Mitch Blank is well regarded as one of the pre-eminent archivists of Bob Dylan's music across the world. Mitch has over 180,000 recordings in his possession - many of which are Dylan's, but not all. Mitch is sought after for his breadth of knowledge about Dylan and his unmatched collection of the master's music. Interestingly, with tens of thousands of Dylan's live and bootleg recordings, Mitch still says he'd take Dylan's studio albums to the proverbial "island" rather than his trove of live recordings. Also interesting, while he saw Bob play around 30 times, he saw the Grateful Dead play almost 400 times in his life. He also attended Woodstock at the perfect age of 19. Interesting guy. Enjoy the interview.
