Mick Hartley

A while back I wrote about Leroy Carr and the Dylan connection. Now here's that classic 1930 song on YouTube:

Easy to see how the casual surrealism of the lyrics would inspire the young Zimmerman. The Tombstone Blues chorus, for instance:

Mama's in the factory
She ain't got no shoes
Daddy's in the alley
He's lookin' for food
I'm in the kitchen
With the tombstone blues.

Or Maggie's Farm…or On the Road Again….