Bob Dylan
3th November 2008
Is an American folk singer and composer. He was born in Minnesota in 1941. He used to devote to music since his childhood and he already founded a band on a high school. His active music career started in 1959. His favourite instruments are acoustic guitar and harmonica. He enjoyed his first public appearance in 1961. This point was broken, because many influential people find his huge talent out and his career started to soar. He started releasing singles and albums. He became an icon of the 60s. He fight against war in Vietnam with his songs too. His style had a big development – he performed jazz, swing, rock and roll, but also blues and country. He tried to play the electric guitar for a while. He released 43 albums for the time of his activity.
Interests:
- his original name is Robert Allen Zimmerman
- he´s a bearer of the order Commandeur de L´Ordre des Artes et des Lettres, the highest culture award of the French government, bearer of the award Polar Music of Sweden Royal Music Academy and he gained a honour Prince of Asturias Award in Arts
- he acted in some movies too, to best known is for example „The Pat Garrett and Billy Kid“, where sounded his famous song „Knockin´ On Heaven´s Door.“
Discography
Bob Dylan 1962
The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan 1963
The Times They Are a-Changin' 1964
Another Side of Bob Dylan 1964
Bringing It All Back Home 1965
Highway 61 Revisited 1965
Blonde on Blonde 1966
Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits 1967
John Wesley Harding 1967
Nashville Skyline 1969
Self Portrait 1970
New Morning 1970
Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits Vol. II 1971
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid 1973
Dylan 1973
Planet Waves 1974
Before the Flood 1974
Blood on the Tracks 1975
The Basement Tapes 1975
Desire 1975
Hard Rain 1976
Street-Legal 1978
Bob Dylan at Budokan 1979
Slow Train Coming 1979
Saved 1980
Shot of Love 1981
Infidels 1983
Real Live 1984
Empire Burlesque 1985
Biograph 1985
Knocked Out Loaded 1986
Down in the Groove 1988
Dylan & The Dead 1989
Oh Mercy 1989
Under the Red Sky 1990
The Bootleg Series Volumes 1-3 (Rare & Unreleased) 1961-1991 1991
Good as I Been to You 1992
The 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration 1993
World Gone Wrong 1993
Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits Volume 3 1994
MTV Unplugged 1995
Time Out of Mind 1997
The Bootleg Series Vol. 4: Bob Dylan Live 1966, The "Royal Albert Hall" Concert 1998
The Essential Bob Dylan 2000
"Love and Theft" 2001
The Bootleg Series Vol. 5: Bob Dylan Live 1975, The Rolling Thunder Revuer 2002
The Bootleg Series Vol. 6: Bob Dylan Live 1964, Concert at Philharmonic Hall 2004
The Bootleg Series Vol. 7: No Direction Home: The Soundtrack 2005
Live at the Gaslight 1962 2005
Modern Times 2006
