Funky Stuff

Six Degrees of Dylan - Audio Episodes · Nov 1, 2026 · 6m · transcript

Kool & the Gang’s “Funky Stuff” opens a journey through music’s borrowed fragments and shared hands. Colin follows its sample into the Beastie Boys, then returns to Bob James before tracing arrangements and songwriting through Paul Simon. A live performance by Mike Bloomfield and Al Kooper brings two familiar players back to Bob Dylan’s “Like a Rolling Stone”. Along the way, samples, covers and collaboration reveal how recordings acquire new lives.

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