Back in 1963, a TV special called "Folk Songs and More Folk Songs" aired, which featured a cross section of the "folk" artists who were at that time just beginning to receive wider media exposure. Aside from the squeaky-clean, white bread embarrassment of groups like
The Brothers Four, the show redeemed itself with performances by a very young Bob Dylan, who sang
The Ballad of Hollis Brown (with banjo and bass accompaniment) and
Man of Constant Sorrow. And here's two more very early Dylan TV appearances, from Canada, 1964:
A Hard Rain's a-Gonna Fall and
Girl From the North Country. Here's the same
Girl From the North Country performed years later, once again on broadcast TV, in duet with Johnny Cash, from the Johnny Cash Show.
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posted by flapjax at midnite
on Oct 4, 2008 -
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