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Auburn Annie · 04-26-2010, 07:15 PM

"did Bob ever say why he went from Zimmerman to Dylan?"

I am not a Dylanologist, so haven't a clue except to suggest that maybe it was a tip of the hat to poet Dylan Thomas? He had said, in essence, that it's a free country and you can call yourself whatever you please and he never felt like a Robert Zimmerman. I understand that - I never felt like an Anne Marie but that's what my folks hung on me. Too bad they didn't name me after my godmother, my aunt (Margaret) Ellen. SHE was named for one of the aunties (my maternal grandmother's aunts from Ireland), Aunt Maggie Riordan. Now that name I could learn to like.

04-26-2010, 07:15 PM	#20
Auburn Annie Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Upstate New York Posts: 3,101	Re: Joni lets loose on Bob Dylan "did Bob ever say why he went from Zimmerman to Dylan?" I am not a Dylanologist, so haven't a clue except to suggest that maybe it was a tip of the hat to poet Dylan Thomas? He had said, in essence, that it's a free country and you can call yourself whatever you please and he never felt like a Robert Zimmerman. I understand that - I never felt like an Anne Marie but that's what my folks hung on me. Too bad they didn't name me after my godmother, my aunt (Margaret) Ellen. SHE was named for one of the aunties (my maternal grandmother's aunts from Ireland), Aunt Maggie Riordan. Now that name I could learn to like.