Spring 1956 – Bob forms his first ever band The Shadow Blasters

1956 – First ever Dylan recording with The Jokers

1957 – John Bucklen Home Tapes

1958 – Junior Graduation

Summer 1958 – Accident of Larry Kegan

June 5^th 1959 – Graduaded from Highschool

Summer 1959 –  Bob was not in Camp Herzl 

September 1959 – Bob starts studying at the University of Minneapolis

September 1959 – Picture in “Mixin’ Up The Medicine” at University of Minneapolis

October 1959 – Bob changes his last name to Dylan (yet unofficially)

Christmas 1959 – Bob back in Hibbing for Christmas, already playing acoustic guitar

January 1960 – Started playing with Spider John Körner

Spring 1960 – Dylan playing regular gigs at the Ten O’Clock Scholar (and then also the Purple Onion)

May 1960 – St. Paul’s Tape à First pre-Denver recording

Summer 1960 – Bob in Colorado  à  3 weeks Denver, then one week Central City,

September 1960 – First Minneapolis Tape à now sounding more like Guthrie

November / December 1960 – Bob goes east to Madison, WI

              Christmas 1960 – Bob arrives in Chicago, looking up Kevin Krown

              Drove to New York with Dave Berger, a friend of Fred Underhill who also joined the pack

24^th January 1961 – Bob arrives in New York City with Fred Underhill

29^th January 1961 – Bob visited Izzy Youngs Folklore Center for the first time

11^th April 1961 – 2 week bill gerdes as opener for John Lee Hooker

May 1961 – Besuch in Minneapolis à Party Tape recording

29.07.1961 – Riverside Church

26.09. – 08.10. 1961 Gerdes Greenbriar Boys with the sensational Bob Dylan

29.09.1961 – Harp on Carolyn Hester’s record

20.-22.11.1961 – Recording first Album

December 1961 – Visits Minneapolis

February 1962 – Recording with Harry Belafonte

02 03 1962 – Recording with Victoria Spivey

19 03 1962 – First album