"The Picture" was inspired by a childhood photograph of Wainwright and his sister Teddy. "Talking New Bob Dylan", commissioned by NPR, is both a tribute to Bob Dylan and a reflection on being labeled, in the early 1970s, "a new Dylan".
"The Picture" was inspired by a childhood photograph of Wainwright and his sister Teddy. "Talking New Bob Dylan", commissioned by NPR, serves as a tribute to Bob Dylan while also exploring the notion of being seen as an imitation or copycat ("a new Dylan") in the early 1970s.