Bob Dylan

1. Crooning Bob, Hidden Musereleased with two original songs. A year after that,
2. Masked & Anonymous"The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan" emerged with an all
3. Robert Allen Zimmermanoriginal album, including a song that became an anthem
4. Elston Gunnof the '60's - "Blowin' in the Wind".8. Bringing It All Back
5. A Star Is BornHome
6. A Legend Mends A LegendIn February 1964 Dylan and a small group of friends
7. Emergencedrove south out of New York City and stopped in
8. Bringing It All Back Homeunannounced to see poet 'Carl Sandburg' in North
9. Pat Garrett And Billy The KidCarolina. Disappointingly, Dylan left only 10 minutes after
10. Grammy Timearriving when he realized he couldn't get the venerable
11. Pope On The Red Lineman of letters to take him seriously as a fellow
12. In Their Father's Footsteps?poet.He popped folk-rock into the mainstream after
13. Albums Of The Yeartouring with Joan Baez with his own flavor of electric
14. Hollywood Hit Listacoustic swagger, culminating with his hit song, "Bringing
15. Jack Fateit all Back Home". Soon after the Byrd's turned his
16. Award Mongersong "Mr. Tambourine Man" into another hit with their
17. The Missing Beatle?"I think of a hero as someonecover version of the famous tune.9. Pat Garrett And
who understands the degree of responsibility thatBilly The Kid
comes with his freedom." - Bob Dylan1. Crooning Bob,Following a motorcycle accident in 1966 which took
Hidden Musehim out of the limelight until 1969. Around that time, Sam
Recently a Japanese writer named Junichi Saga wasPeckinpah asked him to compose the score and
astonished and flattered to learn that passages fromappear in his film, "Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid". This
one of his books apparently found their way into awould be the only the beginning of a long and
few of Bob Dylan's lyrics.continuing relationship with Hollywood and filmmaking.10.
In Bob Dylan's 2001 song, "Floater", he croons - "MyGrammy Time
old man, he's like some feudal lord, got more lives thanIn 1974, Bob Dylan and The Band hit the road to
a cat." "I'm not quite as cool or forgiving as I sound"promote their first number one album, "Planet Waves".
"Sometimes somebody wants you to give somethingThe next year they had another chart-topper with the
up, and tears or not, it's too much to ask."On page sixrelease of, "Blood on the Tracks". He followed that
of Junicihi Saga's book, "Confessions of a Yakuza", hewith several Rolling Thunder tours, a film called,
writes - "My old man would sit there like a feudal lord.""Renaldo and Clara" and then stunned the music world
"I'm not as cool or forgiving as I might have sounded."with the release of his fundamentalist Christian album,
Then on page 182, writes - "Tears or not, though, that"Slow Train Coming". A song from this album garnered
was too much to ask."The practitioner of Chinesehim his first Grammy.11. Pope On The Red Line
medicine resounded that the revelation of Dylan callingIn May 1997, he was stricken with histaplasmosis, a
upon his own work was surprising. This could bepossibly fatal infection of the heart sac, but recovered
counted as a literary theft of sorts, but the author hasto take on a tour of Europe. He kicked off the trip by
stated he has no plans to sue. "Why would I sue? ToSeptember, starting off in Rome by special request of
take something that made people around the worldthe Pope.12. In Their Father's Footsteps?
happy and try to exploit it for money - that's poverty.",His son Jakob Dylan has made a good time
stated Saga.semi-emulating his infamous father with his own band,
"This shows that people in other countries can relateThe Wallflowers. However, his Jesse Dylan has taken
to the harsh realities of prewar Japan, which was aa slightly altered route to stardom, opting for the
poor, struggling nation. I'm just happy somebody readglamour of Tinsletown. His first major directing gig is
my book and liked it.", said Saga. "My book hasn't evenabout to be released, "American Pie 3". Jesse also
sold that well, and it's out of print in Japan." He furtherdirected a film called, "How High" and appears with a
added he has estimated to have only made aboutspecial thanks credit on "The Matrix Revisited".13.
