Bob Dylan: Lay Lady Lay (1969)

Bob Dylan turned to Nashville for influence. The classic has been covered by groups ranging from Ministry to The Byrds and Duran Duran.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WrZnnvEyTUs

1964 in Music

British invasion began in earnest. Beatlemania exploded in America. They arrived at Kennedy Airport to screaming throngs and then appeared on Ed Sullivan three times in February. Meanwhile, Elvis transitioned to motion pictures and enters into a musical wilderness. Meanwhile, the Rolling Stones released their debut album. Pete Townshend accidentally broke his first guitar and created a sensation. The Kinks made their American debut. On the American side, Bob Dylan releases his anthem "The Times They Are-A Changing", Simon and Garfunkel record for Columbia, The Supremes score five straight number ones, and Sam Cooke is murdered.

#1 song:
I Wanna Hold Your Hand by The Beatles.

Important recordings:
All Day and All of the Night by The Kinks
Can't Buy Me Love by The Beatles
Dancing in the Streets by Martha and the Vandellas
Goldfinger by Shirley Bassey
Hello, Dolly! by Louis Armstrong
I Get Around by The Beach Boys
The Way You Do The Things You Do by The Temptations
Twist and Shout by The Beatles
A World Without Love by Peter and Gordon
You Really Got Me by The Kinks
She Loves You by The Beatles
A Hard Day's Night by The Beatles

Other notable hits:
As Tears Go By by Marianne Faithfull
Come See About Me by The Supremes
Do Wah Diddy Diddy by Manfred Mann
Gloria by Them
I'm Into Something Good by Herman's Hermits
Little Red Rooster by The Rolling Stones
My Guy by Mary Wells
Rag Doll by The Four Seasons
She's Not There by The Zombies
Tobacco Road by The Nashville Teens
Glad All Over by The Dave Clark Five

1963 in Music

The Beatles begin their domination of the U.K. In response, The Daily Mirror coined the term "Beatlemania." They would launch the British Invasion in 1964. In the states, Bob Dylan releases The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan. The Kingsmen's "Louie Louie" is deemed indecent because no one can understand it. The Beach Boys had a big year with several notable recordings. On a sad note, Patsy Cline perished in a plane crash.

The #1 song of 1963:
Sugar Shack by Jimmy Gilmer and The Fireballs.

Important tracks:
Louie Louie by The Kingsmen
Be My Baby by The Ronettes
Blowin' In The Wind by Peter, Paul, and Mary
Ring of Fire by Johnny Cash
Surfin' USA by The Beach Boys

Other notable songs:
It's My Party by Leslie GoreLs
Another Saturday Night by Sam Cooke
Da Doo Ron Ron by The Crystals
Little Deuce Coup by The Beach Boys
Heat Wave by Martha and the Vandellas
My Boyfriend's Back by The Angels
Puff the Magic Dragon by Peter, Paul, and Mary
Surf City by The Beach Boys
Little Surfer Girl by The Beach Boys
Walk Like a Man by The Four Seasons
Wipeout by The Safaris

1962 in Music

The Beatles are rejected by Decca Records, Bob Dylan releases his debut, and Peter, Paul, and Mary have a #1 album. Pete Seeger has a big year as well. Mick Jagger and Keith Richards meet Brian Jones and the Rolling Stones form. The Beatles appear on "My Bonnie", which is credited to Tony Sheridan and the Beat Brothers. Elvis dominated while the Twist permeated.

