Bob Dylan, “Gates of Eden,” Bringing It All Back Home
(Columbia, CS 9128, 1965), side 2, track 2.

THOMAS MERTON	BOB DYLAN
1915, Jan. 31: born in Prades, France
1921: his mother dies
1931: his father dies
1932–34: enters Clare College, Cambridge
1935–38: attends Columbia University
1941, April 7: visits Our Lady of Gethsemani	1941, May 24: born in Duluth, Minn.
Dec. 10: enters Gethsemani as a postulant
1943, April 17: Paul Merton dies in plane crash
1948, July: Seven Storey Mountain published
Aug. 4: Dom Frederic dies
Late Aug.: Dom James Fox becomes abbot
1952: makes St. Anne’s a temporary hermitage
1955: No Man Is an Island published	1955: purchases first guitar
1956, July: meets with Dr. Gregory Zilboorg
1958, March 18: has epiphany on streets of Louisville and begins writing on more social issues
	1959, Jan. 31: sees Buddy Holly in concert
	spring: graduates from Hibbing High School
	Dec.: plays with Bobby Vee’s band
1960: construction of hermitage begins Spring: Wisdom of the Desert published	1960: drops out of U of Minnesota; performs in local coffeehouses
	1961, Jan.: arrives in New York as a folksinger
	Nov. 4: performs at Carnegie Chapter Hall
1962, April: antiwar writings censured	1962, March 19: debut album, Bob Dylan, released
1963, April 11: Pope John XXIII issues Pacem in Terris	1963, May 27: Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan released July: performs at Newport Folk Festival
	1964, Jan. 13: The Times They Are A-Changin’ released
	March 10: Johnny Cash defends Dylan in Sing Out!
	Aug. 8: Another Side of Bob Dylan released
	Aug. 28: meets the Beatles in New York
1965, Aug. 20: moves to the hermitage	1965, March 22: Bringing It All Back Home released
	April–May: acoustic concert tour of England
	May 12: records with John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers
	June 16: records “Like a Rolling Stone”
	July: purchases Hi Lo Ha
	July 25: plays “electric” set at Newport Folk Festival
	Aug. 29: Forest Hills concert
	Aug. 30: Highway 61 Revisited released
	Nov.: secretly marries Sara Lownds