Bob Dylan sells out again
I’m not one of those who think Bob Dylan sold out when he went electric at the Manchester Free Trade Hall in 1966, but the news that he has sold the rights to his music to Universal is no surprise (Report, 7 December). The early Dylan, influenced by the Trotskyist Dave Van Ronk, would have written a song about it, but as he noted, the times they are a changin’.
Keith Flett
Tottenham, London
Guardian story
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/dec/07/bob-dylan-sells-publishing-universal-music
Guardian letters
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/dec/08/times-are-a-changin-for-bob-dylan-fans
Obituary of Dave Van Ronk
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2002/feb/13/guardianobituaries
Some of Bob Dylan’s ‘sell-outs’
http://www.citypages.com/music/bob-dylan-selling-out-his-8-best-product-endorsements/481354261
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