#1 song:
Stranger on the Shore by Mr. Acker Bilk:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFaH1KFmLyI


The Beatles- My Bonnie:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IgkAgyQgEH4

Important releases:
I Can't Stop Loving You by Ray Charles:
Can't Help Falling in Love by Elvis:
Big Girls Don't Cry by The Four Seasons
Green Onions by Booker T and the MGs
He's a Rebel by The Crystals
If I Had a Hammer by Peter, Paul and Mary
The James Bond Theme by John Barry Orchestra
Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree by Brenda Lee
Sherry by The Four Seasons:
Surfin' Safari by The Beach Boys
The Twist by Chubby Checker
Twistin' The Night Away by Sam Cooke
The Wanderer by Dion

Other Notable songs:
Return to Sender by Elvis
Good Luck Charm by Elvis
409 by The Beach Boys
The Ballad of Paladin by Duane Eddy
Breaking Up Is Hard to Do by Neil Sedaka
Duke of Earl by Gene Chandler
Johnny Angel by Shirley Fabares
The Loco-Motion by Little Eva
Roses Are Red by Bobby Vinton

Top 10 Bob Dylan songs

My top 10 favorite Bob Dylan songs.

Things Have Changed

Hurricane

Tangled Up In Blue

Lay, Lady, Lay

All Along the Watchtower

Positively 4th Street

Subterranean Homesick Blues

Maggie's Farm

The Times They Are a-Changin'

Like A Rolling Stone
 

Top 15 songs of the 2000s: #11-15

The further back I go, the easier it becomes to come up with songs...interesting.  These are favorites...

11. OTHERSIDE- RHCP

12. MINORITY- GREEN DAY

13. THINGS HAVE CHANGED- BOB DYLAN

14. BREAKOUT- FOO FIGHTERS

15. Southside- MOBY w/Gwen Stefani

Simon and Garfunkel: The Boxer (1969)

"The Boxer" took Simon and Garfunkel over 100 hours to record. They brought in Fred Carter Jr. to play guitar on the track. Paul Simon struggled with the chorus and used "lie-la-lie" as a space filler until he could develop one. He couldn't and the refrain remained. Some thought the song was a veiled shot at Bob Dylan, but in reality, it was autobiographical. At the time, Simon felt people were beating him mercilessly. He even included the Biblical phrases "workman's wages" and "seeking out the poorer quarters" to accentuate his isolation.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3LFML_pxlY


Live:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qy1hXDOenOY


　


　

Steve Douglas: Rock n Roll Hall of Fame Class of 2003

Rock Hall Bio: http://rockhall.com/inductees/steve-douglas/bio/

Steve Douglas was a member of the vaunted Wrecking Crew session band. He worked with The Beach Boys, Bob Dylan, Duane Eddy, Sammy Hagar, and the Ramones.

Clup Your Hands:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4i6MHelFH0

The Band: Rock n Roll Hall of Fame Class of 1994

Rock Hall Bio:

http://rockhall.com/inductees/the-band/bio/

The Band combined country with old rock, and Motown. They formed in the early-to-mid 60s and backed up Bob Dylan. Dylan had gone electric and needed a backing band.

After touring with Dylan, they cut their own album in a pink house leading to the album Music from Big Pink.

The Weight (1968):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3LAcP_v-j3I

Woodstock:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Blz_sef-jj4

Up on Cripple Creek (1969):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDnlU6rPfwY

The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down (1969):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ceRg_rxXQ_E&feature=related

King Harvest (1969):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_hsp4SBwO4

Easy Rider:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMy3AbpkYvw

The Shape I’m In (1971):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXXmJwcAmso

Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I’ll Go Mine) w/Bob Dylan (1974):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djUzDcX3vCM

The Band tired of touring and decided to break up, but not before they filmed the seminal concert film, The Last Waltz. Directed by Martin Scorsese and featuring a group of all stars.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4RjqcTsxx-8

Acadian Driftwood (1975):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ykBbB4D_-I

The Band reunited without Robbie Robertson in 1983

By 1986, they were a three-piece. Since then, they have played with Ringo Starr’s All Star Band, Roger Waters, and the Grateful Dead.
　

Willie Dixon: Rock n Roll Hall of Fame Class of 1994

Rock Hall Bio:

http://rockhall.com/inductees/willie-dixon/bio/

Willie Dixon helped pioneer Chicago Blues. His work has influenced a ridiculous number of musicians ranging from Led Zeppelin, Eric Clapton, and The Rolling Stones to Bob Dylan, Styx, and Queen.

