The song directly references Dylan's own "Song To Woody," where Dylan paid tribute to his idol Woody Guthrie. Bowie cleverly created a musical inception – a song about a song about an influence.
Some of western Kentucky's top musicians came together Saturday night for a Bob Dylan tribute show benefiting the Paducah Cooperative Ministry.
But when asked in a 1984 interview to name the songwriters who truly impressed him, Dylan didn’t name the usual suspects.