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*p*TVn/BOB DYLANLegendIThe Audience loved him anticerftataly ddnH Object. Alter all,he admits Mb is a sexy ad bd obviously be wcmldn^t Include anything in offend 9vLe thousand* of fans/British observers agree tfaai Pro-hy proved hie drawing appeal (f noI merely sea, but moreImportantly his great vocal talent, at a performance In Bristol,Fnglan where he appeared In a bulging, un^lam ouroun whiteboilMP suit*Music maker M agaUns , theBritish counterpart of Ci£hboi# noted that even in the boiler suit he had two almost packed house* screaming ecstatically.*English critics recognize Msvoice as the best Ln their country,Now In Aznerlcar he Is attempting to achieve a similar suc-cmj,In a recent Appearance at the Hullabaloo club la Hollywood (formerly The Moulin Ron#©), Prohy literally overwhelmed his audience with vocal selections ranging from the R end B standard, -Turn cm Your Love Light,* to Mart** and *80mfrwber©*from ^WMtsias story. ■Bob Dylan may be better itfolk rock, Sinatra a better bal*lad singer, James Brown tops hi R and B and Buck Omen, the dagof country, bd P. J. approachesthem all in singing ability In theirrespective fields.Who ts p. J. Proby?•Living Legend* sums Itan g changes mat affect the think-In g of the* entire music industry,That L* What folk rock has dono.Bob Dylan Personifies Folk RockBy J. A!on BushmanWell j It *LbT do use to sit and wonder why, babe. If you dcn^fc know* by now.* Those song words by Bob Dylan show tbs confusion that surrotBade the position folk rock music has ichtiwd la our society*Why folk rock began (It doesn’t matter what kind of nasty names people invent for the mu-a!e,* Bays Dylan] Ie a mystery, but the trend La presently the mostpopular phase of music. Thane* sound combines the beat of rock and roll music with the stories and messages of folk music. And nc oat per sonifies the folk-rock image more than Its leadur-idol-klog, Bob Dylan.Dylan, vk originally brokeinto the entertain manf media's as a folk stager, shattered that image at lest year1* Newport Folk Festival by bringing amplified equipment on stage to heck him with a new sound to be coined •folk-rock. ■Now that Dylan Is t leader of a new sound hU music haschanged. It is no longer folkor social commentary poetry, it is Mg beat society put-down. Also Ms change over to folk rock Ire has picked up $n Immense following from the teenage set EMI used to listen to rock and roll* Twenty four year old Dylan has become a Isadlng force in popularmusic today, fils lyrics are taksota be the gospel by bis followers'and are near hit scngs before tJnesy are recorded. His name under * ■oog tills sung by somebody else is almost a guarantee tbs recordwill be a smash. In fact,becauseof his odd nasal twang voice, hLssongs have been bigger hit* whim recorded by other artists, such a*Peter, Paul and Mary; Sonny and Chen Joan Baez; and tto- Byrds,etc*Dylan, msro than a millionaire, is a small town hoy made good. He ran away from Hlbhfng, Minnesota as Bob Zimmerman and(Continued on Page 7)
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Los Angeles Valley State College Daily Sundial
Los Angeles, California, US
Wed, Apr 20, 1966
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