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By Natalie Knoth, Staff Writer Updated 4:48 PM Friday, July 10, 2009

DAYTON — Chances are you’ve changed a lot since your first Bob Dylan, John Mellencamp and/or Willie Nelson concert.

But listening to the introspective, politically charged lyrics of these three legends has a way of bringing back all the memories of days gone by.

And while their lyrics remain vivid, you might have forgotten details of their musical careers and personal lives. So in anticipation of the Bob Dylan Show, featuring Dylan, Mellencamp and Nelson at Fifth Third Field today, July 10, test your knowledge of these three musical greats.

Contact this reporter at nknoth@ DaytonDailyNews.com.

1. Where did Bob Dylan perform the last time he was in the Dayton area?

a) Fraze Pavilion

b) Great American Ball Park

c) Nutter Center

d) Hara Arena

2. Which actor played one of the Bob Dylan-inspired characters in the biopic “I’m Not There”?

a) Heath Ledger

b) Jude Law

c) Johnny Depp

d) Hugh Grant

3. What is Bob Dylan’s real name?

a) Erik Robert Browning

b) Robert Allen Zimmerman

c) Joseph Robert Dylan

d) Joseph Thomas Roberts

4. What college did Bob Dylan attend before dropping out?

a) University of Minnesota

b) Belmont University

c) Arizona State University

d) Berklee College

5. In 1966, Dylan almost died in an accident. What kind was it?

a) Car

b) Motorcycle

c) Sky-diving

d) Plane

6. Why was Dylan booed at the Newport Folk Festival in 1965?

a) For arriving two hours late

b) For his involvement in the ’60s protest movement

c) For using backup singers

d) For playing the electric guitar

7. Dylan won the Grammy Award for Best Traditional Folk Album in 1994. What was the name of the album?

a) “Oh Mercy”

b) “Infidels”

c) “Knocked Out Loaded”

d) “World Gone Wrong”

8. Dylan’s single “Things Have Changed” appeared on what soundtrack in 2000?

a) “Wonder Boys”

b) “What Women Want”

c) “Cast Away”

d) “Hollow Man”

9. When did Dylan release his latest studio album?

a) 2006

b) 2007

c) 2008

d) 2009

10. What song did Dylan write for his wife, whom he married in 1965 and divorced in 1977?

a) “Angelina”

b) “Peggy Day”

c) “Sara”

d) “Corrina Corrina”

11. Dylan’s song “Beyond Here Lies Nothing’” from his latest album “Together Through Life” was featured in the season premiere trailer for what HBO TV show?

a) “Hung”

b) “Entourage”

c) “True Blood”

d) “Curb Your Enthusiasm”

12. What song of Dylan’s was named the Greatest Song of All Time by “Rolling Stone” magazine?

a) “Blowin’ in the Wind”

b) “Like a Rolling Stone”

c) “I Want You”

d) “It Ain’t Me Babe”

13. John Mellencamp won his only Grammy for what song?

a) “I Need a Lover”

b) “Hurts So Good”

c) “Jack and Diane”

d) “Small Town”

14. What was the name of Mellencamp’s first album recorded as John Cougar Mellencamp?

a) “Uh-Huh”

b) “Rough Harvest”

c) “American Fool”

d) “Scarecrow”

15. Mellencamp had a heart attack shortly after the release of what album?

a) “Dance Naked”

b) “Mr. Happy Go Lucky”

c) “Whenever We Wanted”

d) “Lonesome Jubilee”

16. What was Mellencamp’s first single on the Top 40 chart?

a) “Hurts so Good”

b) “Jack and Diane”

c) “Small Town”

d) “I Need a Lover”

17. What did Mellencamp take time off to do following the release of “Big Daddy”?

a) Write a memoir

b) Paint

c) Direct a movie

d) Travel

18. Where was Mellencamp born?

a) Bloomington, Ind.

b) Bedford, Ky.

c) Seymour, Ind.

d) Milton, Ky.

19. About how many songs has Willie Nelson written?

a) 50

b) 100

c) 1,050

d) 2,500

20. What was Nelson’s breakthrough album, recorded by Columbia Records?

a) “Shotgun Willie”

b) “Phases and Stages”

c) “Red Headed Stranger”

d) “Stardust”

21. What movie did Nelson first star in?

a) “The Electric Horseman”

b) “Honeysuckle Rose”

c) “Surfer Dude”

d) “Barbarosa”

22. In 1985, Nelson, Mellencamp, and Neil Young organized a concert to benefit whom?

a) War veterans

b) Family farmers

c) Disadvantaged children

d) Student musicians

23. In 2006, Nelson was arrested for possession of what?

a) Marijuana

b) Alcohol

c) Alcohol and marijuana

d) Marijuana and narcotic mushrooms

24. Nelson and what three men formed the country music group The Highway Men?

a) Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings and Kris Kristofferson

b) Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings and Merle Haggard

c) John Mellencamp, Waylon Jennings and Kris Kristofferson

d) Johnny Cash, George Jones, and Kris Kristofferson

25. How many times has Nelson been married?

a) Two

b) Three

c) Four

d) Five

Answer key — 1. C; 2. A; 3. B; 4. A; 5. B; 6. D; 7. D; 8. A; 9. D; 10. C; 11. C; 12. B; 13. B; 14. A; 15. A; 16. D; 17. B; 18. C; 19. D; 20. C; 21. A; 22. B; 23. D; 24. A; 25. C

21-25 correct — Just call yourself a groupie.

16-20 — Still in tune, but your memory has faded a little.

11-15 — Time to dust off the old albums.

10 or less — The answers are blowing in the wind, but you don’t seem to know them.

How to go

What: The Bob Dylan show with Willie Nelson and John Mellencamp

Where: Field Third Field, 220 N. Patterson, Dayton

When: 5:30 p.m. today, July 10

Cost: $67.50

More info: Tickets still available through Ticketmaster.

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