Chris dives deeply into three crucial Bob Dylan eary protest songs: Oxford Town, Only a Pawn in Their Game and The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll, which confront issues of racism in the US during the Civil Rights era
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VIDEO PODCAST: Bob Dylan’s Songs of Social Protest Part One
BOB DYLAN’S SONGS OF SOCIAL PROTEST Part One EXTRACTS FULL TEXT HERE Bob Dylan arrived in the bohemian oasis of Greenwich Village at the age of nineteen in 1961, determined to make his name as a folk performer. He had already absorbed the influence of a whole range of American ‘roots’ music – including the...