Jul
12
2005
Dylan Stealin’ and Borrowin’
Posted by Paul in Alumni and other friends, General, Information Commons, literatureLewis Hyde and David Bollier of On the Commons ask the musical question: Where did Bob Dylan steal/borrow/appropriate/get an inspiration from for his songs and melodies and arrangements?
If you know your Dylan and know your folk music, see if you can tell them a thing or two.







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For someone with more pro bono research time: I suspect the question has come up often at http://mudcat.org, on Usenet’s rec.music.folk (or a Dylan subset), and http://www.folkradio.org’s folkDJ-l mailing list…
An earlier search produced this collection of more than 20 melodies Dylan used:
http://nwfolk.com/songlists/dylan.html