Have you ever sung with Bob Dylan?
Oh yeah! I met him originally in 1959 when he was Robert Zimmerman and met him again at Gerde’s Folk City when I was starting out. He was still singing old Woody Guthrie blues songs. We sang together at the big Woody Guthrie fundraiser in 1969 at Carnegie Hall. That was more formal and the other shows were more informal. Over the years he’s sang me songs, we’ve recorded songs, and I’ve learned songs of his. Read more at
I’ve sung lots of his songs, but my favourite is Bob Dylan’s Dream. [British folk singer] Martin Carthy had taught him the melody of a traditional song called Lady Franklin’s Lament, the story of the North West Passage, but Bob’s lyrics transform it into something personal and dreamlike that’s always haunted me. [Sings] “While riding on a train goin’ west / I fell asleep for to take my rest …” By then I was a raging Dylan fan. I once saw him at Madison Square Garden when I was very drunk and when a policeman tried to stop me getting backstage I actually slugged him, but not hard, with my purse. Read more at
Judy Collins Sings Bob Dylan