BOB DYLAN: HIS LEGACY AND LEGEND Bob Dylan playing in a small band as a teen and then traveling across America and observing the styles of Woody Guthrie, Arlo Guthrie, and Elvis Presley, and the ways and folklore of Ame...read more
by ktarcus
The times may have changed but Bob Dylan still remains one of the outstanding musical talents to emerge from the sixties "revolution". Inspired by Hank Williams and Woody Guthrie he was to become one of the most covered...read more
by John Toscano
There are many different ways to view Bob Dylan's legacy but for me, his legacy lies in his songs and most especially in his lyrics. He is a singer, songwriter and musician, whose lyrics are enduring and continue to influe...read more
He was born the son of Russian Jews from Odessa, Ukraine. On May 24, 1941, Robert Allen Zimmerman's childhood was spent in Hibbing, Minnesota as his family moved from Duluth, Minnesota. In his senior year in high school,...read more
by Little Roman
I remember playing one of my very first forty-five records on Bob Dylan's "Like a Rolling Stone" on my small record player box. My father even turn me on to his music, he loved it too. I played that record so much that eve...read more
by Shelly Payne
I live in Duluth, MN, where Bob Dylan was born, and Duluthians are funny about Bob Dylan. And by funny I don't mean "funny-ha-ha", I mean "Funny", like we are a 6th grade girl crushing on a cute boy in our school, and we n...read more
by Ethel Smith
For me the legacy of Bob Dylan is some great music, some great memories and much more. From listening to my brother's Bob Dylan records, in the early sixties, and becoming a fan myself I have always loved Dylan. His rough,...read more
Bob Dylan, Jewish singer and songwriter, is the voice of the 1960's. Breaking with popular musical trends to muse on love in all its colours and shapes, he dared to ask the world questions. In gruff tones, he dared to expl...read more
One of modern music's seminal moments occurred at the 1965 Newport Folk Festival. Bob Dylan, at the ripe old age of 24 and already ordained as the head spokesman of the 1960s U.S. counterculture, took the stage and unleash...read more
Bob Dylan is a legend that has lasted five decades of music and is still performing today. Bob Dylan was born on May 24, 1941, in Duluth Minnesota, his real name Robert Allen Zimmerman, in 1962 he legally changed his name...read more
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