1. BOB DYLAN THE MAN, THE MYSTERY, THE MYTH Painter, poet, protestor, priest, rock and roll prince

2. BIOGRAPHY • BORN – ROBERT ALLEN ZIMMERMAN • May 24, 1941 – in Duluth, Minnesota • Started several bands in High School • Attended University of Minn. • Early influences – Elvis, Jerry Lee Lewis, Little Richard, Pete Seeger, Woody Guthrie, Robert Johnson

3. Bob Dylan • Various incarnations of Bob Dylan • Early Rock – Imitated Little Richard on Piano in High School • Folk / Country / Blues– his breakout Genre • Protest songs – Social Commentary • 1965 – went electric to mixed and often hostile reviews • 1966 Went country with John Wesley Hardin, Nashville Skyline, Blood on the Tracks, Desire • 1979 Born again Christian – Slow train Coming, You Gotta Serve Somebody • 1980s Touring – 200 dates a year • 1988 the Traveling Wilburys – Tweeter and the monkey man • 1994 – Back to folk blues roots

4. Bob Dylan Happy couple Personal life • The Joan Baez years • 1962 to 1965 – remain friends forever • Great impact on Bob’s music and idealism • Wrote many songs for her that made her career • Married Sara Lowdes11,22, 1965. to 1977 • 4 children together and Bob adopted her daughter • His true lifelong love • Remain friends – rumor have them on off again • Married Carolyn Dennis 1986 – 92 – 1 daughter

5. Bob Dylan • The folk protest era • Blowing in the Wind # http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUX9IcSzHX0 • A Hard Rain is Gonna Fall # http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8O7heJ5ILvM • The Times they are a changin • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCWdCKPtnYE • Going electric – New Port Folk Festival - 1965 • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1TKUk9nXjk

6. Bob Dylan • The country years • Albums – • John Wesley Hardin • Nashville Skyline • Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid • Songs – • Knockin on Heaven’s Door • Don’t think twice, its alright (duet with Johnny Cash) • Lay Lady Lay

7. Bob Dylan • The Christian phase • Albums: Slow train Coming , Saved, Infidels, Shot of Love • Songs: • Gotta Serve Somebody • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zavbgO1s8io • Slow train coming • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z60CeWfWt9Q

8. Bob Dylan awards • Many Grammys • Rock and Roll hall of Fame/Songwriters Hall of Fame • Kennedy Center Honors (first rock musician to receive it) • Academy award in 2000 for “Things Have Changed” from the soundtrack to the movie “Wonder Boys” • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9EKqQWPjyo • Pulitzer Prize • Presidential Medal of Freedom Award

9. Bob Dylan (with Joan Baez 1964)

10. references • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Dylanhttp://www.bobdylan.com/us • Networks, A & E . "Bob Dylan biography." Bio.com. n. page. Web. 29 Jul. 2013. <http://www.biography.com/print/profile/bob-dylan-9283052>. • Spitz, Bob. Dylan a Biography. New York: McGraw Hill Publishing Company, 1989. Print.