The Roots of Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan, along with The Beatles and The Rolling Stones, completely revolutionised music in the 1960’s ushering in a new era of artistic expression that has paved the way for everything that has followed in Pop and Rock music. Dylan not only represented the future of music in the Sixties but was also a standard bearer for all of the great American musical genres that had preceded his arrival on the scene. Throughout his career Dylan has taken various elements of Folk, Country, Blues, Rock ‘n’ Roll, Bluegrass, Western Swing, Rockabilly, Pop and just about anything else he has heard and forged them together into his own unique style.
On this release we track down the artists and songs that were to play such an important part in Dylan’s career. There’s Folk influences in the shape of Woody Guthrie and Leadbelly, Country legends such as Hank Williams and Roy Acuff, Old-Timey pioneers including Charlie Poole and Clarence Ashley, Blues giants like Charley Patton and Blind Lemon Jefferson, Rock ‘n’ Rollers Elvis Presley and Little Richard and Bluegrass luminaries such as Bill Monroe and the Stanley Brothers.
Also included is a feature length DVD, ‘Talkin’ Dylan’ that includes interviews with some of the world’s most renowned Dylanologists discussing not only the roots of Dylan but the world of Bob in general.
Tracklisting:
CD 1:
1. Poole, Charlie - Don't let your deal go down (2:51)
2. Hutchison, Frank - Worried blues (3:21)
3. Smith, Bessie - Blackwater blues (3:13)
4. Thomas, Henry - Honey won't you allow me one more chance (2:50)
5. Johnson, Blind Willie - Jesus make up my dying bed (3:12)
6. Jordan, Luke - Cocaine blues (3:24)
7. Grayson & Whitter - Omie wise (3:10)
8. Harrell, Kelly - My name is John Johannah (3:14)
9. Brown, Richard - James Alley blues (3:07)
10. Jefferson, Blind Lemon - See that my grave is kept clean (2:52)
11. Blind Blake - You gonna quit me baby (2:45)
12. Cannon, Gus - Minglewood blues (3:44)
13. Kazee, Buell - The butcher's boy (3:10)
14. Memphis Jug Band - Stealin' stealin' (2:56)
15. Carter, Bo - Corrine, Corrina (3:18)
16. Mississipi John Hurt – Frankie (3:23)
17. Bently Boys, The - Down on ponny's farm (2:49)
18. Memphis Minnie - When the levee breaks (3:10)
19. Patton, Charley - Pony blues (2:58)
20. Justice, Dick - Henry Lee (3:24)

CD 2:
1. Ashley, Clarence - The house carpenter (3:15)
2. Rodgers, Jimmie - My blue eyed Jane (2:47)
3. Mississipi Sheiks - Sitting on top of the world (3:03)
4. Estes, Sleepy John - Someday baby blues (3:00)
5. Carr, Leroy - When the sun goes down (2:57)
6. Prairie Ramblers - Deep elem blues (3:19)
7. Carter Family - The wayworn traveller (3:02)
8. Blind Boy Fuller - Mama let me lay it on you (2:56)
9. Johnson, Robert - Come on in my kitchen (2:44)
10. Acuff, Roy - Freight train blues (2:36)
11. McTell, Blind Willie – Delia (2:32)
12. McClennan, Tommy - New highway no. 51 (2:49)
13. Bukka White - Fixin' to die (2:47)
14. Tampa Red - It hurts me too (2:30)
15. Guthrie, Woody - Ranger's command (2:50)
16. Guthrie, Woody - Gypsy davy (2:50)
17. Ink Spots, The - To each his own (3:12)
18. Monroe, Bill - Blue moon of Kentucky (3:01)
19. Leadbelly - Black girl (2:08)
20. Travis, Merle - Dark as a dungeon (2:45)

CD 3:
1. Johnson, Lonnie - Tomorrow night (3:04)
2. Lightnin' Hopkins - Aotomobile blues (2:46)
3. Williams, Hank - Lost highway (2:41)
4. Laine, Frankie - That lucky old sun (2:58)
5. Delmore Brothers - Blues stay away from me (2:50)
6. Waters, Muddy - Rollin' & tumblin' (2:49)
7. Stanley Brothers - Man of constant sorrow (2:57)
8. Sonny Boy Williamson - Nine below zero (3:27)
9. Davis Sisters - I forgot more than you'll never know (3:00)
10. Presley, Elvis - That's alright mama (1:56)
11. Cash, Johnny - Folsom prison blues (2:45)
12. Little Richard - Tutti frutti (2:22)
13. Louvin Brothers - Mary of the wild moor (3:12)
14. Odetta - Jack O' diamonds (3:14)
15. Cash, Johnny - I walk the line (2:43)
16. Chuck Berry - Too much monkey business (2:54)
17. Vincent, Gene - Baby blue (2:29)
18. Everly Brothers - All I have to do is dream (2:19)
19. Nelson, Ricky - Lonesome town (2:15)
20. Danny / Juniors, The - Rock'n'roll is here to stay (2:26)

DVD:
Features interviews with Joe Boyd, Michael Gray, Sid Griffin and Mike Marqusee
1. Dylan, Bob – Talkin'
Released 2009.