4 Greenwich Village

Chapter 4 Greenwich Village Bob Dylan arrived in Greenwich Village in February 1961. Greenwich Village is a neighborhood in downtown Manhattan. It was the center of the folk music scene in the early 1960s. Bob was nearly broke and had no place to stay. Sometime between leaving Minnesota and arriving in "the Village," Bob had taken on a new way of dressing. He wore dark blue jeans, denim or plaid wool shirts, a sheepskin coat, and a black corduroy hat with a little brim. Bob Dillon from Dinkytown was gone. MacDougal Street was the Main Street of Greenwich Village. The most popular folksingers played in clubs on MacDougal, such as The Commons, Cafe Wha?, and Gerde's Folk City. The most famous folksingers were Dave Van Ronk, Ramblin' Jack Elliot, Pete Seeger, Danny Kalb, and the Weavers. They all played at these clubs.

1961年2月，鲍勃·迪伦来到格林威治村。 格林威治村是曼哈顿市中心的一个社区。 它是20世纪60年代早期民间音乐舞台的中心。 鲍勃几乎破产了，没有地方住。 在离开明尼苏达和到达“村庄”之间的某个时候，鲍勃采取了一种新的穿衣方式。 他穿着深蓝色牛仔裤，粗斜纹棉布或格纹羊毛衬衫，羊皮外套，戴着一顶黑色灯芯绒小帽。 丁基镇的鲍勃·狄龙走了。 麦克道格尔街是格林威治村的主街。 最受欢迎的民间歌手在麦克道格尔的俱乐部演出，如The Commons、Cafe Wha？以及格德的民俗城。 最著名的民谣歌手是戴夫·范·朗克、兰布林乐队的杰克·埃利奥特、皮特·西格、丹尼·卡尔布和织工乐队。 他们都在这些俱乐部演出。

The community of singers was small and

歌手团体很小，而且

welcomed newcomers. Everyone liked Bob, and people went out of their way to help him. He had a place to stay and free meals right from the start. Washington Square Park was like the town square of Greenwich Village. Folksingers met by the big fountain in the middle of the park to play together.

欢迎新人。每个人都喜欢鲍勃，人们都不遗余力地帮助他。 他从一开始就有地方住，有免费的饭吃。 华盛顿广场公园就像格林威治村的市镇广场。 民间歌手们聚集在公园中央的大喷泉旁一起演奏。

Dave Van Ronk was like the mayor of MacDougal Street. He was a gifted guitar player with a deep, rough voice that made songs come alive. He recognized Dylan's talent immediately. Bob spent a few weeks sleeping on Van Ronk's couch. The two became very close. Dave listened to all of Dylan's "life stories" and didn't believe most of them. Dave later told a writer, "We accepted him

戴夫·范·容克就像麦克道格尔街的市长。 他是个有天赋的吉他手，嗓音低沉粗哑，使歌曲变得生动。 他立刻发现了迪伦的才华。 鲍勃在范·容克的沙发上睡了几个星期。 两人变得非常亲密。 戴夫听了迪伦所有的“人生故事”，但大部分都不相信。 戴夫后来告诉一位作家：“我们接受了他

not because of the things he said he'd done but because we respected him as a performer. His pose didn't bother us. Whatever he said offstage, onstage he told the truth as he knew it." One of Van Ronk's signature songs was his arrangement of a folk song called "The House of the Rising Sun." Dylan copied Van Ronk's version of the song word for word and note for note. Later he put it on his first album, even though he knew Van

不是因为他说他做了什么，而是因为我们尊重他作为一个表演者。 他的姿势没有打扰我们。 不管他在台下说了什么，在台上他说的都是他所知道的真相。” 范容克的标志性歌曲之一是他改编的民歌《旭日之家》。 迪伦一字不差地抄袭了范·容克的版本。 后来他把这首歌放进了他的第一张专辑里，尽管他认识范

Ronk was planning to record this song himself. Van Ronk felt betrayed and stopped talking to Bob for two months. Bob never said he was sorry.

Ronk打算自己录制这首歌。 范容克觉得自己被出卖了，两个月没和鲍勃说话。 鲍勃从来没有说过对不起。