Quiz 9 Bob Dylan Flashcards
A future country music legend makes an interesting guest appearance on the 1969 single “Lay Lady Lay” holding a pair of bongos and cowbell. Who was this guest?
Kris Kristofferson
T/F
The song “Hurricane” is a dramatic account of the storm season in Florida.
False
T/F
“It Ain’t Me Babe” is a song about Bob Dylan’s rejection of the protest movement in 1964.
True
In 1961 John Hammond singed Bob Dylan to:
Columbia records
“Oxford Town” is Dylan’s account of James Meredith, the first black student to attend the University of:
Mississippi
In 1971, Bob Dylan recorded with famous beat poet…
Allen Ginsberg
T/F
In 1994, Bob Dylan became the first person to appear on MTV unplugged.
True
What is the song “Rainy Day Women #12 & #35” about?
Getting Stoned
Persecution
*All of the Above
Bob Dylan’s 1965 hit “Like a Rolling Stone” was ranked where by Rolling Stone magazine among the “500 Greatest Songs of all Time?”
1
At the age of 65, Bob Dylan again made history as the oldest musician to top the Billboard charts. This was with the album…
Modern Times
In August 1959, Bob Dylan enrolled at:
University of Minnesota
T/F
“Oxford Town” is about attending Oxford University in England.
False
T/F
Pope John Paul II once preached a sermon based on Bob Dylan’s “Blowin’ in the Wind.”
True
In 1969 Dylan’s “Nashville Skyline” was a mainstream country record featuring:
Nashville musicians
T/F
“Blowin’ in The Wind” derived its melody from the traditional slave song “No More Auction Block.”
True
