id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt en-wikipedia-org-5969 Bob Dylan - Wikipedia .html text/html 36241 4953 83 From February 1961, Dylan played at clubs around Greenwich Village, befriending and picking up material from folk singers there, including Dave Van Ronk, Fred Neil, Odetta, the New Lost City Ramblers and Irish musicians the Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem.[35] On April 11, Dylan commenced a two-week engagement at Gerde's Folk City, supporting John Lee Hooker.[36] In September, New York Times critic Robert Shelton boosted Dylan's career with a very enthusiastic review of his performance at Gerde's Folk City: "Bob Dylan: A Distinctive Folk-Song Stylist".[37] That month, Dylan played harmonica on folk singer Carolyn Hester's third album. ./cache/en-wikipedia-org-5969.html ./txt/en-wikipedia-org-5969.txt