Re: Dylan on bluegrass in the New York Times
Originally Posted by
mingusb1
I doubt that. I think he listens to everything. And both Dylan and bluegrass musicians like Monroe and Doc were getting a lot more energy during the folk revival. I bet he saw considerable bluegrass live, maybe even played on some bills with bluegrassers.
Z
He certainly did. Neil Rosenberg told me that Bob Dylan opened for Neil's bluegrass band at a festival in Ann Arbor many years ago. Bob Dylan had a hard time getting into the festival, because there was confusion over the names Dylan and Zimmerman. One was on the performers' list and Bob was using the other. Obviously, this was before Dylan was famous. Peter Narvaez, another of my musical professors in the Folklore Department at Memorial University of Newfoundland, had Simon and Garfunkel open for his band, again, before they were famous.
Robert Johnson's mother, describing blues musicians:
"I never did have no trouble with him until he got big enough to be round with bigger boys and off from home. Then he used to follow all these harp blowers, mandoleen (sic) and guitar players."
Lomax, Alan, The Land where The Blues Began, NY: Pantheon, 1993, p.14.
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