Many musicians point to when they first heard a Bob Dylan song as an important moment in their development as songwriters. Dylan’s writing won him a Nobel Prize — his skill and influence are unquestionable. When Dylan was young, the artist that influenced him the most was Woody Guthrie. Dylan said that hearing Guthrie’s songs changed everything for him.
Bob Dylan | Brian Shuel/Redferns The musician’s friends helped him expand his musical tastes
Dylan briefly enrolled at the University of Minnesota after graduating from high school. His goal was to become a musician, even writing in his yearbook that he wanted to run off and join Little Richard, but he went to college to appease his parents. He joined a fraternity and sporadically attended class, but his true interests lay in the Minneapolis music scene.
He frequented the Ten O’Clock Scholar, where many of the city’s folk musicians gathered.
Bob Dylan | Brian Shuel/Redferns The musician’s friends helped him expand his musical tastes
Dylan briefly enrolled at the University of Minnesota after graduating from high school. His goal was to become a musician, even writing in his yearbook that he wanted to run off and join Little Richard, but he went to college to appease his parents. He joined a fraternity and sporadically attended class, but his true interests lay in the Minneapolis music scene.
He frequented the Ten O’Clock Scholar, where many of the city’s folk musicians gathered.
- 3/13/2023
- by Emma McKee
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
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