Before he was Bob Dylan, he played in Fargo bands and went by Elston Gunnn Did You Know That columnist Curt Eriksmoen explains how Minnesota native Robert Zimmerman ended up living and working in Fargo before he made it big as a singer-songwriter. Written By: Curt Eriksmoen | ×
Robert Zimmerman s Hibbing (Minn.) High School senior photo. Forum News Service file photo
During the summer of 1959, Robert Zimmerman, a recent high school graduate from Hibbing, Minn., arrived in Fargo and took a job as a busboy in a restaurant. He briefly played with a couple of popular local bands, and for those bookings he used the name Elston Gunnn.
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