Dylan also found an 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 of 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 an 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 of 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. |