In the eight-minute song, Dylan addresses the imprisonment of boxer Rubin “Hurricane” Carter, who was arrested for triple homicide in 1966. He asserts that racial profiling led to an unjust ...

Bob Dylan’s True Songs “Hurricane” Released in 1975, Bob Dylan’s “Hurricane” takes its premise from the true story of the false imprisonment of boxer Rubin “Hurricane” Carter ...

Dylan began writing the song after meeting with Carter in person. ‘Roll on John’ follows the life of Dylan’s friend In 2012, Dylan released a new version of a song he had performed in the ...

Carter was found guilty in 1966, and Dylan released the song in 1975. Carter was later freed from prison, and the trial was overturned, labeled “unfair”, in 1985. He had served 20 years in ...

Megan Thee Stallion’s defamation lawsuit against blogger Milagro Gramz sparks a free speech debate reminiscent of the controversy surrounding Bob Dylan’s “Hurricane” and Rubin Carter’s ...

A look at the best song from every Bob Dylan ... line of "Hurricane" — "Pistol shots ring out in the barroom night" — immediately sets the scene for the story of Rubin Carter, a Black ...

Dylan teamed up with New York play director and songwriter Jacques Levy to write most of the songs on 1975’s Desire. Dylan was inspired to write “Hurricane” after reading Rubin “Hurricane ...

The song is one of Dylan’s most linear narratives, journalistically telling the story of Rubin “Hurricane” Carter, a Black middleweight boxer who Dylan argues was framed by New Jersey police ...

Bob Dylan might not be the first name that comes to mind when you ... The song says the story of Rubin Carter still ... The one Dylan song Gen Z can’t seem to stop playing—over 510 ...

It’s great to hear his music, but 20 beautifully crafted Bob Dylan songs also feel slightly in the way in Conor McPherson’s dark, Depression-era play ‘Girl From the North Country.’ ...