Who is Bob Dylan?

Do you know who is Bob Dylan? He is a famous folk-rock singer, guitarist, and songwriter and is known as one of the America’s greatest living legends. He has also written many world famous songs.

Bob Dylan was born in Duluth, Minnesota in 1941 as Robert Allen Zimmerman. His grandparents were Jewish immigrants from Russia and Turkey. By dropping out of college, he soon shifted to New York City and begun his career by playing solo shows around Greenwich Village. He was easily noticeable by critics and fans and soon made a record deal with Columbia Records. His first album was named after him “Bob Dylan” that included original and cover folk songs. His next album was ‘The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan, about the war protest of Vietnam. He also made another album which was recognized as one of the America’s greatest war protest songs. Since then, he continued his career but giving away the style of folk movement and playing electric guitar at Newport Folk Festival. During this time, he recorded some of his greatest and well known songs for which he gained popularity internationally.

However, he had to isolate from the public eye for facing a major bike accident that kept him away for years. He broke his neck and several injuries. Since then, he focused on album related to folk, ragtime, on country and others. He also gained recognition for his “Never Ending Tour” which runs throughout 1990s and 2000s. Around 100 shows he played each year.

He is widely known as amongst the world’s greatest musical talents and has also won the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. He was also ranked second in the list of Times Magazine’s 100 most influential people of the 20th century. He achieved number one record at the age 65 when he released his album ‘Modern Times’ that gained momentum. For that, he was recognized as the oldest living person to have a number one record.