Farewell to the Creeks, Bob Dylan and P/M James Robertson, Banff

We have always been sceptical about the claim that P/M James Robertson’s 6/8 march Farewell to the Creeks was the source for the melody for Bob Dylan’s song ‘The Times They are a Changin’ as often quoted in the national press. In this investigation the writer debunks the claim further. P/M Robertson is pictured above in his Army days and shortly before his death in 1961. By Dr Stuart Eydmann…