Bob Dylan was born in Duluth, Minnesota on May 24, 1941. After living briefly in Sioux Falls, South Dakota and Gallup, New Mexico, he graduated from high school in Hibbing, Minnesota "way up by the Canadian border." for françoise hardy / at the seine's edge / of a giant shadow / of the notre dame / seeks t grab my foot / sorbonne students / whirl by on thin bicycles- from the sleeve notes to the album Bob Dylan, released in March 1962 by Colombia Records. - from the sleeve notes to the album The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan, released in May 1963 by Colombia Records. In 1959 in Central City, Colorado, he had that first job, in a rough and tumble striptease joint. - from the sleeve notes to the album Bob Dylan, released in March 1962 by Colombia Records. Bob Dylan first came East in February, 1961. His destination: the Greystone Hospital in New Jersey. His purpose: to visit the long-ailing Woody Guthrie, singer, ballad-maker and poet. - from the sleeve notes to the album Bob Dylan, released in March 1962 by Colombia Records. - from the sleeve notes to the album Bob Dylan, released in March 1962 by Colombia Records.The young man from the provinces began to make friends quickly in New York ... . He fell in with Dave Van Ronk and Jack Elliot, two of the most dedicated musicians then playing in Greenwich Village, and swapped songs, ideas and stylistic conceptions with them. He played at the Gaslight Coffeehouse, and in April 1961, appeared opposite John Lee Hooker, the blues singer at Gerde's Folk City. London London and Rome. - from the sleeve notes to the album The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan, released in May 1963 by Colombia Records. Bob Dylan's Dream is another of his songs which was transported for a time in his mind before being written down. It was initially set off after an all-night conversation between Dylan and Oscar Brown, Jr in Greenwich Village. - from the sleeve notes to the album The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan, released in May 1963 by Colombia Records. The town that I was born in holds no memories/but for the honkin foghorns/the rainy mist/an the rocky cliffs/I have carried no feelings/up past the lake superior hills - from the sleeve notes to the album The Times They Are A-Changin', released in January 1964 by Colombia Records. north Hibbing / t south Hibbing./old north Hibbing ... / deserted / already dead / with it's old stone courthouse / decayin in the wind - from the sleeve notes to the album The Times They Are A-Changin', released in January 1964 by Colombia Records. ... it was as tho / the rains of wartime had / left the land bombed out an shattered / south Hibbing / is where everybody came t start their / town again. but the winds of the / north came followin and grew fiercer / as the years went by / but I was young / as so I ran / and kept runnin ... - from the sleeve notes to the album The Times They Are A-Changin', released in January 1964 by Colombia Records. In times behind, I too / wished I'd lived / in the hungry thirties / an blew in like Woody / t New York City / an sang for dimes / on subway trains - from the sleeve notes to the album The Times They Are A-Changin', released in January 1964 by Colombia Records. - from the sleeve notes to the album The Times They Are A-Changin', released in January 1964 by Colombia Records. - from the sleeve notes to the album The Times They Are A-Changin', released in January 1964 by Colombia Records. - from the sleeve notes to the album The Times They Are A-Changin', released in January 1964 by Colombia Records. - from the sleeve notes to the album The Times They Are A-Changin', released in January 1964 by Colombia Records. Eric ... bearded Eric / far in Boston / buried beneath my window - from the sleeve notes to the album The Times They Are A-Changin', released in January 1964 by Colombia Records. - from the sleeve notes to the album Another Side of Bob Dylan, released in August 1964 by Colombia Records. outside / of chicago, private come down / junkie nurse home heals countless / common housewives strung out / fully on drugstore dope legally / sold t help clean the kitchen - from the sleeve notes to the album Another Side of Bob Dylan, released in August 1964 by Colombia Records. irma goes t israel / an writes me that there, they / hate nazis much more n we over here - from the sleeve notes to the album Another Side of Bob Dylan, released in August 1964 by Colombia Records. - from the sleeve notes to the album Another Side of Bob Dylan, released in August 1964 by Colombia Records. - from the sleeve notes to the album Another Side of Bob Dylan, released in August 1964 by Colombia Records. on the brooklyn bridge / he was cockeyed / an stood on the edge / there was a priest talkin to him - from the sleeve notes to the album Another Side of Bob Dylan, released in August 1964 by Colombia Records. an i walked away / I wanted t see him jump so bad / that I had t walk away an hide / uptown uptown / orchard street / thru all those people on / orchard street - from the sleeve notes to the album Another Side of Bob Dylan, released in August 1964 by Colombia Records. royal street. / bourbon street / st. claude an esplanade / pass an pull / everything out of shape - from the sleeve notes to the album Another Side of Bob Dylan, released in August 1964 by Colombia Records. hypnotic stars explode / in louisiana murder nite / everything's wedged / arm in arm / stoned galore / must see you in mobile then / down governor nichel / and gone - from the sleeve notes to the album Another Side of Bob Dylan, released in August 1964 by Colombia Records. in greece, a little old lady / a worker lady / looks at me / rubs her chin / an by sign language asks / how come i'm so unshaven / "the sea is very beautiful here" - from the sleeve notes to the album Another Side of Bob Dylan, released in August 1964 by Colombia Records. erotic hitchhiker wearing japanese blanket. gets my attention by asking didn't he see me at this hootenanny down in puerto vallarta, mexico - from the sleeve notes to the album Bringing It All Back Home, released March 1965 by Colombia Records. The more I think about it, the more I realize what I left behind in Japan - my soul, my music and that sweet girl in the geisha house - I wonder does she remember me? If the people of Japan wish to know about me, they can hear this record - also they can hear my heart still beating in Kyoto at the Zen Rock Garden - Someday I will be back to reclaim it. - from the sleeve notes to the live album At Budokan, released in 1978 by Colombia Records he starts screaming at me you're the one. you're the one that's been causing all them riots over in vietnam - from the sleeve notes to the album Bringing It All Back Home, released March 1965 by Colombia Records. |
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Bob Dylan - Nobel Banquet Speech
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Bob Dylan - Nobel Banquet Speech
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Banquet speech by Bob Dylan given by the United States Ambassador to Sweden, Azita Raji, at the Nobel Banquet, 10 December 2016
Good evening, everyone. I extend my warmest greetings to the members of the Swedish Academy and to all of the other distinguished guests in attendance tonight.
