Playlist
Songs That Have Inspired Bob Dylan from Smithsonian Folkways
Bob Dylan, also known as Blind Boy Grunt, is one of the most important American musicians of our time, having written hundreds of powerful songs and progressed through a number of performance styles. As his 2004 autobiography Chronicles, Volume One reveals, Folkways has figured prominently in his story. Folkways released albums from many of the artists who had a profound impact on Dylan’s early career as a singer and songwriter - Dave Van Ronk, Peggy Seeger, Brownie McGhee and Sonny Terry, The New Lost City Ramblers, Reverend Gary Davis, and - most of all - Woody Guthrie. The Smithsonian Folkways collection offers many of the Folkways artists and recordings Dylan cites in his book as an inspiration.
Playlist Info
Folkways Suggests
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Modern TimesThe New Lost City Ramblers
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Zhitkov's How I Hunted the Little FellowsPete Seeger
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Ballads, Blues, and a SpiritualDave Van Ronk
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American Favorite Ballads, Vol. 4Pete Seeger
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From the ArchivesRemembering Jean Ritchie -
From the ArchivesTax Day from Smithsonian Folkways -
From the ArchivesSounds of the Cold War from Smithsonian Folkways -
From the ArchivesThe Roots of Rhythm & Blues -
From the ArchivesA Tribute To Pete Seeger
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From the ArchivesWoodrow Wilson “Woody” Guthrie -
From the ArchivesThe Country Blues: Rural soul music of the Southern USA -
From the ArchivesSongs to Make Winter Bright: Traditions of Singing at Christmas and -
From the ArchivesTransparency as authenticity? Ronald Clyne and his cover art for ... -
From the ArchivesSuni Paz: Argentinian singer and songwriter