Bob Dylan is an American folksinger who moved from folk to rock music in the 1960s, infusing the lyrics of rock and roll with the intellectualism of classic literature and poetry. Dylan wrote more than 500 songs recorded by more than 2,000 artists. Learn
Click on the world map to see a list of the countries. In mid-May, 1961, a disheveled 19-year-old showed up at the NYC family apartment of 15-year-old Peter McKenzie. He was supposed to spend one night. By the time he left several month later, Bob Dylan had become an earnest ...
Bob Dylan's entire catalog of songs, which reaches back 60 years, is being acquired by Universal Music Publishing Group for an undisclosed amount. The catalog contains 600 song copyrights, including "Blowin' In The Wind," "The Times They Are a-Changin'," "Knockin' On Heaven's Door," an...
Bob Dylan: A Distinctive Folk-Song StylistShelton, RobertShelton, Robert. 1961. "Bob Dylan: A Distinctive Folk Song Stylist." New York Times, September 29, pp. 31.
Dylan was the first rock musician to ever be named a Kennedy Center honoree. Grammy Awards AP Dylan performed the song “Love Sick” during the 40th Annual Grammy Awards Feb. 25, 1998, at Radio City Music Hall in New York. Dylan won a Grammy award for Album of the Year. ...
The widow of songwriter and theatre director Jacques Levy, who co-wrote seven songs on Bob Dylan’s 1976 album Desire, filed a $7.25 million lawsuit over Dylan’s blockbuster sale of his song catalog…By Chris Eggertsen Bob Dylan performs on stage with a Gibson acoustic guitar at the Fox...
Backed by a blues band using electric amplifiers, his performance was booed by much of the audience. The booing has been interpreted most popularly as an unequivocal commentary on Dylan’s “plugged-in” playing, but the actual cause of the commotion has remained controversial. Some, for ...
He has spent the majority of his 30-year music career performing in bars, festivals and cafes all over southern Ontario and the northern U.S. His Dylan imitation, originally performed as a parody, eventually evolved into a detailed tribute show:Edge of Dylan (Celebrate the Songs of Bob Dylan...
In June 2023, Dylan revisited a Dead tune he often included in his '90s set lists, "West L.A. Fadeaway" from 1987'sIn the Dark, the same year Dylan toured with the Dead. The last time Dylan played this song was in 1999 with a special guest, bassistPhil Lesh. ...
While we’ve listed all of Bob Dylan’s latest shows for his 2024 tour run, he may add another leg to his tour later in the year. This is Bob Dylan’s eighth leg of his Rough And Rowdy Ways tour, so who’s to say he won’t add a ninth? Check back for more information.Is ...