The 1963 song that taught Neil Young what artists are for

The 1963 song that taught Neil Young what artists are for

In January 1961, a 19-year-old Bob Dylan moved to New York City hoping to make some sort of unknown impact.  Like so many others flooding into Greenwich Village, he had been inspired by the beat bible of Jack Kerouac’s On The Road. In fact, he says as much in his testimony now printed onto the inside sleeve of recent editions: “It changed my life like it changed everyone else’s.” But as no more than a boy, how could Dylan – a school drop-out wit…