I don't see how he could not have since he was part of the contingent that knew one another and formed a specific songwriting ethos. Dylan saw the "writing on the wall" and wrote songs that would appeal to the restless children of Vietnam. Broadside was an important development in the topical music emanating from the folk revival. Dylan, however, decided that his road was a different one from his former colleagues and disavowed any interest in contemporary topical issues, unlike Tom Paxton, who over the years has been consistently reminding us of these issues by skilled songwriting. Tom Paxton, Tom Lehrer and now Tim Minchen who is presenting a different tack on topical songwriting.
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