Bob Dylan 85th Birthday fundraiser (Music Only)

WPKN May 24th 2026 “Bob Dylan 85th Birthday Fundraiser” - music only

Bridget St. John: Just Like A Woman (Piblokto Version) 
Tom Jones: One More Cup Of Coffee
Diana Krall: This Dream of You 
Solomon Burke: The Mighty Quinn
Bob Dylan: Cold Irons Bound
Emma Swift: I Contain Multitudes
Mick Ronson: Like A Rolling Stone (feat. David Bowie)
Dave Alvin: Highway 61 Revisited 
Dr. John: End Of The Line (feat. Aaron Neville & Katie Pruitt) 
Chrissie Hynde: Love Minus Zero No Limit (feat. James Walbourne)
Ian Hunter: Knockin’ On Heaven's Door
Willie Nile: Abandoned Love
Christine Ohlman & Rebel Montez: Crash on the Levee (Down In The Flood) 
Marianne Faithfull: It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue
Linda Ronstadt: I’ll Be Your Baby Tonight
Dean & Britta: I’ll Keep It With Mine (Scott Hardkiss Electric Remix)
Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band: Ballad of a Thin Man
Emma Swift: Going Going Gone
Willie Nile: You Ain't Goin' Nowhere
Bryan Ferry: Simple Twist Of Fate
Michael Chapman: Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat 
Mary Lee's Corvette: You’re Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go (live) 
Carl Perkins: Champaign, Illinois
Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band: Chimes of Freedom [Manchester, 5/14/25]
Bob Dylan & The Grateful Dead: All Along The Watchtower (live)

What is PURE with Howard Thompson?

What is PURE with Howard Thompson?

Apart from the occasional overnighter, fill-in or fundraiser, howard now creates shows for our Podcasts page. You’ll find over 140 archived PUREs there, and new shows will be added - check the PURE and “Strictly” pages - at least once a month.

howard loves all kinds of music and has collected records ever since his uncle gave him Rock Around The Clock as a 6th birthday present.

Disc Jockeys like Brian Matthew (BBC Light Program), Emperor Rosko (Radio Caroline), John Peel (Radio London/BBC Radio 1), Hugh Nolan (Radio Geronimo), Charlie Gillett (BBC Radio London) and Andy Dunkley (the Marquee/Lyceum) made howard’s life worth living and he now just wants to return the favor.

howard worked in the music biz so he could get free records and meet astonishing people.

howard made records with Adam & the Ants, Alan Vega, Angel Corpus Christi, Aswad, Barb Jungr, Billy Bragg, Danny Gatton, Eddie & the Hot Rods, the Georgia Satellites, Hamell On Trial, Herb Alpert, Ian Hunter, John Campbell, Judy Tenuta, ManBreak, Motörhead, Peter C Johnson, the Prissteens, the Psychedelic Furs, Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3, Roky Erickson & the Aliens, Rubén Blades, Sally Oldfield, Sara Hickman, Scatterbrain, the Screaming Blue Messiahs, the Slits, The Star Spangles, The Sugarcubes, Susan Fassbender, Sir Tim Smit, Tulipomania, Victor DeLorenzo, Yellowman and 10,000 Maniacs to name a few. He was the first to release records by MX-80 Sound, the Real Kids and Suicide in Europe, and th’ faith healers, the Gipsy Kings, Happy Mondays, Paul Young and Wham! in the USA

howard joined WPKN in May 2010 and thanks Steve di Costanzo and Peter Bochan for letting him in. Terry Hopper too, for giving up an hour of The Quest to see if it could work.

howard thinks Bob Dylan should be President, and ‘Poison’ Ivy Rorschach should be Vice-President