Pioneering rock critic Paul Nelson from Minnesota USA died this week age 69, Rod was an admirer of Paul to whose first solo albums Nelson, his Mercury A&R rep, contributed knowledge of rare Bob Dylan songs.
Nelson knew the Dylan songs because he was a key character in the Dinkytown folk music scene of the late 1950s. He played his part in Bob’s conversion from Zimmerman and in pointing the young folksinger toward Woody Guthrie, Ramblin’ Jack Elliott, and the American Folk