the life and times of bob dylan. “don’t know how it all got started….” born: robert...

The Life and Times of Bob DylanThe Life and Times of Bob Dylan

“Don’t know how it all got started….”


Born: Robert Zimmerman

May 24, 1941 Duluth, Minnesota Moves to Hibbing,

at age 6

Born: Robert Zimmerman

May 24, 1941 Duluth, Minnesota Moves to Hibbing,

at age 6 Video Clips:

Rock Around the Clock;Ozzie & Harriet;History of Rock, Vol 4.

TimelineTimeline

1945 1950 1955 1959

USSR negates Yalta and Potsdam agreements. Cold War begins.

SputnikKennan’s “Long Telegram”

Zimmerman family moves to Hibbing, MN

The Berlin Airlift

RZ turns 10 – starts playing piano

N. Korea attacks

McCarthy arises

U-2 Incident

Russian H bomb

RZ graduates – registers for college

“Talking New York City Blues…”

“Talking New York City Blues…”

Leaves for college In St. Paul

/Minneapolis 1959 Plays clubs in

Dinkytown Drops out Hitchhikes to NYC,

December, 1960

Leaves for college In St. Paul

/Minneapolis 1959 Plays clubs in

Dinkytown Drops out Hitchhikes to NYC,

December, 1960

Music in 1961Music in 1961

• Chain Gang

• Save the Last Dance for Me

• Stay

• Shop Around

• Chain Gang

• Save the Last Dance for Me

• Stay

• Shop Around

• Running BearRunning Bear

• Teen AngelTeen Angel

• Cathy’s ClownCathy’s Clown

• Ally OopAlly Oop

• Polkadot BikiniPolkadot Bikini



Meets Woody Guthrie

Plays coffeehouses

At the same time as Roger McGuinn, Dave Von Ronk, Tiny Tim….

Meets Woody Guthrie

Plays coffeehouses

At the same time as Roger McGuinn, Dave Von Ronk, Tiny Tim….

Woody Guthrie

A review gets him noticed. John Hammond signs Dylan for an album of folk songs –

A review gets him noticed. John Hammond signs Dylan for an album of folk songs –



Bob Dylan Bob Dylan

Sold all of 5000 copies originally

News topics - 1961News topics - 1961

• Bay of Pigs

• Freedom Riders attacked

• Berlin Wall Built

• First military troops sent to Viet Nam

• Bay of Pigs

• Freedom Riders attacked

• Berlin Wall Built

• First military troops sent to Viet Nam

• Peace Corps

• Birth Control

• Soviets Orbit Earth

• TV a “vast wasteland”

Music in 1962Music in 1962

• Breaking Up is Hard to Do

• Locomotion!

• Shelia

• Sherry

• Puff the Magic Dragon

• Breaking Up is Hard to Do

• Locomotion!

• Shelia

• Sherry

• Puff the Magic Dragon

• The Twist

• Duke of Earl

• Hey Baby!

• Johnny Angel

• I Can’t Stop Loving You

Times (They are a-changing!)Times (They are a-changing!)

1960 1961 1962 1963

Dec: Authorizes 16,000 for Saigon

U-2 shot down over Russia

Space Race begins

Kennedy defeats Nixon

April: Bay of Pigs ‘Invasion’

August: Confrontation in Berlin;the Wall

Dylan hits NYC

October 15: The Cuban Missile Crisis

“13 days in which the world held its breath.”

Pres. Kennedy Assassinated

Quoting Bob…Quoting Bob…

“The news was all bad. It made me nervous. I liked old news. 24 hours news would have been hell.”

---Chronicles, Vol. 1

“The news was all bad. It made me nervous. I liked old news. 24 hours news would have been hell.”

---Chronicles, Vol. 1

Voice of a generation, 1962 - 1969

Voice of a generation, 1962 - 1969

Bob Dylan 2/1962 The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan 5/1963 The Times They Are A-Changin‘ 1/1964 Another Side Of Bob Dylan 8/1964 Bringing It All Back Home 3/1965 Highway 61 Revisited 8/1965 Blonde On Blonde 5/1966

Bob Dylan 2/1962 The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan 5/1963 The Times They Are A-Changin‘ 1/1964 Another Side Of Bob Dylan 8/1964 Bringing It All Back Home 3/1965 Highway 61 Revisited 8/1965 Blonde On Blonde 5/1966

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The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan

The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan

Video:Blowin’ in the Wind

The Times They Are A Changin’

The Times They Are A Changin’

Another Side of Bob DylanAnother Side of Bob Dylan

Bringing It All Back HomeBringing It All Back Home

Video:Subterranean Homesick Blues

Highway 61 RevisitedHighway 61 Revisited

Blonde on Blonde

Blonde on Blonde

News Flash!News Flash!

