Maggie Blackmon

A. Brent Smith

C. Bobby Klog

D. Dylan Thomas

E. Dennis Westower

B. Robert Zimmerman

What was Bob Dylan’s given name?

Who did Bob Dylan play with at the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom?

A.Taylor Swift

B. Woody Guthrie

C. Suze Rotolo

D. Mary Hollard

E. Joan Baez

Which one of these genres of music did Bob Dylan NOT play?

A. Heavy Metal

B. Folk

C. Blues

D. Christian

E. Rock

Who was Bob Dylan greatly influenced by?

A.The Grateful Dead

B. The Talking Heads

D. The Ramones

E. Frank Sinatra

C. Little Richard

• Born May 24th,1941 in Duluth Minnesota• Named Robert Zimmerman• Moved to Hibbing, Minnesota• Listened to blues, country,

and early rock and roll• Formed many bands• Greatly influenced by Little Richard

• Referred to himself as “Bob Dylan”

• Became more interested in folk music

• “The songs are filled with more despair, more sadness, more triumph, more faith in the supernatural, much deeper feelings.”

• Dropped out of college

Traveled to New York City Played on other artists’ albums Signed with Columbia Released first album Legally changed his name New manager

• His voice and covers• Lyrically• Influence on other artists• Played many musical genres

• Went electric in 1965• The Hawks/The Band• Crowd response• Confusion over

response

• The Times They Are a-Changin’

• “I wanted to write a big song, with short concise verses that piled up on each other in a hypnotic way. The civil rights movement and the folk music movement were pretty close for a while and allied together at that time.”

• The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan

• Labeled as “protest” songs

• North Country Blues

•The story of a mining company's decision to outsource its operations.

• In Ballad of Hollis Brown

• A poor farmer shoots his starving family

• A Hard Rain’s a-Gonna Fall

– Nuclear apocalypse

• Talkin’ World War III Blues

– “talkin’ blues” style

– Nuclear annihilation

• March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom• “Spokesman of a generation”• Only a Pawn in Their Shop• Oxford Town• Blowin’ in the Wind

“A hero is someone who understands the responsibility that comes with his freedom.”

“A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and gets to bed at night, and in between he does what he wants to do.”

“All I can do is be me, whoever that is.”

“I say there're no depressed words just depressed minds.”

What was the name of Bob Dylan’s backing band?

A.The Zippers

B. The Jump

C. Renegade

E. The Hop

D. The Hawks

What was the name of Bob Dylan’s first album?

A.The Times They Are a-Changin’

C. From Everywhere

D. Slow Train Coming

E. Under the Red Sky

B. Bob Dylan