12/3/10: Greil Marcus and Christopher Ricks participate in an evening of discussion on Bob Dylan’s work. Professor Marcus spoke on Dylan’s cover of the traditional American folk song “Man of Constant Sorrow,” and Professor Ricks spoke on race in Dylan’s early recordings, including “No More Auction Block” and “The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carol.”
This event, on March 25, 2005, celebrated the abiding influence and relevance of Bob Dylan to music, culture, and politics. Bob Dylan is the most iconic popular musician of our time, with an influence that reaches far beyond music. He is a poet, a bard, a thinker, a cultural critic, and most recently a writer of amazing talent and deep honesty.
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