“Four Strong Winds,” as well as another Ian and Sylvia classic, “Someday Soon,” were covered widely by artists like Johnny Cash, Bob Dylan, and Judy Collins; Neil Young included a ...

In this segment of the What's in a Song series, Ian Tyson tells of writing the classic folk song "Four Strong Winds" after hearing Bob Dylan sing at an East Village bar. Inspired by ...

Inspired by the winds of change Bob Dylan had kicked up, Ian Tyson let them carry his imagination back home to Canada. Specifically, he wrote on a topic he knew well, that of the Canadian migrant ...