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Bob Dylan turns 70 this week (May 24th) and to mark the occasion we're looking into the story behind 70 of his greatest songs, starting with <b>'Subterranean Home Sick Blues'(1965)</b>. Dylan took part of the title from the Jack Kerouac novella <i>The Subterraneans</i>, whose characters were loosely based around Beat writers Burroughs and Ginsberg.

The stories behind 70 Bob Dylan songs

Bob Dylan turns 70 this week (May 24th) and to mark the occasion we're looking into the story behind 70 of his greatest songs, starting with 'Subterranean Home Sick Blues'(1965). Dylan took part of the title from the Jack Kerouac novella The Subterraneans, whose characters were loosely based around Beat writers Burroughs and Ginsberg.

  • Added: May 20, 2011

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