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With this album Dylan emerged from the cloak of Woody
Guthrie and proclaimed his own unique talent. No longer
detached--the set was originally entitled BOB DYLAN'S
BLUES--he personalized his songs, famously rejecting four
from the final draft in favor of others reflecting his
newer muse. Protest songs were given a wider
resonance--the text of "Masters Of War" remains
as relevant some 30 years on--while his love songs are
haunting, but universal, statements. Dylan injected black
humor into the talking blues and railed against injustice
in all forms with a perception encompassing the anger of a
generation. FREEWHEELIN' is a landmark in the development
of folk and pop music.
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