Some of his best known works:

Little Red Rooster:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hW4tUx7cQH4

Hoochie Coochie Man:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxXflOZ9V_g

Spoonful:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOF1ROkvBbA

Back Door Man:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6DAdDyWZaQ

Greatest Songs of the 1970s part I

This is the first installment of my favorite songs from 1970-1979.

Tangled Up in Blue by Bob Dylan

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jn3iybtxNZw

5:15 by The Who

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RpK0zDJE4qs

Badlands by Bruce Springsteen

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PnYVrfwa4MY

In the Evening by Led Zeppelin

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vg6MIuXrFf8

Johnny Cash: Rock n Roll Hall of Fame Class of 1992

Official Site:

http://www.johnnycash.com/

Rock Hall Bio:

http://rockhall.com/inductees/johnny-cash/bio/

1935: Family settled in Arkansas where Cash worked the cotton fields.
1944: His brother Jack died.
1950: He enlisted in the Air Force.

Hey Porter (1955):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bksZ4Qu18kc

Cry! Cry! Cry! (1955):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGTh-m21jKo&feature=related

Folsom Prison Blues (1955):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7gV5C5mB7A

Million Dollar Quartet (1956):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFpxQOd5tHA

I Walk the Line (1956):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEV58ztuihs

Ballad of a Teenage Queen (1958):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wT5BL7UJ9s&feature=fvst

Big River (1958):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_21p14TAXM

Don’t Take Your Guns to Town (1959):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMMp_llzBT4

In the Jailhouse Now (1962):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLfYVFamso8

Busted (1963):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8kRsoAZjpM

Ring of Fire (1963):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=It7107ELQvY

The Ballad of Ira Hayes (1964):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKDLQWEvubc

In 1965, he accidentally started a forest fire in Los Padres National Forest. He told a judge "I didn't do it, my truck did, and it's dead, so you can't question it."

Orange Blossom Special (1965):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nAmrKeyeHKA

Jackson w/June Carter Cash (1967):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzhzCF77GDo

Daddy Sang Bass (1968):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NGUP8oc9Bgs

In 1968 and 1969, he released the seminal live albums At Folsom Prison and At San Quentin.

A Boy Named Sue (1969):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n--1wR4L7zg&ob=av3n

The Johnny Cash Show ran from 1969-1971.

The Johnny Cash Show:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WzhKhTP4b_U

Sunday Morning Coming Down (1970):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3g2ELFGUbkg&feature=fvst

Man in Black (1971):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXRmJyIyJbM

Any Old Wind that Blows (1972):

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4F74wWP7sY

The hits began to dry up and he took up occasional acting roles.

One Piece at a Time (1976):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWHniL8MyMM

There Ain’t No Good Chain Gang w/Waylon Jennings (1978):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=woEYm8cPbWw

Ghost Riders in the Sky (1979):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mynzbmrtp9I

He grew tired of his label and tried to get out of his deal, so he wrote…

Chicken in Black (1984):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_uM87NTFW4

The Highwaymen (1985):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EsUM7V6Ku_8

The Wanderer w/U2 (1993):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ov0BsOYoRrc

He continued to struggle until the early 1990s when he teamed up with Rick Rubin.

Delia’s Gone (1994):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1iKEPzF1Js

Rusty Cage (1995):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EtbuUlSGXzc

Hurt (2003):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o22eIJDtKho

Cash died in 2003:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4E5G8IzRzo

Walk the Line (2004):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ydrr5zDJGzA

God’s Gonna Cut You Down (2006):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJlN9jdQFSc&ob=av3n

Redemption Day (2010):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_uI1BUnzws

The Byrds: Rock n Roll Hall of Fame Class of 1991

Rock Hall Bio: 

http://rockhall.com/inductees/the-byrds/bio/

One of the most influential bands of the 1960s. They pioneered the folk rock genre. They essentially combined the Beatles’ sound with Dylan’s poetry.

