Special Editors' Column

Acknowledgements

The success of the Caen Colloquium in its undertaking of a three-day cross-disciplinary study of Bob Dylan's Performance Artistry would not have been possible without the generous support of the following:

Université de Caen—Basse Normandie, Maison des Etats-Unis (U. Caen), Maison de la Recherche en Sciences Humaines (U. Caen), United States Consulat in France, Equipe de Recherche Littératures et Sociétés Anglophones (U. Caen), Center for the Study of Oral Traditions (U. Missouri-Columbia), Cinéma Lux, La Maison de l'Etudiant de Caen, Collège Lycée Expérimental d'Hérouville and the City of Caen.

The following people provided special services and insights for stimulating enhanced exchange and research in the colloquium study of Bob Dylan and of songs more generally:

John Foley, Betsy Bowden, Rob Bowman, Jeremy Price, Philippe Fleury, Christian Deleuze, Stephanie Gouttry, Yannick Hamon, Gary Clements, Claudine Groult, Martine Baransky, Valerie Burling, Alice Mills, Lorie Anne Duech, Marie-Noëlle Provost-Vallet, Eric Jarno, Aurélie Le Cordier, Frédérick Dufour, Sophie Hulin, Thomas Gros, Robert Borne, Diego Larguia, Zhou Hong and Dominique Voquer.

Specials thanks are due to the musicians that inspired and motivated the deeper currents of thought leading to the studies presented in this publication:

Bob Dylan, Steve Young, Charlie McCoy, Jubal Young, Ben Jimi Montgomery, Vip Vipperman, Mike Daley, Louis-Marie Feuillet, Donovan Ananda Butez, Cheyenne Ananda Butez, Aureliano Naviliat, Lia Naviliat, Didier Raquillet and Thomas Baratte.