'Mc' BOB

Dylan's debt to Scottish music

Karin Goodwin

"HIS heartfelt anthems evoke the windswept prairies of the American Midwest and the cotton fields of the deep south.

However, Bob Dylan’s debt to the hills and glens of the Scottish Highlands has been revealed in the first encyclopedia of the celebrated singer.

In his new book, Michael Gray, one of Dylan’s leading biographers, claims that Scottish folk music and poetry have had a significant influence on the singer-songwriter.

Dylan, 65, admitted recently that his most famous protest anthem, The Times They Are A-Changin’, was inspired by a Scottish folk tune."

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[Resource http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2090-2281957,00.html]

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