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Professor John Radsan, in front of the house where Bob Dylan lived in Hibbing, Minn.<\/p><\/div>\n
As a Bob Dylan superfan, Radsan needed just the right reason to visit the town where Dylan spent most of his youth. The singer\u2019s 80th<\/sup> birthday fit the bill.<\/p>\n For Eric Rogers, most of his 1L constitutional law classes this past spring ended by spending a few extra minutes on Zoom, chatting with Radsan about music and, yes, Dylan. At one point, a fellow classmate urged Rogers to pick up his guitar and serenade the class with a Dylan song. Rogers played \u201cSe\u00f1or\u201d.<\/p>\n So when Radsan told his class about Operation Hibbing \u2013 his trip to Hibbing and Duluth, the cities of Dylan\u2019s youth \u2013 and invited anyone to join, Rogers was in.<\/p>\n \u201cIt ended up a great opportunity to get to know one of my professors \u2013 whom I had only met through Zoom \u2013 and bond over interests other than the law,\u201d said Rogers, 34, who lives in St. Paul.<\/p>\n The two met in Hibbing on Sunday, May 23 (the day before Dylan\u2019s birthday) to see the town\u2019s historic high school; the home where he lived from age 7 to 18; and the spot where Dylan\u2019s father owned a furniture store and where young Robert Zimmerman had his first job.<\/p>\n There had been a groundbreaking<\/a> for a new Dylan monument the previous day.<\/p>\n Mitchell Hamline student Eric Rogers (right) sings Dylan songs with Greg Tiburzi on the porch of the Dylan home in Duluth, Minn. (photo courtesy Michael K. Anderson, Photography<\/a>)<\/p><\/div>\n On Monday, Dylan\u2019s actual birthday, they drove to Duluth to visit the first house Dylan ever called home. There was a small crowd throughout the day, along with organizers from the Duluth Dylan Fest who offered visitors cake and cupcakes. The two met other Dylan stans and heard stories about his time in northern Minnesota.<\/p>\n At one point, Rogers \u2013 who worked as a musician for several years after college \u2013 played a few songs on the Dylan house porch. A photograph of the moment made the front page<\/a> of the Duluth News Tribune<\/em> the following day.<\/p>\n By then, Radsan had headed back to the Twin Cities to teach a class. But he recalls \u201cit was fun to find people more fanatical about a topic [Dylan] than me!<\/p>\n \u201cAnd I really enjoyed experiencing the trip with a fellow Dylan traveler.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cIt seems Mitchell Hamline is the kind of place where something like this is possible,\u201d added Rogers. \u201cYou\u2019re able to reach your professors and have that access, which I appreciate.\u201d<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Favorite Dylan Song<\/strong> Favorite Dylan album<\/strong> In the nearly 20 years professor John Radsan has lived in Minnesota, he\u2019s purposely never visited the northern town of Hibbing. He didn\u2019t want it to be a visit on the way home from somewhere else. He wanted a pilgrimage. As a Bob Dylan superfan, Radsan needed just the right reason to visit the town … <\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/mitchellhamline.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/06\/Rogers2-300x245.jpg\")
\n(Rogers) Shelter From the Storm<\/a>
\n(Radsan) It\u2019s Alright Ma<\/a>, Visions of Johanna<\/a>, and Tombstone Blues<\/a><\/p>\n
\n(Rogers) Blood on the Tracks<\/a>
\n(Radsan) Blood on the Tracks<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"