Local man to attend his 128th Bob Dylan concert
Bogdan saw his first Bob Dylan concert at 14 at the Richfield Colosseum in 1977.
'That's where my infatuation started because I love songwriters and after listening to Bob Dylan, there's nobody that equals him,' Bogdan said.His favorite concert was in 1992 at Madison Square Garden.
'But it was the 30-year anniversary of Bob Dylan being with Columbia Records,' he said.
Bogdan has met Dylan a couple of times briefly after concerts. He says it's the 6th time Dylan has played Youngstown.
'I mean, I went through all the born-again Christian shows too, where people would be yelling, 'Like a Rolling Stone,' and Bob would be going, 'Blasphemy!''
His most prized piece of Dylan memorabilia is a black guitar.
Bogdan said for those seeing Dylan for the first time — it won't be a concert of Bob Dylan's greatest hits.
'And they think he's going to be standing there with an acoustic guitar and a harmonica rack and singing, 'Blowin' in the Wind,' and that ain't going to happen,' Bogdan said.
Bogdan also has an opinion about what he thinks is Bob Dylan's best song.
'He wrote by far the greatest song in music history with 'Like a Rolling Stone.' It will never, ever be equaled.'
Bogdan has spent 30 years at various radio stations around Youngstown. Currently, he works for Y-103 where he hosts a Sunday night show called Tangled Up in Blues — named after the Bob Dylan song 'Tangled Up in Blue.'Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
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