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Bob Dylan 
(born Robert Allen Zimmerman; May 24, 1941)

Man, myth, legend, jester, poet, painter, folkie, beatnick, rocker, bluesman, survivor; Bob Dylan has made an indelible mark on popular music. He started playing music during his youth in Minnesota and migrated to New York City to meet his hero Woody Guthrie in the hospital. He played small clubs and created a stir in the local folk scene. A review in the New York Times led to a contract with Columbia Records.

He was acclaimed as the voice of a generation early in his career; but he eschewed such appellations and went on to defy and confound expectations through a poetic exploration of the personal, political, and the profound.  He continues to perform live on what has been called  The Never Ending Tour.  










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'Blowin' in the Wind' was derived from the old spiritual 'No More Auction Block' and became an anthem for the Civil Rights Movement.

"There ain’t too much I can say about this song except that the answer is blowing in the wind. It ain’t in no book or movie or TV show or discussion group. Man, it’s in the wind—and it’s blowing in the wind. Too many of these hip people are telling me where the answer is but oh I won’t believe that. I still say it’s in the wind and just like a restless piece of paper it’s got to come down some ...But the only trouble is that no one picks up the answer when it comes down so not too many people get to see and know ...and then it flies away I still say that some of the biggest criminals are those that turn their heads away when they see wrong and know it’s wrong. I’m only 21 years old and I know that there’s been too many ...You people over 21, you’re older and smarter."
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'Subterranean Homesick Blues' takes the talkin' blues form Dylan had explored through his early albums and literally electrifies it. The song borrows from Pete Seeger's 'Taking It Easy' and Chuck Berry's 'Too Much Monkey Business' and creates a whole new brand of music: folk rock. The song makes sweeping references to the cultural movements of the sixties and even the song that made him famous.

'This Wheel's On Fire' was recorded with the Band during the most prolific year of his life while he was recovering from a life-changing motorcycle crash in Woodstock, New York. Richard Danko co-wrote the song that wasn't officially released until 1975 as part of 'The Basement Tapes'.

"I had a dreadful motorcycle accident which put me away for a while, and I still didn't sense the importance of that accident till at least a year after that. I realized that it was a real accident. I mean I thought that I was just gonna get up and go back to doing what I was doing before ... but I couldn't do it anymore."

'Blood On The Tracks' was composed and recorded during his breakup with his wife Sarah. Dylan says the songs were inspired by the work of Anton Chekhov. 'Tangled Up In Blue' takes multiple perspectives and stories and weaves them into a shifting dreamlike narrative of love, loss, and hope.

'Gotta Serve Somebody' was the product of Dylan's becoming a born-again Christian. It won Dylan his first Grammy for Best Rock Vocal Performance by a Male in 1980.

"Towards the end of the show someone out in the crowd...knew I wasn't feeling too well. I think they could see that. And they threw a silver cross on the stage. Now usually I don't pick things up in front of the stage. Once in a while I do. Sometimes I don't. But I looked down at that cross. I said, 'I gotta pick that up.' So I picked up the cross and I put it in my pocket...And I brought it backstage and I brought it with me to the next town, which was out in Arizona...I was feeling even worse than I'd felt when I was in San Diego. I said, 'Well, I need something tonight.' I didn't know what it was. I was used to all kinds of things. I said, 'I need something tonight that I didn't have before.' And I looked in my pocket and I had this cross...There was a presence in the room that couldn't have been anybody but Jesus...Jesus put his hand on me. It was a physical thing. I felt it. I felt it all over me. I felt my whole body tremble. The glory of the Lord knocked me down and picked me up."

'Political World' was written spontaneously at a time when he was uninspired and signaled a new revitalized Dylan with 'Oh Mercy'. At the same time, he began working with the Traveling Wilburys and started his 'Never-Ending Tour'.

'Cold Irons Bound' came from the double-album 'Time Out Of Mind' which marked the beginning a a fertile decade of artistic and commerial success. The album won the Grammy for Album of the Year and this song won a Grammy for Best Rock Vocal Performance.

Comparing the recording of this album to his classic albums of the past, Dylan reflects that "those records were made a long time ago, and you know, truthfully, records that were made in that day and age all were good. They all had some magic to them because the technology didn't go beyond what the artist was doing. It was a lot easier to get excellence back in those days on a record than it is now.....The high priority is technology now. It's not the artist or the art. It's the technology that is coming through. That's what makes 'Time Out Of Mind'... it doesn't take itself seriously, but then again, the sound is very significant to that record. If that record was made more haphazardly, it wouldn't have sounded that way. It wouldn't have had the impact that it did.... There wasn't any wasted effort on 'Time Out Of Mind' and I don't think there will be on any more of my records."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hO-83CIVKM