Book contents
- The World of Bob Dylan
- The World of Bob Dylan
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: Time to Say Goodbye Again
- Part I Creative Life
- Part II Musical Contexts
- Chapter 5 Folk Music
- Chapter 6 The Blues: “Kill Everybody Ever Done Me Wrong”
- Chapter 7 Gospel Music
- Chapter 8 Country Music: Dylan, Cash, and the Projection of Authenticity
- Chapter 9 Rock Music
- Chapter 10 Roots Music: Born in a Basement
- Chapter 11 The Great American Songbook
- Part III Cultural Contexts
- Part IV Political Contexts
- Part V Reception and Legacy
- Further Reading
- Index
Chapter 5 - Folk Music
from Part II - Musical Contexts
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 21 April 2021
- The World of Bob Dylan
- The World of Bob Dylan
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: Time to Say Goodbye Again
- Part I Creative Life
- Part II Musical Contexts
- Chapter 5 Folk Music
- Chapter 6 The Blues: “Kill Everybody Ever Done Me Wrong”
- Chapter 7 Gospel Music
- Chapter 8 Country Music: Dylan, Cash, and the Projection of Authenticity
- Chapter 9 Rock Music
- Chapter 10 Roots Music: Born in a Basement
- Chapter 11 The Great American Songbook
- Part III Cultural Contexts
- Part IV Political Contexts
- Part V Reception and Legacy
- Further Reading
- Index
Summary
Bob Dylan grew up in Hibbing, Minnesota, during the 1950s, where the opportunity to hear folk music was something of a rarity. Indeed, the young Robert Zimmerman was hooked on R&B (black) and rock ’n’ roll (white). This was the soundtrack for teens at that time, and he even played the piano, as well as the acoustic and electric guitar, in local bands. It was not until Dylan moved to Minneapolis in 1959, he long contended, that he discovered folk music, particularly its early roots in recorded blues and country music, and especially Woody Guthrie, who would become his role model.
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- The World of Bob Dylan , pp. 61 - 71Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021
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