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"Blowin' in the Wind" is a song written by Bob Dylan in 1962. It was released as a single and included on his album The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan in 1963. It has been described as a protest song and poses a series of rhetorical questions about peace, war, and freedom. The refrain "The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind" has been described ...
"Bob Dylan's Blues" was recorded on July 9, 1962, during the third Freewheelin' session. Dylan recorded several new compositions that day, including " Blowin' in the Wind ", a song he had already performed live but had yet to record in the studio.
On April 16, 1962, Dylan showed up at Gerde's at a hootenanny Turner was hosting. He wrote a new song called "Blowin' in the Wind" and wanted Turner to hear it. After listening to Dylan play the song in the club's basement, Turner had Dylan show him the chords.
Dylan's manager Albert Grossman also managed Peter, Paul and Mary and started offering Dylan's songs to other artists to record. [6] "Don't Think Twice, It's Alright" was one of three Dylan songs Peter, Paul and Mary picked up that way for their third album In the Wind, "Blowin' in the Wind" and "Quit Your Lowdown Ways" being the others. [6]
They also note that the song bears a resemblance to Dylan's earlier "Blowin' in the Wind": "In both songs, Dylan uses the metaphor of a man who has eyes but does not see. What differs is the answer. In 'Blowin' in the Wind', there is no answer; in 'When He Returns', the answer lies in trust in Christ". [1]
The Times They Are a-Changin ' is the third studio album by the American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan.It was released on February 10, 1964, through Columbia Records. [1] [2] Whereas his previous albums, Bob Dylan (1962) and The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan (1963), combined original material and cover songs, this was the first to feature only original compositions.
The Pope treated the audience of 200,000 to a homily based on Dylan's "Blowin' in the Wind". [249] In September, Dylan released the new Lanois-produced album, Time Out of Mind. With its bitter assessments of love and morbid ruminations, Dylan's first collection of original songs in seven years was highly acclaimed.
In their book Bob Dylan All the Songs: The Story Behind Every Track, authors Philippe Margotin and Jean-Michel Guesdon speculate that the lyrics may be a holdover from Dylan's previous album of original material, 2009's Together Through Life, where Dylan co-wrote all but one of the songs with Robert Hunter (whereas "Duquesne Whistle" is the ...