Who is Bob Dylan?
Bob Dylan is a folk-rock singer, songwriter, and guitarist who is known as one of America’s greatest living legends, and has penned many of the world’s most famous songs. Born as Robert Allen Zimmerman, in Duluth, Minnesota in 1941, Bob Dylan’s grandparents were Jewish immigrants from Turkey and Russia. When Dylan was seven, his family moved to the nearby town of Hibbing, where he spent the majority of his youth. Bob Dylan became interested in music at an early age, and idolized American folk singer Woody Guthrie. He played country, folk, and rock music in several bands through high school, and was active in the folk music scene at University of Minnesota, where he attended college. Dropping out of college at the end of his freshman year, Bob Dylan soon moved to New York City, where he started playing solo shows around Greenwich Village. Critics and fans began to take notice, and he soon picked up a record deal with Columbia Records. His first album, called Bob Dylan consisted primaril
Born Robert Zimmerman in May 1941. Family descended from Russian and Lithuanian Jews. Raised in Duluth and Hibbing, Minnesota, where formed bands in high school. Dropped out of University of Minnesota, determined to infuse US folk music with new seriousness. Went to New York, discovered art and books, sat at hospital bedside of his hero, Woody Guthrie. Began to perform songs in Greenwich Village. First album of cover versions from Columbia, 1962. Made reputation with second and third albums, The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan and The Times They Are A-Changin’, as musical seer and prophet of social breakdown and political apocalypse in songs such as “Blowin’ in the Wind”, “Hard Rain’s Gonna Fall”, “Masters of War”, “Chimes of Freedom”, etc. His sandpaper rasp and unmelodious whine put off some listeners, but cover versions by Joan Baez, The Byrds and others showcased the melodies. His love songs and sardonic “talking blues” also impressed. So he was the voice of the Sixties? By 1964 he was cons
