Songs of Social Consciousness: Blowin' in the Wind (Peter, Paul & Mary)

The folk music scene of the 1950s and early 1960s became a burgeoning conduit for social awareness and calls for change. Bob Dylan was one songwriter who tapped into that growing consciousness and the folk group, Peter, Paul & Mary helped to carry that awareness in concerts and on the airwaves.

From the YouTube notes:

"Blowin' in the Wind" is a song written by Bob Dylan in 1962 and released on his album The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan in 1963. Although it has been described as a protest song, it poses a series of rhetorical questions about peace, war and freedom. The refrain "The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind" has been described[by whom?] as "impenetrably ambiguous: either the answer is so obvious it is right in your face, or the answer is as intangible as the wind". In 1999, the song was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame. In 2004, it was ranked #14 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the "500 Greatest Songs of All Time".

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