Bob Dylan, Times, They are a Changin' |
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"It's really about you. Unless you're standing in somebody else's shoes you don't know what it feels like. You don't know what it's about... you can't say what it's about. But what you can do is try to give the illusion of the moment of it. And even that's not what it's about. That's just proof that you existed...What's anything about? It's not about anything. It is what it is." --Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan performed by the Byrds
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Robert Allen Zimmerman, or Bob Dylan, grew up in Hibbing, Minnesota as a Jew. He experienced prejudice in High School and felt as if he "didn't fit in." So he began to listen to music. Dylan was a big fan of early rockers like Elvis and Litle Richard. When folk music came back he traded his stuff in for an acoustic guitar. He began to play in local bars and clubs. It was through his girlfriend Suze Rotolo that he got interested in civil rights. Dylan began to record songs about social unfairness. Bob Dylan eventually became one of the the most memorable and influential folk artists. Many other artists recorded Dylan songs that scored spot on the charts. The Byrds recorded "Mr. Tambourine Man" and Peter, Paul, and Mary recorded Dylan's "Blowing' in the Wind." During one month in 1965 forty-eight Dylan songs were recorded. Many bands who didn't record Dylans songs recognized him as an influence.
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