I dont know how many times i have watched the documentary film "No Direction Home" by Martin Scorsese which is on Dylan. The film focus on Dylan's youthful days. Dylan arrived in New York, and met many folk artists. Dave Van Ronk was one of the singers who already had a fame during thsoe days in Newyork, but he was not a folk artist, he was more into Blues and Jazz. Dylan learned his way of finger pluck guitar playing style from Dave (from dylan's book). the film briefly tells how dylan earned fame by writing and singing topical song. it also highlighted dylan as an opportunist. Dylan turned away from being a rebel after he got fame. the movie somehow showed that it was happening unconsciously to Dylan. He never considered himself to be a protest or topical song writer.
To me the most exciting part in the film is when Allen Ginsberg recite "America"
the film showed a short interview of Ginsberg in which he said Dylan is the follower of beat.
Dylan's song " A hard rain gonna fall" was a beat song to Allen's ear. Allen believed Beat has been passed off to a newer generation.
In the interview, Allen also talked about how he had been deported from CUBA for talking about Castro's treatment against Homosexual people. Interestingly i found out that before going to Cuba he was writing to Mayal Roy Choudhury, a Hungryalist poet who has been prosecuted for his publication of the poem "Stark Electric Jesus" in 1965 (his typewriter was seized by Calcutta Police).
With these three sources 1) No Direction home, 2)http://letterstomalay.blogspot.com/ (a collection of letter to Malay Roy Choudhury), 3) A blue Hand- Deborah Baker
i could trace where had allen been roaming and doing.
Recently I found out that Ginsberg even recorded an album with "The Clash"
Yet i haven't found the track. Still searching!!!
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