Bob Dylan is “seriously injured” in a motorcycle accident, July 26, 1966

– another James Dean?

Bob Dylan is “seriously injured” in a motorcycle accident, July 26, 1966

– another James Dean?

No news at all…No news at all…

Recuperates in Woodstock, NY with new wife, kids, new friends – turns reclusive

But the new friends are Robbie Robertson and Levon Helm. The results?

Some of the most traded bootlegs ever….

Recuperates in Woodstock, NY with new wife, kids, new friends – turns reclusive

But the new friends are Robbie Robertson and Levon Helm. The results?

Some of the most traded bootlegs ever….

Rebirth 1968 - 1970Rebirth 1968 - 1970

Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits released, 3/1967

John Wesley Harding 1/1968Nashville Skyline 4/1969Self-Portrait 6/1970 New Morning 11/1970

Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits released, 3/1967

John Wesley Harding 1/1968Nashville Skyline 4/1969Self-Portrait 6/1970 New Morning 11/1970

Video: (w/ Johnny Cash)North Country Girl

“Advice from Bob…”“Advice from Bob…”

"stay in line. stay in line. people are afraid of someone who is not in step with them. it makes them look foolish t' themselves for being in step. it might even cross their mind that they themselves are in the wrong step.

Revenge will set in. they will start thinking about

how t' get rid of you." ---Advice for Geraldine on Her Miscellaneous

Birthday

"stay in line. stay in line. people are afraid of someone who is not in step with them. it makes them look foolish t' themselves for being in step. it might even cross their mind that they themselves are in the wrong step.

Revenge will set in. they will start thinking about

how t' get rid of you." ---Advice for Geraldine on Her Miscellaneous

Birthday

TimelineTimeline

1960: NYC

1962: 1st Album

1963: Attends first Civil Rights meeting; meets Baez in Monterey; and sweeps the world

1964: Meets the Beatles

1965: Breaks with folkies; marries Sara Lowndes

1966: Injury, rejuvenation

Missing in Action, 1970 - 1973

Missing in Action, 1970 - 1973

Dylan, 1973Pat Garrett and

Billy the Kid, 1973

Still, no major album from Dylan since New Morning, 4 years before….

Dylan, 1973Pat Garrett and

Billy the Kid, 1973

Still, no major album from Dylan since New Morning, 4 years before….

Spotted!Spotted!

“I’d like to introduce a friend to us all … Mr. Bob Dylan.”

The Concert for Bangladesh, 8/1/1971 (Movie released 1972)

“I’d like to introduce a friend to us all … Mr. Bob Dylan.”

The Concert for Bangladesh, 8/1/1971 (Movie released 1972)

Video Clips:(from the concert)

TimelineTimeline

1967: Begins ‘country’ era

1973: Films Pat Garret and Billy the Kid

1975: Blood on the Tracks, The Basement Tapes both open to acclaim. Rolling Thunder tour! (clip)

1976: Desire is released and remains number 1 on the charts for 35 weeks.

1977: Divorce granted.

TimelineTimeline

1980: Grammy for “Gotta Serve Somebody”

1981: Shot of Love final gospel album

1985: New album, plays Farm Aid with Petty, and Biograph scores

1986: Petty and the Heartbreakers backing band for new tour

TimelineTimeline

1988: The Traveling Wilburys: Volume One, the result of a collaboration of Dylan, George Harrison, Tom Petty, Jeff Lynne, and Roy Orbison is released.

Best Dylan work in years.

TimelineTimeline

1989: Oh Mercy is a great album. Undercut by the fact Dylan and the Dead is not.

Dylan begins relentless touring schedule.

1991: Columbia releases The Bootleg Series 1-3 to fan raves; also Lifetime Achievement award at the Grammys.

TimelineTimeline

1992: 30th Anniversary Concert knocks ‘em dead in Madison Square Garden

1993: Performs at Clinton Inaugural

1994: MTV Unplugged a big hit.

