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The 1960s song George Harrison and Joan Baez agreed Bob Dylan could’ve retired after, and still been a legend

The 1960s song George Harrison and Joan Baez agreed Bob Dylan could’ve retired after, and still been a legend

The 1960s song George Harrison and Joan Baez agreed Bob Dylan could’ve retired after, and still been a legend
November 04
11:41 2026

The folk landscape was a pretty straightforward arena prior to the arrival of the brooding troubadour, Bob Dylan. Like many legends who all but shake up the entire course of history, his arrival seemed to come out of nowhere: a sly, almost inevitable presence that was difficult to decipher, for better or worse.As David Crosby later recalled, “So I hear about this guy Bob Dylan [who’s] gonna play at Gerde’s Folk City. And everybody was talking about him. I didn’t know why. I snuck in, got in close, and the first reaction I had was very egotistical: ‘Well, shit, I can sing better than that!’ And then I started listening to the words. And I nearly quit right then.”

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Martin A Nethercutt is a writer, singer, producer and loves music. Creative Director at McCartney Studios Editor-in-Chief at McCartney Times Creator-in-Chief at Geist Musik President (title) at McCartney Multimedia, Inc. Went to Albert-Schweitzer-Schule Kassel Lives in Playa del Rey From Kassel, Germany Married to Ruth McCartney

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