by other Village folk singers including Dave Van Ronk, who included his own version of it on his 1963 LP, "Dave Von Ronk, Folksinger." Eric Von Schmidt also recorded the song, on his first LP, also from 1963, "The Folk Blues Of Eric Von Schmidt," a copy of which may be seen among the assorted bric-a-brac on the sleeve of Bob Dylan's 1965 album, "Bringing It All Back Home"." On the folk scene of the 1960s, this was ALWAYS Dave Van Ronk's song ----- and his alone. It was from Dave that we all learned it. Dylan was no part of that that I could attest to. I've talked to Dave Van Ronk about "He was a Friend of Mine." Dave said that "Shorty George" was the source and that he, Von Schmidt and Dylan, who were all friends with each other, all contributed to the adaptation. They didn't sit down together to come up with the arrangement, it just evolved as they passed it around over a period of time. C. Ham wrote: I've talked to Dave Van Ronk about "He was a Friend of Mine." Dave said that "Shorty George" was the source and that he, Von Schmidt and Dylan, who were all friends with each other, all contributed to the adaptation. They didn't sit down together to come up with the arrangement, it just evolved as they passed it around over a period of time. Julieann writes: Has Dylan ever said anything about it? I mean the