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Thread #70786   Message #1210510
Posted By: GUEST
19-Jun-04 - 02:46 PM
Thread Name: Dr Bob Dylan - you better believe it
Subject: RE: Dr Bob Dylan - you better believe it
Yeah, Dylan made a lot of money with his songs.

But did you have any idea that he's supported, and continues to support, a lot of older blues and traititonal folk musicians, and that because of him they've had dignified old ages?

Did you know that after Moe Asch died, Folkways Records almost died with him, but Dylan provided much of the financiang for the Folkways collection to be transferred to the Smithsonian?

Did you know that when Sing Out, the same magazine that savaged Dylan when he began writing personal songs and when he went electric, was in big financial trouble, Dylan made donations that saved the magazine.

That stuff is just the tip of the iceberg and you don't know about almost any of it. That's because, unlike most celebs, Dylan keeps quiet about it.