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Thread #21320   Message #226648
Posted By: Songster Bob
11-May-00 - 04:36 PM
Thread Name: Dylan's use of Trad music?
Subject: RE: Dylan's use of Trad music?
"Don't Think Twice" is actually not so close to "Stand By Your Man," as it is to a Paul Clayton song called (I think) "Who's Gonna Buy You Ribbons When I'm Gone?" I think Clayton rewrote an obscure country/folk song and Dylan swiped from him. Edd Trickett sings the Clayton song on his latest CD.

Others of many folk-song connections with Dylan (some duplicates from above may occur, I'm not going back to make sure):

Hard Rain's Gonna Fall = Jimmy Randall (Lord Randall) Girl of the North Country = Cambric Shirt Song To Woody = 1913 Massacre (Guthrie) Masters Of War = Nottamun Town (Jean Ritchie) To Ramona = Soldier's Last letter (40s country song?) It Ain't Me Babe = Stand By Your Man (?)(Aha!)

I went to a good discography site

(http://www.discographynet.com/dylan/dylan.html)

And looked at all the titles, but, not being interested in Dylan when most of his records were released, can't mentally hum very many of the tunes, so can't say if this is all, but I'd guess not by a long shot.

Bob Clayton