85-Year-Old Bob Dylan Never Named The Real “Girl From The North Country,” But Two Minnesota Women Have A Claim

85-Year-Old Bob Dylan Never Named The Real “Girl From The North Country,” But Two Minnesota Women Have A Claim

Bob Dylan was 21 when he walked into Columbia’s New York studio on April 24, 1963, and cut “Girl from the North Country,” a quiet song about a long-haired girl waiting somewhere cold and far away. It went out a month later on The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan, and six years later he sang it again in Nashville as a duet with Johnny Cash. Ever since, fans have asked the same question about the girl in those verses. The short answer is that Dylan never na…