WRIT 109 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Poultice, Garth Hudson, Wallace Stevens
16 Jan 2018
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Some songs taken from a memoir of a japanese gangster as well as an essay. Quit for awhile b/c he couldn"t take the abuse on stage. Got a lot of grief for going electric from audience. Focus on transition between 1963 and 1966. Robert zimmerman (birth name) was born may 24, 1941 in duluth minnesota (currently. Told ppl he was an orphan when he became bob dylan told a lot of lies about his past life. Also known as the sponge absorbed things quickly. Changed named at the university of minnesota, then headed to new york city to see. Influence of woody guthrie ( this land is your land, this land is my land ) Bob dylan would play songs at his bedside. Taught dylan his version of house of the rising son dylan recorded it first and stole his arrangement. The times : transitional period between 1950s and what became known as the 60s.
