" The Times They Are a-Changin ' " is a song written by Bob Dylan and released as the title track of his 1964 album of the same name . Dylan wrote the song as a deliberate attempt to create an anthem of change for the time, influenced by Irish and Scottish ballads. