London, Rome, Perugia December 1962 - January 1963
Blowing in the Mind 1967 | Brett Whiteley | Don't Look Back 1967 | London 1962 | Masters of War Bob Dylan, Singers' Club, London, 22 December 1962. Ewan MacColl can be seen at right of picture, and Natasha Morgan is sitting next to Anthea Joseph at the lower left. A.L. 'Bert' Lloyd is the bald-headed figure sitting above and behind Dylan. The guitar he is using belonged to Barry Beattie, a regular accompanist at the Singers' Club. Additional information: Martin Carthy. Photograph: Brian Shuel. Unlikely as it may seem, the British and American folk revivals of the 1950s and early 1960s were intimately connected. Songs were shared, artists such as Woody Guthrie (1912-1967) were honoured on both sides of the Atlantic, and songwriters, singers and musicologists travelled between North America and Europe to share and learn from one another. The historic British and European origins of white America, and ongoing immigration through the 18th, 19th and 20th centur...