TimelineTimeline

1997: Nominated for, but does not win, Nobel Prize in Literature;

• hospitalized with a potentially serious heart infection;

• recovers, performs before the Pope in November, and accepts a Kennedy Center award

TimelineTimeline

1998: Time Out of Mind wins new generation of listeners for Dylan

1998: Again nominated for Nobel Prize in Literature, and again, does not get it.

1999: Again, no go on Nobel Prize

TimelineTimeline

2000: Golden Globe award, and Oscar, for “Times Have Changed” from the Wonder Boys movie. Performs via satellite from down under!

TimelineTimeline

2001: Love and Theft debuts… on September 11.

2000-2005: Bootleg Series continues. Live 1966, Live 1964, and Live 1975 have appeared since.

2005: No Direction Home, Chronicles, Vol. 1

2006: Modern Times huge hit. And the Never Ending Tour continues.

“No, no, no, it ain’t me, babe…”

“No, no, no, it ain’t me, babe…”

Folkie – 1961 -1965 Electric – 1965 - 1968 Country – 1969 - 1971 Torch singer / Rolling Thunder – 1972 -

1978 Senior Statesman – 1979 - 1989 Lost Soul / Side Man – 1990 - 1996 River Boat Gambler / Never Ending Tour

– 1997 - 2007

Folkie – 1961 -1965 Electric – 1965 - 1968 Country – 1969 - 1971 Torch singer / Rolling Thunder – 1972 -

1978 Senior Statesman – 1979 - 1989 Lost Soul / Side Man – 1990 - 1996 River Boat Gambler / Never Ending Tour

– 1997 - 2007

Dylan on Idols…Dylan on Idols…

Woody Guthrie was my last idolHe was the last idolBecause he was the first idolI'd ever metThat taught meFace t' faceThat men are menShattering even himselfAs an idolAn' that men have reasons for what they doAn' what they say

Woody Guthrie was my last idolHe was the last idolBecause he was the first idolI'd ever metThat taught meFace t' faceThat men are menShattering even himselfAs an idolAn' that men have reasons for what they doAn' what they say

Dylan on Idols…Dylan on Idols…

Woody never made me fearAnd he didn't trample any hopesFor he just carried the book of ManAn' gave it t' me t' read for awhileAn' from it I learned my greatest lessonYou ask "how does it feel to be an idol?”It'd be silly of me t' answer, wouldn't it . .? --- 11 Outlined Epitaphs

Woody never made me fearAnd he didn't trample any hopesFor he just carried the book of ManAn' gave it t' me t' read for awhileAn' from it I learned my greatest lessonYou ask "how does it feel to be an idol?”It'd be silly of me t' answer, wouldn't it . .? --- 11 Outlined Epitaphs

Dylan on the Sixties…Dylan on the Sixties…

The Sixties, it’s like the Civil War days. But, I mean, you’re talking to a person who owns the Sixties. Did I ever want to acquire them? No. But I own the Sixties – who’s going to argue with me?

I’ll give’em to you if you want’em. You can have’em”

--- Rolling Stone interview, 2006

The Sixties, it’s like the Civil War days. But, I mean, you’re talking to a person who owns the Sixties. Did I ever want to acquire them? No. But I own the Sixties – who’s going to argue with me?

I’ll give’em to you if you want’em. You can have’em”

--- Rolling Stone interview, 2006

Dylan turned 65 in 2006 He has published over 40 albums Created the boxed set market with the

release of Biograph in 1986 Has influenced countless musicians And has had hit records in 5 decades.

Dylan turned 65 in 2006 He has published over 40 albums Created the boxed set market with the

release of Biograph in 1986 Has influenced countless musicians And has had hit records in 5 decades.

“May your song always be sung…”


And, as of 2006:

5,000 different coverversions of songs by Bob Dylan.

And, as of 2006:

5,000 different coverversions of songs by Bob Dylan.





As someone once said,

“Time will tellwho has fell

And who’s been left behind…”

As someone once said,

“Time will tellwho has fell

And who’s been left behind…”



Questions: Hype or Real Thing:

Was Dylan important?

Questions: Hype or Real Thing:

Was Dylan important?



Questions:

And – is Dylan still important? Why?

Questions:

And – is Dylan still important? Why?

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