Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan (born Robert Allen Zimmerman May 24 1941) is an American singer/songwriter, producer, poet and writer. He has been an influential figure in popular culture for more than five decades. Much of his most celebrated work dates from the 1960's when he was an informal chronicler and a seemingly reluctant figurehead of social unrest. A number of Dylan's early songs such as Blowin' In The Wind, The Times They Are A-Changin' and Subterranean Homesick Blues have become anthems of US Civil Rights and Anti-War movements. Leaving his initial base in the culture of folk music behind, Dylan's six minute single Llike A Rolling Stone" radically altered the parameters of music in 1965.

Dylan's lyrics have often incorporated a variety of social, political, philosophical, biblical and literary references. They defied existing pop music conventions of the day and appealed largely to the burgeoning counterculture. Initially inspired by the performance style of Little Richard and the songwriting styles of Woody Guthrie, Robert Johnson and Hank Williams, Dylan has both electrified and personalized musical genres. His recording career spanning nearly 50 years has explored many of the traditions in American song including folk, blues, country, gospel, rock & roll, rockabilly, english, scottish and Irish folk music to even embracing swing and jazz. Dylan performs with guitar,keyboards and harmonica backed by a changing lineup of musicians. He has toured steadily since the late 1980's on what he dubbed "the Never Ending Tour" he is also known as a founding member of the first supergroup The Traveling Wilburys. He was also the subject of Martin Scorsese's 2005 Peabody Winning Documentary No Direction Home

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