Dylan Muse Graced Famed Album Cover

By STEPHEN MILLER
WSJ

Suze Rotolo appeared in one of folk music's most lasting images, the cover to "The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan," the 1963 album that made Mr. Dylan a star.

Ms. Rotolo, who died Friday at age 67 after a lengthy illness, was Mr. Dylan's girlfriend at the time, and by his account and hers had an important influence on his music.

Such Dylan songs as "Boots of Spanish Leather," "Tomorrow is a Long Time," and "Don't Think Twice, It's Alright" grew out of experiences they shared.

"How many nights I stayed up and wrote songs and showed them to her and asked, 'Is this right?"' Mr. Dylan told author David Hajdu in "Positively 4th Street" (2001).

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