Yeah, I was well aware that Dylan used the basic structure of that trad song to do "Ballad in Plain D", and with good results as usual. His updating of traditional ballads into contemporary themes usually worked extremely well, and it's something I've learned to do myself from time to time, but I probably wouldn't have thought of if Bob hadn't given me the idea in the first place.

As for Suze Rotolo, I've thought of her frequently throughout every year of my life ever since the late 60s. The mere fact that she's on the cover of "The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan" and that she went out with Bob for about 3 years in those extraordinary early years of his career have been enough to ensure that I would remember her well.

On the one hand, there are millions of extremely valuable people out there that no one will ever hear of....and that's okay....but there are also those few who will be remembered because of some common cultural connection that brought them to people's attention...and that's okay too. Suze was one of the latter. Either way, it has no real bearing on the value of the person one way or the other. It just IS the way it is, and that's all there is to it.

I accept chaos. ;-D And my feeling is that it accepts me. (and you too)