Bob Dylan The 60’s

Biography  Born Robert Allen Zimmerman on May 24 th, 1941  Raised in Minnesota  Took his stage name from poet Dylan Thomas

Biography  Attended University of Minnesota but dropped out after freshman year  Heavily influenced by Woody GuthrieWoody Guthrie  AKA Blind Boy Grunt Bob Landy Tedham Porterhouse

Early Career  Signed to Columbia Records by John Hammond  Bob Dylan – 1962 Talkin’ New York Song to Woody Sells only 5000 copies  Legally changes name in 1963  Hires Albert Grossman as his manager

Early Career  The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan – 1963 Blowin’ in the Wind A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall  Album also includes a mixture of love songs and jokey, talking blues Bob Dylan’s Blues  The range of material on the album impressed many listeners, including The Beatles. George Harrison said, "We just played it, just wore it out. The content of the song lyrics and just the attitude—it was incredibly original and wonderful."

Development  Established songwriter  Others who recorded and had hits with Dylan's songs in the early and mid-1960s included The Byrds; Sonny and Cher; The Hollies; Peter, Paul and Mary; The Association; Manfred Mann; and The Turtles  Joan Baez  CBS started to promote him with the tag "Nobody Sings Dylan Like Dylan." Sings Dylan

The voice of a movement  Politics and the Civil Rights Movement Ed Sullivan March on Washington  The Times They Are a-Changin’ – 1963 The Times They Are a-Changin’ “Only A Pawn In Their Game" addressing the murder of civil rights worker Medgar Evers "The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll" about the death of black hotel barmaid Hattie Carroll, at the hands of young white socialite William Zantzinger  feels used and manipulated by the folk and protest movements It Ain’t Me Babe  Appearance, style and demeanor change rapidly from the latter half of 1964 into 1965 I Don't Believe You (She Acts Like We Never Have Met)

Dylan goes electric  Bringin’ It All Back Home – April 1965  Subterranean Homesick Blues Subterranean Homesick Blues  Mr. Tambourine Man Mr. Tambourine Man  Newport Music Festival

Dylan goes electric  Highway 61 Revisted Like a Rolling Stone – July 1965 Like a Rolling Stone  Blonde on Blonde – 1966  On November 22, 1965, Dylan secretly married 25-year-old former model Sara Lownds.  1966 European Tour

Beyond the 60’s  Motorcycle accident – July 29 th, 1966  Goes Country All Along the Watchtower  Rejects Woodstock

Later Work  Forever Young – 1973 Forever Young  Hurricane – 1975 Hurricane  Born again  Hearts of Fire  Never Ending Tour