The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #17318   Message #167973
Posted By: GUEST,flattop
25-Jan-00 - 07:43 AM
Thread Name: Origin: Blowin' in the Wind (Bob Dylan)
Subject: RE: Who wrote this famous Dylan song?
Searching the titles from Blessing Barbara's message, I didn't find the album but I found this interesting bit:

Woody Guthrie (Note 2) is reported to have said to Dylan (who visited the older singer often in hospital): "The words are the important thing. Don't worry about tunes. Take a tune - sing high when they sing low, sing fast when they sing slow, and you've got a new tune."

http://www.expectingrain.com/dok/div/influences.html