Bob Dylan: Martin Carthy Part 2
Martin Carthy MBE is one of the most influential figures in British Folk and traditional music. He first emerged in the early 1960s at the Troubadour folk club in Earl's Court during the folk revival, and here he met the young Bob Dylan. In the summer of 1962, Dylan had been spotted by BBC director Phillip Saville in a Greenwich Village basement and invited over to appear in Evan Jones's play, Madhouse On Castle Street. While he was in London, Dylan stayed with Carthy, became a regular figure on the burgeoning folk club circuit, and under the pseudonym of Blind Boy Grunt, also recorded an LP. Dylan's eight week stay resulted in a burst of original songs (Don't Think Twice It's Alright, Bob Dylan's Dream) which were heavily influenced by his exposure to traditional English folk. In this interview Martin Carthy discusses his time with young American singer-songwriter, the English folk scene in the early sixties and Dylan's subsequent career.
About Martin Carthy
Martin Dominic Forbes Carthy MBE is an English singer and guitarist who has remained one of the most influential figures in English folk music, inspiring contemporaries such as Bob Dylan and Paul Simon, as well as later artists such as Richard Thompson, since he emerged as a young musician in the early days of the folk revival in the UK during the 1960s and 1970s.
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