Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan (/ˈdɪlən/; born Robert Allen Zimmerman, May 24, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter, artist and writer. He has been influential in popular music and culture for more than five decades. Much of his most celebrated work dates from the 1960s when his songs chronicled social unrest, although Dylan repudiated suggestions from journalists that he was a spokesman for his generation. Nevertheless, early songs such as "Blowin' in the Wind" and "The Times They Are a-Changin'" became anthems for the American civil rights and anti-war movements. After he left his initial base in the American folk music revival, his six-minute single "Like a Rolling Stone" altered the range of popular music in 1965. His mid-1960s recordings, backed by rock musicians, reached the top end of the United States music charts while also attracting denunciation and criticism from others in the folk movement.

Dylan's lyrics have incorporated various political, social, philosophical, and literary influences. They defied existing pop music conventions and appealed to the burgeoning counterculture. Initially inspired by the performances of Little Richard, and the songwriting of Woody Guthrie, Robert Johnson, and Hank Williams, Dylan has amplified and personalized musical genres. His recording career, spanning 50 years, has explored the traditions in American song—from folk, blues, and country to gospel, rock and roll, and rockabilly to English, Scottish, and Irish folk music, embracing even jazz and the Great American Songbook. Dylan performs with guitar, keyboards, 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 songwriting is considered his greatest contribution.

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New York Observer 19 Jul 2018

Matt Drudge is at it again. And this time, he’s set his sights on The New Yorker ... — MATT DRUDGE (@DRUDGE) July 19, 2018 ... But Blitt claimed that rather than mocking Trump, he was actually paying tribute to Bob Dylan. In the song “It’s Alright Ma (I’m Only Bleeding),” the legendary musician sings that “even the President of the United States must sometimes have to stand naked.” That was apparently Blitt’s only inspiration ... ....

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'Forever young': John Demmer had lasting impact in Northern Michigan

Petoskey News-Review 19 Jul 2018

HARBOR SPRINGS — To many people he carried many titles — among them Mr. America, Mr. Harbor Springs, Mr. Michigan State and Mr. Demmer ... Johnson said one of the songs which will be sung at Demmer’s funeral, which is set for 11 a.m. today, Thursday, at the Estes-Leadley Greater Lansing Chapel in Lansing, is “Forever Young” by Bob Dylan. “The Young Americans have that song in their show this summer and are dedicating it to John,” Johnson said....

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Five Bob Dylan songs fans will be hoping to hear at his Hong Kong concert ...

South China Morning Post 16 Jul 2018

Bob Dylan’s “Never Ending Tour” – which began rolling 30 years ago – thunders into the city for the first time since 2011, and again he’ll be bringing his catalogue of world-changing protest songs, love songs, folk songs, jazz songs and even some pop songs spanning almost six decades. Music legend Bob Dylan’s 3 most iconic... ....

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Photos and video: 'Peace Town,' the late Jimmy LaFave's final album of recordings, out today

The Oklahoman 14 Jul 2018

Cale's "Don't Go To Strangers," plus "My Oklahoma Home (It Blowed Away)" by siblings Bill and Sis Cunningham -- the latter of whom co-founded the famed topical folk song journal Broadside, where some of Bob Dylan's most famed protest numbers enjoyed early wide exposure ... The set is rounded out with songs by such other writers he admired as Butch Hancock, David Ball and Bob McDill, and two instrumentals cut during the sessions....

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Modern music has always faced the censor’s ire

Live Mint 13 Jul 2018

Perhaps you would not even make much sense of most of the songs—because the Indian store has only the “Clean Lyrics” version of the album ... In the early 1970s, a Texas radio station decided to ban airing Bob Dylan’s songs not because they were offensive but because the station’s management felt the lyrics were too hard to comprehend!....

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Dylan songs don't intimidate incomparable Bettye LaVette

Arkansas Online 12 Jul 2018

Singer Bettye LaVette's latest album, Things Have Changed, is made up of her stunning interpretations of 12 Bob Dylan songs ... "'Ain't Talkin' is such a spooky song, to me, and my guys do such a good job keeping the spookiness on the stage," she says of the song from Dylan's Modern Times....

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Music that transcends into universalism

Chico Enterprise Record 12 Jul 2018

His history with music started when he was 9 years old ... “I missed her so I started rhyming. Not sure how that works,” he said ... “I always liked the English or philosophy major dropouts who wrote songs,” he said. “All my early heroes, from Leonard Cohen to Bob Dylan, saw themselves in the continuum of poetry as much as music, if not more.” ... I have pockets full of songs I’ve never played out here and I still remember most of the old ones.” ... ....

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Plugged In: Grammy nominated songwriters to perform in Decatur

Decatur Daily 12 Jul 2018

A lot of people think the artists write the songs, and most of the time we do. Our stories of what inspired the songs don’t get told that often,” Tate said. Expect a night of songs and stories from the veteran songwriters during the concert at The Brick ... We sit up there, play great songs, talk about them and have fun with the audience ... I’m a child of the 60s, so I was also influenced by Bob Dylan, Gordon Lightfoot and John Stewart....

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Broo View: The curious case of Jim Riggleman

WCPO 12 Jul 2018

As the story goes, Hendrix and Mason were at a party and had just heard a bootleg album that Bob Dylan had recorded. When the song "All Along the Watchtower" played, Hendrix was mesmerized ... In the overnight hours, Hendrix, with Mason playing the 12-string acoustic guitar solo that begins the song, laid down a cover of the song that not only became a classic but overshadowed Dylan's version....

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Jukebox: Dave Matthews Band arriving for annual pilgrimage

The Daily Gazette 12 Jul 2018

of the jam realm ... Meanwhile, the band has changed with the departure of longtime violinist Boyd Tinsley ... 8 p.m. $115-$45.50 ... They supplied a dance-it-up song for our wedding, “Sweet and Dandy.” (It mentions a wedding cake, but I digress.) ... Butler’s song “Ocean” has topped 25 million online views, showcasing the most intense 12-string style since Leo Kottke ... They played songs of Bob Dylan, Paul McCartney, the Four Tops as well as their own....

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How a lack venues for original songs affects local musicians

Centre Daily Times 11 Jul 2018

Some bands play other bands’ songs, some bands make up their own ... When I was a kid, nothing moved me more than listening to Bob Dylan’s first seven albums. In his most epic songs, I ... I was driven to learn as much of his catalog as I could, and in my high school days I could perform two sets of Dylan songs, singing all the thousands of words by memory....

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55 years later, we still can’t hear their cries

The State 10 Jul 2018

Fifty-five years ago, Bob Dylan wrote “Blowin’ in the Wind.” I was a college freshman at the time and took to the song immediately. Our country was so much in need of change. And we have changed a lot during the 55 years since then ... Donald Burdett. Santee ... SUBSCRIBE TODAY ... ....

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My wild night at a Brexit rave

The Guardian 10 Jul 2018

On a stage once graced by Bob Dylan, Jimi Hendrix and Joni Mitchell, Conservative MP Andrea Jenkyns is singing. It’s a song she wrote herself, “for the true patriots”, although she admits she hasn’t performed it in public since the days she “wore red rubber trousers” ... He arrives on stage with an acoustic guitar and plays a “song for British freedom” that rivals, in length, some of Bob Dylan’s more prolonged musings....

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