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Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan plays a guitar and sings into a microphone.

Dylan at Azkena Rock Festival in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain, in June 2010
Born Robert Allen Zimmerman
May 24, 1941 (age 77)
Duluth, Minnesota, U.S.
Residence Malibu, California, U.S.
Other names
Elston Gunnn Blind Boy Grunt Bob Landy Robert Milkwood Thomas Tedham Porterhouse
Lucky Wilbury Boo Wilbury Jack Frost Sergei Petrov
Occupation
Singer-songwriter artist writer
Years active 1959�present[1]
Home town Hibbing, Minnesota, U.S.
Spouse(s) Sara Dylan
(m. 1965; div. 1977)
Carolyn Dennis
(m. 1986; div. 1992)
Children 6, including Jesse and Jakob Dylan
Awards Nobel Prize in Literature (2016)
(For others, see List)
Musical career
Genres
Folk blues rock gospel country pop standards
Instruments
Vocals guitar keyboards harmonica
Labels
Columbia Asylum
Associated acts
Joan Baez The Band Johnny Cash Grateful Dead George Harrison Mark Knopfler Tom
Petty and the Heartbreakers Traveling Wilburys
Website bobdylan.com
Bob Dylan (born Robert Allen Zimmerman, May 24, 1941) is an American singer-
songwriter, author, and artist who has been an influential figure in popular music
and culture for more than five decades. Much of his most celebrated work dates from
the 1960s, when he became a reluctant "voice of a generation"[2] with songs such as
"Blowin' in the Wind" and "The Times They Are a-Changin'" which became anthems for
the Civil Rights Movement and anti-war movement. In 1965, he controversially "went
electric", branching out from his earlier work and alienating some fans of the
American folk music revival, recording a six-minute single, "Like a Rolling Stone,"
which enlarged the scope of popular music.
Dylan's lyrics incorporate a wide range of 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. In his recording career, Dylan has
explored many of the traditions in American song�from folk, blues, and country to
gospel, and rock and roll, and from rockabilly to English, Scottish, and Irish folk
music, embracing even jazz and the Great American Songbook. Dylan performs on
guitar, keyboards, and harmonica. Backed by a changing lineup 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 his songwriting is considered his greatest contribution.
Following his self-titled debut album in 1962, which mainly consisted of

traditional folk songs, Dylan made his breakthrough as a songwriter with the
release of the 1963 album The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan, featuring "Blowin' in the
Wind" and the thematically complex composition "A Hard Rain's a-Gonna Fall,"
alongside several other enduring songs of the era. For many of these songs he
adapted the tunes and sometimes phraseology of older folk songs. Dylan went on to
release the politically charged The Times They Are a-Changin' and the more
lyrically abstract and introspective Another Side of Bob Dylan in 1964. In 1965 and
1966, Dylan encountered controversy when he adopted the use of electrically
amplified rock instrumentation and in the space of 15 months recorded three of the
most important and influential rock albums of the 1960s, Bringing It All Back Home,
Highway 61 Revisited and Blonde on Blonde.
In July 1966, Dylan withdrew from touring after being injured in a motorcycle
accident. During this period he recorded a large body of songs with members of the
Band, who had previously backed Dylan on tour; these were eventually released as
the collaborative album The Basement Tapes in 1975. In the late 1960s and early
1970s, Dylan explored country music and rural themes in John Wesley Harding,
Nashville Skyline and New Morning. In 1975 Dylan released the album Blood on the
Tracks, which many saw as a return to form, followed by the critically and
commercially successful Desire the following year. In the late 1970s, Dylan became
a born-again Christian and released a series of albums of contemporary gospel
music, such as Slow Train Coming, before returning to his more familiar rock-based
idiom with Infidels. Dylan's major works during his later career include Time Out
of Mind, "Love and Theft" and Tempest. His most recent recordings have comprised
versions of traditional American standards, especially songs recorded by Frank
Sinatra.
Since 1994, Dylan has published seven books of drawings and paintings, and his work
has been exhibited in major art galleries. Dylan has sold more than 100 million
records, making him one of the best-selling music artists of all time. He has also
received numerous awards including eleven Grammy Awards, a Golden Globe Award, and
an Academy Award. Dylan has been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame,
Minnesota Music Hall of Fame, Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, and Songwriters
Hall of Fame. The Pulitzer Prize jury in 2008 awarded him a special citation for
"his profound impact on popular music and American culture, marked by lyrical
compositions of extraordinary poetic power". In May 2012, Dylan received the
Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Barack Obama, and, in 2016, he was
awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature "for having created new poetic expressions
within the great American song tradition".[3]

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Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan plays a guitar and sings into a microphone.

Dylan's lyrics incorporate a wide range of political, social, philosophical, and

Following his self-titled debut album in 1962, which mainly consisted of

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