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The man who discovered Bob Dylan on his Nobel Prize win

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The man who discovered Bob Dylan on his Nobel Prize win
Izzy Young organized Bob Dylan's first major concert. Photo: Janerik Henriksson/TT

Stockholm resident Izzy Young organized Bob Dylan's first proper concert back in 1961 at New York's Carnegie Chapter Hall.

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Just hours after Dylan's 2016 Nobel Prize in Literature win was revealed, The Local paid former New Yorker Young a visit at his Södermalm music shop to find out what he thinks about his old friend's new honour.

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