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Bob Dylan Robert Allen Zimmerman Born May 24, 1941 in Duluth, Minnesota Icon of 1960’s Folk rock/country singer-songwriter, artist, producer, writer • Not afraid to address social issues and civil rights • • Bob Dylan. Biography (2)

Early Influences • • Local Radio No-Name Jive Jim Dandy R&B, gospel, rockabilly, country & western, show tunes, jazz, you name it he was a “musical smorgasbord” Dylan: a biography- Bob Spitz (3)

Music Style • Early in career wrote many memorable songs and ballads of protest • wrote about general human conditions such as poverty and feelings of the future • Commonly used an unobtrusive repeating pattern called ostinato to allow focus on the song’s message (Candelaria and Kingman 4)

• 1969 Nashville Skyline Lay Lady Lay – Notice the deep tone rather than his nasal singing style of earlier works – Chord progression features a descending chromatic line – Lyrical themes are romantic

Knockin’ on Heavens Door Originally released on the soundtrack of 1973 Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid Song has been covered by just about everyone putting their own twist on the classic – Most famously by Gun’s and Roses • Notice – simple repeating pattern – Back up singers oo-ing and ah-ing – The lyrical theme of the uncertainty of life

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