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The Podium Guitar Shop — Dinkytown, Minneapolis

The guitar shop that lent Dylan a vintage Martin for Blood on the Tracks

425 14th Ave SE, Dinkytown
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

44.9805° N · -93.2312° W

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The Shop

The Podium was a guitar shop at 425 14th Avenue SE in Dinkytown where Dylan bought strings in 1959 during his time at the University of Minnesota. The shop's most significant contribution to Dylan's career came in 1974, when it lent him a vintage Martin guitar that he used for the Minneapolis sessions of Blood on the Tracks — widely considered one of the greatest albums ever made.

Visiting Today

The Podium no longer operates as a guitar shop. The building is in the Dinkytown neighbourhood near the University of Minnesota campus.

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