Song to Woody
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| "Song To Woody" | ||
|---|---|---|
| Song by Bob Dylan | ||
| from the album Bob Dylan | ||
| Released | March 19, 1962 | |
| Recorded | 1962 | |
| Genre | Folk | |
| Length | 2:42 | |
| Label | Columbia/Capitol (US) | |
| Writer(s) | Bob Dylan | |
| Bob Dylan track listing | ||
| Freight Train Blues (11) |
"Song To Woody" (12) |
See That My Grave is Kept Clean (13) |
Song to Woody was written by Bob Dylan and appears in his first self-titled album. The song conveys Dylans' thanks to the folk singer he was greatly influenced by, Woody Guthrie.
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[edit] Origins
The songs lyrics are not adapted from poems like some of Dylans other songs such as A Hard Rain's a-Gonna Fall the lyrics are straight from Dylan, it is said to have been written in Mills Bar, Bleeker Street, New York City in mid February.
[edit] Influence
Dylan was greatly influenced in his early songwriting career by Woody Guthrie, but Dylan felt like he was beginning to distance himself from Guthrie, he therefore wrote the song as one final thanks. Dylan expresses his feelings that not many men have done what Woody Guthrie has done.
[edit] Other mentions
Woody Guthrie is not the only one in the song who Dylan thanks, he also specifically mentions Guthrie contemporaries "Cisco" Cisco Houston, and the delta-blues singer Leadbelly, as well as "all the good people who travelled with you (Woody Guthrie).
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