Mr. Tambourine Man (1965):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPqAvgN6Tyw

Turn! Turn! Turn! (1965):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odj2kNn3_v0&feature=related

Eight Miles High (1966):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WH6UnvSlahc

So You Want to Be a Rock n Roll Star (1967):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=saAoTPXcPSg

My Back Pages (1967):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3FUGzwUTN80&feature=related

Tensions in the group led to lineup changes. The band then pioneered country rock.

Ballad of Easy Rider (1969):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNjzzDNIJWw

Full Circle (1973):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybSzNl_5W6w

Infighting led to the band’s demise. There were reunions over the years.

The Byrds heavily influenced The Eagles, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, and R.E.M.

Bob Dylan: Knockin' On Heaven's Door (1973)

Bob Dylan wrote "Knockin' On Heaven's Door" for the 1973 film Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid. The song describes a dying deputy's last moments as he lays down his guns and can no longer continue. Eric Clapton's version appeared in Lethal Weapon 2 as Mel Gibson's character lay dying. Guns n Roses recorded the most famous version around the same time and released it on Use Your Illusion.

Bob Dylan:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_swaxOidGU

Eric Clapton:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVFhmsku6Lo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6p2eEvSREfU

Guns n Roses:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vcWTTs8QVRc

The Rolling Stones: Rock n Roll Hall of Fame Class of 1989

Their career in links:

Rock Hall Bio: http://rockhall.com/inductees/the-rolling-stones/bio/

Official Site:
http://www.rollingstones.com/

The Stones shared a love of American blues. In fact, they named themselves after a Muddy Waters track.

Their first single: Come On (1963):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1YrNW-JIhA

Their first #1: It’s All Over Now (1964):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3YnRQOXLWo

The band realized they needed to write their own material to last and make money.

Their first Jagger/Richards song to hit #1: The Last Time (1965):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZ32lL4R970

Satisfaction (1965):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_VbImuG71M

Get Off My Cloud (1965):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3F4GmbHl5g

The band begins to branch out musically and thematically. Notice the sitar in "Paint it Black" and the warnings of prescription drug use in "Mother’s Little Helper."

Paint It Black (1966):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9DDpmyPZZA

Mother’s Little Helper (1966):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0U95Aj783s

They add horns in…

Have You Seen Your Mother Baby, Standing in the Shadows (1966):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TfTRKBKJsWw

They changed the lyrics of Let’s Spend the Night Together for Ed Sullivan. This version is from Top of the Pops.

Let’s Spend the Night Together (1967):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OqQ9FCVmPaI

1967: Police raid Keith’s home. Later that year, Richards and Brian Jones had their final falling out. Jones was soon busted for drugs the same time Richards and Jagger were sentenced to jail time.
Meanwhile, in response to Sgt. Peppers and the psychedelic movement, the Stones released Their Majesties Satanic Request.

2000 Light Years From Home (1967):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y00Lw2ffvQU

They soon scrapped the psychedelic.

Jumping Jack Flash (1968):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9XKVTNs1g4

Rock n Roll Circus (1968):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=psC6mk9ZTP4&feature=related

Sympathy for the Devil (1969):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Je8MXiwmNIk

Brian Jones death (1969):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJnC8JSIcfQ&feature=related

Honky Tonk Women (1969):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5e1_K-JDfOk

Inspired by events of the 60s:

Gimme Shelter (1969):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3rnxQBizoU

Altamont (1969): The end of the 1960s….

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qTKsylrpsg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPM-x5ugLLE&feature=related

Brown Sugar (1971):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59K2kF6o9Tk

Tumbling Dice (1972):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvSgUH0Wn-M

Angie (1973):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2RTWzsGO4Zc

It’s Only Rock n Roll (But I Like It) (1974):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOMTnLHDWRA

At the end of 1974, guitarist Mick Taylor quit the band. He was replaced by Ron Wood.

