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'''Bob Dylan''' is an [[American]] singer-songwriter. He was born Robert Allen Zimmerman in [[Duluth]], [[Minnesota]], on [[May 24]], [[1941]], the son of [[Jewish]] immigrants from [[eastern Europe]]. | '''Bob Dylan''' is an [[American]] singer-songwriter. He was born Robert Allen Zimmerman in [[Duluth]], [[Minnesota]], on [[May 24]], [[1941]], the son of [[Jewish]] immigrants from [[eastern Europe]]. | ||
Beginning in the early 1960s as a solo [[folk]] singer with an acoustic guitar, he had a huge impact in the middle of the decade by switching to [[electric guitar|electric]], adding a back-up band, and bringing [[literacy]] to [[rock and roll|rock'n'roll]]. In the late sixties, after a lay-off due to a serious motor-cycle accident, he became identified as the prototype [[singer-songwriter]], at the same time as his music, some say deliberately, lost much of its urgency. | Beginning in the early 1960s as a [[Woody Guthrie]]-influenced solo [[folk]] singer with an acoustic guitar, he had a huge impact in the middle of the decade by switching to [[electric guitar|electric]], adding a back-up band, and bringing [[literacy]] to [[rock and roll|rock'n'roll]]. In the late sixties, after a lay-off due to a serious motor-cycle accident, he became identified as the prototype [[singer-songwriter]], at the same time as his music, some say deliberately, lost much of its urgency. | ||
It is generally agreed that the quality of Dylan's records over his long career has varied enormously. His most acclaimed albums are, from the sixties: ''The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan'', ''Bringing it All Back Home'', ''Highway 61 Revisited'', ''Blonde on Blonde '' and ''John Wesley Harding''; from the seventies: ''Blood on the Tracks'', ''The Basement Tapes'' (recorded in 1967 while recuperating from his accident) and ''Desire'', and from the nineties, ''Time Out of Mind''. His two most recent albums, ''Love and Theft'' and ''Modern Times'', have also met with acclaim. | It is generally agreed that the quality of Dylan's records over his long career has varied enormously. His most acclaimed albums are, from the sixties: ''The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan'', ''Bringing it All Back Home'', ''Highway 61 Revisited'', ''Blonde on Blonde '' and ''John Wesley Harding''; from the seventies: ''Blood on the Tracks'', ''The Basement Tapes'' (recorded in 1967 while recuperating from his accident) and ''Desire'', and from the nineties, ''Time Out of Mind''. His two most recent albums, ''Love and Theft'' and ''Modern Times'', have also met with acclaim. | ||
Recently he has become an acclaimed [[disc jockey]], presenting his choice of music in ''Theme Time Radio Hour''. | Recently he has become an acclaimed [[disc jockey]], presenting his choice of music in ''Theme Time Radio Hour''. | ||
Revision as of 18:43, 28 February 2008
Bob Dylan is an American singer-songwriter. He was born Robert Allen Zimmerman in Duluth, Minnesota, on May 24, 1941, the son of Jewish immigrants from eastern Europe.
Beginning in the early 1960s as a Woody Guthrie-influenced solo folk singer with an acoustic guitar, he had a huge impact in the middle of the decade by switching to electric, adding a back-up band, and bringing literacy to rock'n'roll. In the late sixties, after a lay-off due to a serious motor-cycle accident, he became identified as the prototype singer-songwriter, at the same time as his music, some say deliberately, lost much of its urgency.
It is generally agreed that the quality of Dylan's records over his long career has varied enormously. His most acclaimed albums are, from the sixties: The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan, Bringing it All Back Home, Highway 61 Revisited, Blonde on Blonde and John Wesley Harding; from the seventies: Blood on the Tracks, The Basement Tapes (recorded in 1967 while recuperating from his accident) and Desire, and from the nineties, Time Out of Mind. His two most recent albums, Love and Theft and Modern Times, have also met with acclaim.
Recently he has become an acclaimed disc jockey, presenting his choice of music in Theme Time Radio Hour.