[size=85][size=85][/size][/size]When I was younger I had an unhealthy fascination with Bob DylAn's early music and only recently come to the understanding that most of his classics were either made up of stolen lyrics,stolen melodies or both.
[youtube][/youtube]Here is a list I found:
Song to woody:melody from Woody Guthries 1913 massacre
Blowing in the wind:melody from no more auction bloc
Girl from the north country:melody and some lyrics from Scarborough fair
A hard rains a gonna fall:melody and some lyrics from lord Randall
With god on our side:melody from the patriot game
Boots of Spanish leather:melody from Scarborough fair
Restless farewell:melody from the parting grass
Subterranean homesick blues:similar to chuck berry-too much monkey business
And the song:don't think twice,it's alright,Zimmerman does not even play the fingerstyle guitar on the album but uses a professional stand in because he could not play that
style.when he played it live he strummed it.
In recent years,Zimmerman has been accused of plagiarizing the work of JamesDamiano,and ofplagiarising Photography for art exhibitions.
And most of the other early songs he did were covers.