Carla Rotolo was an American artist, folk singer and folk music researcher.
18 Facts About Carla Rotolo
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Carla Rotolo worked as a set decorator for many off-Broadway plays and shows in New York.
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Carla Rotolo accompanied him on his excursions down South to record remote folk singers.
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Carla Rotolo helped with the 1960 release of 12 folk albums for the Prestige International Records label.
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Carla Rotolo was involved with the Greenwich Village folk scene, and was friends with Dave Van Ronk, dated the folk singer Paul Clayton and knew many of the most prominent people in the Village.
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Carla Rotolo appears in the Alan Lomax documentary Ballads, Blues and Blue Grass, which was released in 2012.
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Carla Rotolo later introduced her seventeen-year-old sister Suze to Dylan, which led to a three-year relationship.
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When interviewed by Howard Sounes for his 2001 Dylan biography, Down the Highway: The Life of Bob Dylan, Carla Rotolo stated: "I remember it being a terrible experience".
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Carla Rotolo told Sounes that when she heard the song, she had no doubt the "parasite" referred to herself.
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Carla Rotolo pushed him back and a physical fight almost ensued; according to Rotolo, friends had to be called and Dylan forcibly removed.
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Carla Rotolo was left with a very negative view of Dylan, considering him selfish, manipulative, and emotionally immature.
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In 1970, Carla Rotolo married Rolando Pena, a Venezuelan artist and actor.
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In 1986, Carla Rotolo was credited with compiling the recordings for a 134-track Bob Dylan bootleg collection called Zimmerman: Ten of Swords.
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Right after the Dylan bootleg release, Carla Rotolo moved to Sardinia, Italy, to look after her aged mother and step-father.
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Carla Rotolo made two extensive trips back to the States in 1998 and 2005, visiting friends and relatives.
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Carla Rotolo continued to be politically active while living abroad and took part in several conservationist rallies and other efforts to bring awareness to the plight of animals and the natural environment.
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Carla Rotolo staunchly supported the World Wildlife Fund and Doctors Without Borders, as well as many other causes.
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Carla Rotolo died from a bad fall in the kitchen of her condo in Santa Teresa di Gallura and was buried September 3,2014, at the Buoncammino Cemetery outside of town.