$8,475 from the publication.A few weeks ago, SagaAlbums Of The Year
bought his first Bob Dylan CD, "The Best of BobHe is truly legendary, his 1997 album, "Time Out of
Dylan".2. Masked & AnonymousMind" and his 2001 album "Love and Theft" were both
Would you reach out a hand to save a drowning manvoted Album of the Year by the Village Voice's annual
if you thought he might pull you in?This is the tagline forcritics' poll. Seems like a no-brainer to us.14. Hollywood
Bob's latest film called, "Masked & Anonymous". In it,Hit List
Bob plays, Jack Fate, a singer whose career has goneHe has composed and recorded songs or had his
on a downward spiral and is forced to make arecorded songs used in the following films:Gods &
comeback to the performance stage for a benefitGenerals
concert. For this film he was joined by some ofDivine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
Hollywood's hottest and brightest, all of whichVanilla Sky
reportedly signed onto the film at scale rates. The castBandits
includes: John Goodman, Jessica Lange, Luke Wilson,Blow
Jeff Bridges, Penelope Cruz, Reggie Lee, AngelaRemember the Titans
Bassett, Steven Bauer, Larry Campbell, Bruce Dern,High Fidelity
Alex Desert, Treva Etienne, Dan Frischman, TonyWonder Boys
Garnier, Laura Elena Harring, Ed Harris, Shawn MichaelThe Hurricane
Howard, Val Kilmer, Bruce Kirschbaum, Antonio DavidAmerican Beauty
Lyons, Cheech Marin, Chris Penn, George Receli,Hope Floats
Giovanni Ribisi, Mickey Rourke, Sam Sarpong, CharlieFear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Sexton, Jon Sklaroff, Christian Slater and Fred Ward.The Big Lebowski
On top of all of that, T-Shirt King friend, Keri Bruno, pullsJerry Maguire
2nd Unit Directing duties on the talent heavy film.TheBreaking the Waves
film hits theatres in a limited US release on July 25th.3.With Honors
Robert Allen ZimmermanDogfight
At 5 foot six inches, Robert Allen Zimmerman mightBand of the Hand
be a slight man, but under the name Bob Dylan, he is aAmerican Pop
legendary giant of a musician.4. Elston GunnRenaldo and Clara
Robert Allen Zimmerman was born May 24th 1941 inPat Garrett and Billy the Kid15. Jack Fate
Duluth, Minnesota. His father, Abe, was employed byThe small $10 million dollar film, "Masked &
the Standard Oil Company there, but when RobertAnonymous" was directed by veteran TV comedy
was six the family moved to Hibbing, Minnesota. Thedirector, Larry Charles, who has also helmed shows
one riddling note about Hibbing is that is very often thefor, "Mad About You", "Seinfeld" and "Curb Your
coldest place in the United States. Yikes. Growing upEnthusiasm".He appeared on the TV show, "Dharma &
there he taught himself piano and guitar and formedGreg" playing himself. When he met Conan O'Brien at
several high school rock bands. Around this time hea recent concert, Bob was quoted as saying, "I know
toyed with the stage name, "Elston Gunn".5. A Star Isyou from the TeeVee."16. Award Monger
BornHe has received numerous awards of note, including:
By 1959, Robert entered the University of MinnesotaThe Polar Music Prize from the Royal Swedish
and began performing under the name Bob Dylan atAcademy of Music in 2000, The Commandeur dans
clubs in Minnesota and St. Paul.6. A Legend Mends Al'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres from France in 1990, an
Legendhonorary doctorate from Princeton University in 1970
In 1960 he traveled to New York to perform in variousand was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
folk clubs throughout Greenwich Village. While in Newby Bruce Springteen at New York's Waldorf Astoria
York he spent time with his idol, Woody Guthrie at hisHotel in 1988.17. The Missing Beatle?
hospital room.7. EmergenceHe appears on the sleeve of the Beatles' "Sgt
Late in 1961 he landed a contract with ColumbiaPepper's Lonely Hearts Club".
Records and the following year his debut album was