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.
But when asked in a 1984 interview to name the songwriters who truly impressed him, Dylan didn’t name the usual suspects.
While a large number of Dylan's timeless classics continue to captivate listeners, his most-streamed song is a 1973 hit that ...
David Bowie’s 1971 track Song for Bob Dylan, from Hunky Dory, offers a layered critique and sharp cultural commentary.
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The Grateful Dead’s Jerry Garcia on the classic Bob Dylan song that made him a convert
Jerry Garcia was a folkie in the early 1960s, but his preference was for traditional bluegrass, not the topical folk that was Dylan’s standard in his early years. Ironically, it was when Dylan went ...
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