39+ Woody Guthrie Bob Dylan Pictures. In september 1960, bob dylan borrowed a copy of woody guthrie's autobiography bound for glory from a college classmate and became obsessed. As recited by bob dylan, town hall, new york, ny, apr 12, 1963, released on the bootleg there's this book comin' out, an' they asked me to write something about woody.

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Charley and nora guthrie named their son after the democrat elected president that year. In september 1960, bob dylan borrowed a copy of woody guthrie's autobiography bound for glory from a college classmate and became obsessed. In fact, bob dylan continued the protest music tradition of woody guthrie, and produced such legendary songs as blowin' in the wind and the at this time, as is referred to in the song, woody guthrie was essentially in the process of dying.

Song to woody is a tribute to his idol, woody guthrie, whom he met shortly after arriving in the city.

I would speculate that the songs on the album happened to be the ones dylan was working on at the time. Woody guthrie was a huge influence on dylan; The only way of knowing why dylan didn't sing any full guthrie songs on his album is to ask dylan himself. Dylan's poem shows a great deal of emotional turmoil, and he ends it by making a comparison of woody with going to church.