Yes, the Bob Dylan Museum Is in Oklahoma

A friend writes:

I just arrived in Colorado last night, drove out from Hollywood, and I’d give anything to have known about this museum opening on May 10 (The Bob Dylan Center, 116 E Reconciliation Way, Tulsa, OK 74103). It’s 10 hours farther, but I would have done it, had I known sooner.

The following conversation ensues:

Craig: It’s in effing Oklahoma?? Why?

Friend: Because it’s being added to the Woody Guthrie Museum. Bob idolized Woody and was one of the last people to visit Woody on his deathbed, to share how much he loved, admired, and was influenced by him. Woody was from OK.

Craig: That makes sense. I was just thinking what the average Sooner thinks about “It’s a Hard Rain’s a Gonna Fall” or any of the 100+ Dylan songs that are anti-war, anti-capitalist, and anti-racist.

Another friend: Sad too. No liberal Dylan-loving woman in her right mind would ever set foot in Oklahoma. Ever.

Friend: It may be that nobody else could benefit more from having a Woody and Bob museum than the people of Oklahoma.

Craig: That’s a very enlightened attitude, my friend.