Fact #88930
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Short story:
During his first visit to the UK, Bob Dylan goes to see Martin Carthy sing at the King And Queen pub in London, UK. Carthy invites him up to sing and Dylan performs three songs.
Full article:
Martin Carthy : I was singing at the King And Queen pub in Foley Street and, mid-song, there he was, standing in the doorway. I recognised the face I'd seen on the cover of Sing Out! Magazine. (Dylan had been on the cover of Sing Out! A few days earlier). After, I asked if he fancied singing. He looked a bit startled and said, 'Ask me later.' But he did three songs. Talking John Birch Society brought the house down. He was only 21, so to have that kind of wit was amazing. But he struck me as an ordinary bloke with an extraordinary talent, very down-to-earth and quiet and unimpressed by his own fame.
(Radio Times interview, October 13, 2007)
Martin Carthy : It was a Friday, I'm singing a song at the King And Queen and I look out into the audience and I see this Sing Out! cover sitting in front of me. I finished a couple of songs, walked over to him and said, "You're Bob Dylan".' We carried on with the evening for about twenty minutes and he just looked up at me from the audience and nodded, so I called him up.
He had fabulous presence and a great sense of comedy.
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(Radio Times interview, October 13, 2007)
Martin Carthy : It was a Friday, I'm singing a song at the King And Queen and I look out into the audience and I see this Sing Out! cover sitting in front of me. I finished a couple of songs, walked over to him and said, "You're Bob Dylan".' We carried on with the evening for about twenty minutes and he just looked up at me from the audience and nodded, so I called him up.
He had fabulous presence and a great sense of comedy.
(Source : unknown)