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"It had been sawed straight down the middle. My grandfather said, 'Good riddance, get it out of here'": Ben Harper's grandfather sold Woody Guthrie's wildly modded Martin on the cheap because he didn't know it belonged to the folk legend

Guthrie had tried to expand the acoustic to see what difference it made to the sound. Unfortunately, by the time Harper’s grandfather found out about the guitar s story, he had already sold it

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Charlie Parr, May 26

Currently touring in support of his March album Little Sun, a work that Americana Highways deemed " a masterful record with stunning production and musicianship of the highest quality," Charlie Parr headlines a May 26 record-release show at Maquoketa's Codfish Hollow Barn, the country and blues-rock singer/songwriter's most recent offering also leading PopMatters to rave that

From the Green Pastures of Harvard University: The Story Behind "Baby, Let Me Follow You Down" by Bob Dylan

As Dylan performed a two-week run at Gerde's Folk City in 1961 in New York's Greenwich Village, he began gathering songs to include on an album. Ultimately, only two songs would be penned by Dylan. The bulk of the album consisted of traditional, blues, and country tunes. When Hammond and Dylan entered Columbia's 7th Avenue Studio in November 1961, many songs were recorded in one take. Dylan resisted requests for second attempts, telling Hammond he couldn't see himself singing the same song twice. Let's take a look at the story behind one of those songs, "Baby, Let Me Follow You Down" by Bob Dylan.