In 1977, Keith was arrested in Canada for drugs. During the tour, PM Pierre Trudeau’s wife partied with the band. During this period, the Stones appeared to be on their last legs creatively. Then came another series of hits…

Miss You (1978):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0esrLIMc6SU

Beast of Burden (1978):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZH1aOZY9Tc

Emotional Rescue (1980):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0tQPodGgeM

Start Me Up (1981):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BG2b3VhSCC4

MTV debuted in 1981. In 1983, the Stones released one of the most controversial videos of all time.

Undercover (1983):
http://www.youtube.co
m/watch?v=GHEVPoIsMhs

By 1984, Richards and Jagger fought constantly. Mick focused on his solo career more resulting in more friction. In 1985, founding member, and keyboardist, Ian Stewart died of a heart attack.

Harlem Shuffle (1986):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOkIU8BCxgU

One Hit to the Body (1986):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VfiQejr9MhE

The band disintegrated for a time before reuniting in 1989.

Mixed Emotions (1989):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pdJzLpWFYJ4

Rock and A Hard Place (1989):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OyTLuith1Qs

The Stones were on top again.

In 1993, Bassist Bill Wyman retired leaving Jagger, Richards, and drummer Charlie Watts the only remaining original members. Darryl Jones replaced Wyman and Ron Wood continued on as well.

Love is Strong (1994):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGz6TDrh4Hs

Anybody Seen My Baby (1997): w/Angelia Jolie:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufp0RANigro

The Concert for New York (2001):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TW-sJqO5qDM

In 2002, they released 40 Licks:

Losing My Touch (2002):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LqN89bT3VEE

Rough Justice (2005):

http://www.youtube.com/wat
ch?v=7NHKSpXik-E

The band once again stirred controversy with Jagger’s assault on American neoconservatives.

Sweet Neocon (2005):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwj6ZGMF_uA

Superbowl XL Half-Time Show (2006):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjafUKrjeaE

Plundered My Soul (2010):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6ZnmXrRUIQ&ob=av2n

In 2011, they reunited with Bill Wyman to record a cover of Bob Dylan’s “Watchin’ the River Flow” for an Ian Stewart tribute album.

Watchin’ The River Flow (2011):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6k3HdkNGEc

Woody Guthrie: Rock n Roll Hall of Fame Class of 1988

His life and career in links.

Rock Hall Bio:

http://rockhall.com/inductees/woody-guthrie/bio/

Official Site:

http://woodyguthrie.org/

His father was a Klansman that participated in a lynching. His mother suffered from dementia as a result of Huntington’s Disease. The disease later killed him.

In the 1930s, he began traveling with economic refugees migrating to California. He settled with radicals.

This Land is Your Land (1940):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxiMrvDbq3s

Billy the Kid:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IVGpNRAErlc

Pretty Boy Floyd:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4YKUJZI5Bg

Dustbowl Blues:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQYKJaWuj0Y

Tom Joad:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKWGAGPy_kw

Roll On Columbia:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dUoh2QSjXAw

House of the Rising Sun:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQD1fRcRFO8

Bob Dylan visited Guthrie in the hospital to meet his idol. Guthrie died on October 3, 1967. His Dust Bowl Ballads remain some of the most important work in music history.

The Animals:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmdPQp6Jcdk&feature=related

All-Star Tribute:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHqOl7v4Axg

Bob Dylan: Rock n Roll Hall of Fame Class of 1988

His life and career in links.

Rock Hall Bio:
http://rockhall.com/inductees/bob-dylan/bio/

Home Page:
http://www.bobdylan.com/

Born Robert Zimmerman, he planned to “Follow Little Richard,” but changed his orientation to folk music at the University of Minnesota. He later changed his name to Bob Dylan.
In 1961, he dropped out of college and visited Woody Guthrie in a New York hospital. That year, he got a record contract. His first album made little impact.

Blowing in the Wind (1963):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zY_cM0_6vA

In 1965, Dylan plugged in angering folk fans. The previous year, he met John Lennon and told the Beatle he needed to learn to write about something meaningful. Lennon took it to heart and the Beatles evolved dramatically following the meeting.

