#AtoZ Dylan – “N” is for North Country Blues

~ Martha Reynolds

“All I can do is be me, whoever that is.” ~ Bob Dylan

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“North Country Blues” was released on Dylan’s album The Times They Are a-Changin’ in 1964. The song is about the demise of a mining town (no specific town, but it could be any of many).

Click HERE for a link to the song’s lyrics.

Joan Baez covered the song in 1968. Here is a version by English folksinger Martin Simpson:

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Published by Martha Reynolds

I am the bestselling author of nine novels, including the Swiss Chocolate trilogy and VILLA DEL SOL, which won the 2018 Book Award in Literary Fiction from the Independent Publishers of New England. My newest series includes the books A JINGLE VALLEY WEDDING, APRIL IN GALWAY, and ALL’S WELL IN JINGLE VALLEY. Find my books online at Amazon, locally at Stillwater Books (Pawtucket, Rhode Island) and Ink Fish Books (Warren, Rhode Island).

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