera Awards

2019

FEATURES & REVIEWS

“Woodstock might have had broader cultural purchase, but Ann Arbor was more focused, more definitive, and the music, on this evidence, was simply better.” 9/10, Reissue of the Month – UNCUT

“The Woodstock of the blues in its lo-fi glory.” **** – Mojo

“An essential document of a dynamic, living history.” Album of the Day –  Bandcamp

“The real shit…You won't regret buying this set.” – Analog Planet

BMI: Exhuming the Blues: ‘Ann Arbor Blues Festival 1969’ 50 Years Later


2018

MABLE HILLERY + JOHNNY SHINES

HOTTER THAN A BULLDOG SPITTING IN A POLECAT’S EYE: LIVE 1975

Producer, Liner Notes

(Americana Music Productions)

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REVIEWS

“Thanks both to Shines’ sympathetic backing and Hillery’s expressive and dynamic vocals…these familiar songs consistently find new life.” – Living Blues

“This timeless LP is…an essential recording for any serious blues enthusiast.” – Blues Music Magazine

“[Johnny] Shines is the only accompanist and his playing approaches perfection…[Hillery’s interpretations of blues classics] might be presented as prime examples of re-creation within the tradition.” – Blues & Rhythm


2015

BOB DYLAN

THE BOOTLEG SERIES VOL. 12: THE CUTTING EDGE 1965-1966

Archivist, Production Coordination

(Sony/Legacy)

Winner – Best Historical Album, 2016 GRAMMY Awards

 

Presentations

2022 – Fast Company

Designing an Icon: The Bob Dylan Center with Alan Maskin (Olson Kundig) and Ben Pearcy (59 Productions)

2018 – Association of Recorded Sound Collections

Hotter Than a Bulldog Spitting In a Polecat's Eye: Mable Hillery & Johnny Shines Live 1975

2016 – International Association of Sound and Audiovisual Archives

Towards the Safe Migration of Multitrack Audio from Enhanced IDE Hard Drives (conference poster)

2015 – The Barnard College and Columbia University Blues Symposium

Talkin' 'Bout Mojo: Reconstructing the 1969 Ann Arbor Blues Festival