The Times They Are a-Changin’ (1965):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vou4qUu5YY

Maggie’s Farm (1965): Dylan declares his independence from the folk community
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bW4y-9RoMFU

At the Newport Folk Festival: He got booed for plugging in. The folkies could not handle it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1TKUk9nXjk

Subterranean Homesick Blues (1965):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_ujAXxNxU0

Like A Rolling Stone (1965):http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hk3mAX5xdxo

Positively 4^th Street (1965):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2wuPssClKs

Mr. Tambourine Man (1965):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVuVXqWfQeE

Just Like A Woman (1966):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5yQ8JJ8R9E

In 1966, he crashed his motorcycle breaking several vertebrae. Recuperation period allowed him time to regroup from the pressures of fame. He did not tour again for eight years.

All Along the Watchtower (1968):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swbcFnkeMwE

Dylan decided to go Country in 1969.

Lay Lady Lay (1969):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_yvrugtnpo&feature=related

On the Johnny Cash show (1969):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KlkN1y7-2o

In the 70s, Dylan confused critics and fans with the varied quality of his music.

Dylan did the soundtrack and played a member of Billy the Kid’s gang in Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_CcadC-S8-E

Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door (1973):http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJpB_AEZf6U&ob=av2e

Tangled Up in Blue (1975):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwSZvHqf9qM&feature=relmfu

In The Last Waltz (1976):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JObWTtWQiq0

In the late 70s, he became a born again Christian.

Gotta Serve Somebody (1979):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FavBDpg91gA

Jokerman (1984):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FavBDpg91gA

He performed on We are the World (1985)

The Traveling Wilburys:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ReQsRgQXgQY
MTV Unplugged (1995):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LgrnC1r1XMw

Not Dark Yet (1998):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZgBhyU4IvQ&ob=av2e

Things Have Changed (2000):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9EKqQWPjyo&ob=av2e

2006: Began his own radio show playing music from the 1930s-the present.

I’m Not There featured various actors playing Dylan at different points in his career.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJzPSPkWTrM

Must Be Santa (2009):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8qE6WQmNus&ob=av2e

In 1988, he began the Never Ending Tour. By 2011, he had played 2300 shows in the tour.

Jerry Wexler: Rock n Roll Hall of Fame Class of 1987

His career in links...

Rock Hall Bio: http://rockhall.com/inductees/jerry-wexler/bio/

Wexler’s talents as a producer helped popularize soul music in the sixties.

Wilson Pickett: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kk4Uwge4DzQ

Aretha Franklin:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGAiW5dOnKo

Dusty Springfield:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dp4339EbVn8

He also collaborated with artists of other genres.

Bob Dylan:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FavBDpg91gA

George Michael and Wham:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEp9cBI1RTk

Oh yeah, he and Ahmet Ertegun signed Led Zeppelin.

Zeppelin:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smUFDvltYrA

John Hammond: Rock n Roll Hall of Fame Class of 1986

Hammond was a music scout that discovered or advanced the careers of many important acts of the 20th century.


Rock Hall Bio: http://rockhall.com/inductees/john-hammond/bio/

Important acts Hammond signed or helped:

Benny Goodman: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2S1I_ien6A

Billie Holiday: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWtUzdI5hlE

Count Basie: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYLbrZAko7E

Big Joe Turner: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20Feq_Nt3nM

Pete Seeger: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5iAIM02kv0g

Aretha Franklin: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yi6dqhi8Ptw

Bob Dylan: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hk3mAX5xdxo

Bruce Springsteen: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=129kuDCQtHs

Leonard Cohen: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YrLk4vdY28Q

His last major signing:

Stevie Ray Vaughan: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nO23B5C_Mcw

821. Mr. Tambourine Man by William Shatner (1968)

"Mr. Tambourine Man" is one of music's greatest songs. It was written by Bob Dylan and transformed by the Byrds. It has been covered over and over. In one of the oddest covers, William Shatner decided to record his own version. He would leave the set of Star Trek and head to the studio to cut his own spoken world album. In between Shakespeare, Shatner did this....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0hTtsqiFCc