I'm sorry I can't be with you in person, but please know that I am most definitely with you in spirit and honored to be receiving such a prestigious prize. Being awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature is something I never could have imagined or seen coming. From an early age, I've been familiar with and reading and absorbing the ...
Posted 11 Dec 2016, 15:02 by Robert Allen Zimmerman -
Shadows in the Night. The New Album by Bob Dylan
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Shadows in the Night
New Dylan album released today
Posted 2 Feb 2015, 18:20Shadows in the Night is the title of the new album by Bob Dylan, his 36th studio album, which gets its release today. A collection of covers, Dylan describes it as 'a real privilege to make'.
"I've wanted to do something like this for a long time but was never brave enough to approach 30-piece complicated arrangements and refine them down for a 5-piece band. That's the key to all these performances. We knew these songs extremely well. It was all done live. Maybe one or two takes. No overdubbing. No vocal booths. No headphones. No separate tracking, and, for ...
Posted 14 Feb 2015, 13:44 by Robert Allen Zimmerman -
Another Self Portrait: The Bootleg Series Vol 10
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Another Self Portrait
The Never Ending Bootleg Series
posted 25 Aug 2013, 15:16This week sees the release of the eagerly anticipated Another Self Portrait, no 10 in the ever-expanding Bob Dylan Bootleg Series containing 35 rare and previously unreleased (except on bootleg presumably) recordings. The tracks that have been selected for this edition comprise mainly out-takes from the recording sessions that produced the trio of albums that include Nashville Skyline, Self-Portrait and New Morning.
Self Portrait was Dylan's tenth studio album. Released in June 1970 by Columbia Records it consists mostly of covers with a few live recordings thrown in. Largely derided by critics at the time of its release (one of whom ...
Posted 14 Feb 2015, 14:27 by Robert Allen Zimmerman -
Like a Rolling Stone
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Like a Rolling Stone
posted 27 May 2013, 06:12I been all over these United States, but I ain't never yet found Fennario.
An interesting and indeed, most welcome tribute was paid to Bob Dylan, on the occasion of his 72 birthday, which was also, apparently, the 50th anniversary of The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan (you didn't know that, did you?).
An interactive map, charting "every street, town, and city Dylan has ever sung about", has been prepared and made public, courtesy of Slate.com. The map claims to present "entries for every place-name in a song written by Dylan and released on some kind of album (including the official Greatest Hits and Bootleg series)." Mind ...
Posted 14 Feb 2015, 13:58 by Robert Allen Zimmerman -
Tour Dates Announced for April, 2013
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Upcoming Tour Dates and Venues
posted 27 Feb 2013, 16:28From the horse's mouth (namely, the official Bob Dylan website):
Bob Dylan and his Band will perform U.S. concert dates in April. Ticket sales begin this weekend. Visit the Upcoming Dates page at bobdylan.com regularly for dates and ticket information.
Good news for Dylan's North American fans. The rest will have to wait their turn but it's a good bet that he'll get around eventually. By all accounts the guy likes touring and the day he stops touring will be the day he drops dead - and who wants to think about that dreadful day.
Posted 14 Feb 2015, 14:26 by Robert Allen Zimmerman -
Times they are a'changin over at Muscatine
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Workingmens' Blues
posted 24 Feb 2013, 14:28It would indeed appear to be sundown on the Union.
Bob Dylan Lays Off 2,000 Workers From Songwriting Factory
Posted 14 Feb 2015, 14:05 by Robert Allen Zimmerman
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