WE AIN'T GOT NO HOME
Two of his songs (Ron Franklin writes all of his own material) basically quote Bob Dylan. The other is "We Ain't Got No Home", which has a title and some lyrics that are virtually the same as Woody Guthrie's "I Ain't Got No Home". In the very beginning, Dylan was described as being just one among a host of Guthrie wannabes, but "I Ain't Got No Home" is one of the very few Guthrie songs that Dylan recorded, even before he did much songwriting – I speak as someone owning dozens of Dylan bootleg albums as well as virtually all of his Columbia and Asylum releases.
(January 2012)
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I have written previously of another song on Dust Bowl Ballads, "I Ain't Got No Home". Although Bob Dylan idolized him, it is one of the very few Woody Guthrie songs that Dylan recorded. Also, "I Ain't Got No Home" virtually shares a title and many of the lyrics with one of the songs by past UARA Ron Franklin, "We Ain't Got No Home".
(March 2015)
