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Thread #21320   Message #227070
Posted By: GUEST,Steve Latimer
12-May-00 - 10:45 AM
Thread Name: Dylan's use of Trad music?
Subject: RE: Dylan's use of Trad music?
I have seen many Dylan songs listed as either Bob Dylan/Tradtional or Bob Dylan and the original author if he changed lyrics.

What about blues? I mean how many variations are there on 12 Bar? Very few, should they all be listed as Taj Mahal or Johnny Winter or Stevie Ray Vaughan etc./traditional? I don't think so.

Borrowing traditional melodies is part of the folk process.