Ray Padgett

Ray Padgett writes the Substack newsletter Flagging Down the Double E's, about Bob Dylan in concert. He is the founder of the cover-songs blog Cover Me and author of two previous books, Cover Me: The Stories Behind the Greatest Cover Songs of All Time (2017) and, in the 33 1/3 series, I'm Your Fan: The Songs of Leonard Cohen (2020). His writing has appeared in The New Yorker, SPIN, Vice, and MOJO. He lives in Burlington, Vermont with his wife, daughter, and two dogs.

Ray Padgett writes the Substack newsletter Flagging Down the Double E's, about Bob Dylan in concert. He is the founder of the cover-songs blog Cover Me and author of two previous books, Cover Me: The Stories Behind the Greatest Cover Songs of All Time (2017) and, in the 33 1/3 series, I'm Your Fan: The Songs of Leonard Cohen (2020). His writing has appeared in The New Yorker, SPIN, Vice, and MOJO. He lives in Burlington, Vermont with his wife, daughter, and two dogs. See less