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Bob Dylan (born Robert Allen Zimmerman on May 24, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter,
musician,poet, painter, and latter-day disc-jockey, who has been a major influence on popular music for
five decades. Much of his most celebrated work dates from the 1960s when he was, at first, an informal chronicler
and then an apparently reluctant figurehead of social unrest. A number of his songs, such as "Blowin' in the Wind"
and "The Times They Are a-Changin'," became anthems for both the civil rights and the anti-war movements.
Dylan's early lyrics incorporated political,social, and philosophical, as well as literary, influences. They defied existing
pop music conventions and appealed hugely to the then burgeoning counterculture. While expanding and
personalizing genres, he has explored many traditions of American song, from folk, blues and country to gospel, rock
and roll and rockabilly to English, Scottish and Irish folk music, and even jazz and swing.
Dylan performs with guitar, piano and harmonica. Backed by a changing line-up of musicians, he has toured steadily
since the late 1980s on what has been dubbed the Never Ending Tour. His accomplishments as a recording artist and
performer have been central to his career, but his greatest contribution is generally considered to be his songwriting.
He has received numerous awards over the years: Grammy, Golden Globe and Academy Awards; he has been
inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame and Songwriters Hall of Fame. In
2008 a Bob Dylan Pathway was opened in the singer's honor in his birthplace of Duluth, Minnesota. The Pulitzer Prize
jury in 2008 awarded him a special citation for what they called his profound impact on popular music and American
culture, "marked by lyrical compositions of extraordinary poetic power." He has also been awarded two honorary
degrees, the first from Princeton in 1970 and the second from St. Andrews in 2004.
His most recent album Together Through Life, his 33rd, was released on 28 April 2009. It reached number-one spot
on both the Billboard 200 and the UK album charts in its first week of release.
musician,poet, painter, and latter-day disc-jockey, who has been a major influence on popular music for
five decades. Much of his most celebrated work dates from the 1960s when he was, at first, an informal chronicler
and then an apparently reluctant figurehead of social unrest. A number of his songs, such as "Blowin' in the Wind"
and "The Times They Are a-Changin'," became anthems for both the civil rights and the anti-war movements.
Dylan's early lyrics incorporated political,social, and philosophical, as well as literary, influences. They defied existing
pop music conventions and appealed hugely to the then burgeoning counterculture. While expanding and
personalizing genres, he has explored many traditions of American song, from folk, blues and country to gospel, rock
and roll and rockabilly to English, Scottish and Irish folk music, and even jazz and swing.
Dylan performs with guitar, piano and harmonica. Backed by a changing line-up of musicians, he has toured steadily
since the late 1980s on what has been dubbed the Never Ending Tour. His accomplishments as a recording artist and
performer have been central to his career, but his greatest contribution is generally considered to be his songwriting.
He has received numerous awards over the years: Grammy, Golden Globe and Academy Awards; he has been
inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame and Songwriters Hall of Fame. In
2008 a Bob Dylan Pathway was opened in the singer's honor in his birthplace of Duluth, Minnesota. The Pulitzer Prize
jury in 2008 awarded him a special citation for what they called his profound impact on popular music and American
culture, "marked by lyrical compositions of extraordinary poetic power." He has also been awarded two honorary
degrees, the first from Princeton in 1970 and the second from St. Andrews in 2004.
His most recent album Together Through Life, his 33rd, was released on 28 April 2009. It reached number-one spot
on both the Billboard 200 and the UK album charts in its first week of release.
This Video above is from
"THE BOB DYLAN 30TH ANNIVERSARY TRIBUTE AT MADISON SQUARE GARDEN."
This song, "MY BACK PAGES",was one of the finales'to the star studded line up that nite.
On stage, BOB DYLAN,GEORGE HARRISON, ERIC CLAPTON, NEIL YOUNG, TOM PETTY, ROGER MCGUINN,
STEVE CROPPER, G.E. SMITH.
BOB DYLAN -- TANGLED UP IN BLUE
BOB DYLAN LIVE 1966 -- JUST LIKE A WOMAN
BOB DYLAN -- KNOCKIN ON HEAVENS' DOOR
BOB DYLAN & ERIC CLAPTON -- DON'T THINK TWICE, IT'S ALRIGHT
BOB DYLAN ON DAVE LETTERMAN SHOW NOV.18, 1993 --- FOREVER YOUNG
"THE BOB DYLAN 30TH ANNIVERSARY TRIBUTE AT MADISON SQUARE GARDEN."
This song, "MY BACK PAGES",was one of the finales'to the star studded line up that nite.
On stage, BOB DYLAN,GEORGE HARRISON, ERIC CLAPTON, NEIL YOUNG, TOM PETTY, ROGER MCGUINN,
STEVE CROPPER, G.E. SMITH.
BOB DYLAN -- TANGLED UP IN BLUE
BOB DYLAN LIVE 1966 -- JUST LIKE A WOMAN
BOB DYLAN -- KNOCKIN ON HEAVENS' DOOR
BOB DYLAN & ERIC CLAPTON -- DON'T THINK TWICE, IT'S ALRIGHT
BOB DYLAN ON DAVE LETTERMAN SHOW NOV.18, 1993 --- FOREVER YOUNG
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