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Dylan also found emotional connection with the music of the rock and roll performers of that era.  [[Buddy Holly]] was the first broadly successful rock and roll singer whose public image wasn't managed to seem like a movie star, which gave Dylan and the Beatles likewise hope of success in forming their own bands.  While in high school he formed a series rock and roll bands that would break up each time when the lead singer would be recruited away to a musical act of their own.  During that time he attended a [[Buddy Holly]] concert where the singer's attention was drawn for a moment to the young man watching and learning from him near the stage.  Before leaving for college, Dylan had befriended a black disk jockey who shared his interest in rock and roll and from whom he was given access to the radio station's records.

Dylan also found emotional connection with the music of the rock and roll performers of that era.  [[Buddy Holly]] was the first broadly successful rock and roll singer whose public image wasn't managed to seem like a movie star, which gave Dylan and the Beatles likewise hope of success in forming their own bands.  While in high school he formed a series rock and roll bands that would break up each time when the lead singer would be recruited away to a musical act of their own.  During that time he attended a [[Buddy Holly]] concert where the singer's attention was drawn for a moment to the young man watching and learning from him near the stage.  Before leaving for college, Dylan had befriended a black disk jockey who shared his interest in rock and roll and from whom he was given access to the radio station's records.

Dylan left to attend the [[University of Minnesota]] in [[Minneapolis]].  It was there that he developed a deep interest in [[folk music]], listening to the recordings of artists such as Odetta and [[Woody Guthrie]]<ref> [http://www.faqs.org/faqs/music/american-pie/]</ref> a depth not matched by his decidedly mixed acquisition of skill in playing it. Bob Dylan's roots are in American folk music, with people like [[Pete Seeger]] and Woody Guthrie.</ref>

Dylan left to attend the [[University of Minnesota]] in [[Minneapolis]].  It was there that he developed a deep interest in [[folk music]], listening to the recordings of artists such as Odetta and [[Woody Guthrie]]<ref> [http://www.faqs.org/faqs/music/american-pie/]</ref> a depth not matched by his decidedly mixed acquisition of skill in playing it. Bob Dylan's roots are in American folk music, with people like [[Pete Seeger]] and Woody Guthrie.

 

In 1961, he dropped out of college and headed to [[New York City]], where he became part of the burgeoning folk music scene in [[Greenwich Village]] and eventually landed a contract with [[Columbia Records]], for whom he recorded during most of his career.  Dylan had written a number of original songs, and the music publisher with whom he signed recommended he seek to achieve the modest career goal of publishing a book of his folk songs.  This design motivated him to write and perfect his own songs and to write them whether or not they eventually appeared on an album.

In 1961, he dropped out of college and headed to [[New York City]], where he became part of the burgeoning folk music scene in [[Greenwich Village]] and eventually landed a contract with [[Columbia Records]], for whom he recorded during most of his career.  Dylan had written a number of original songs, and the music publisher with whom he signed recommended he seek to achieve the modest career goal of publishing a book of his folk songs.  This design motivated him to write and perfect his own songs and to write them whether or not they eventually appeared on an album.