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How Bob Dylan’s Trip to London Inspired ‘Girl From the North Country’
Source: Rolling Stone · Published
In an exclusive excerpt from his new book Bob Dylan: Through the Open Window historian Sean Wilentz dives into the formative trip abroad that inspired the artist's most searing anti-war song and also his most haunting ballad
In an exclusive excerpt from his new book Bob Dylan: Through the Open Window historian Sean Wilentz dives into the formative trip abroad that inspired the artist's most searing anti-war song and also his most haunting ballad
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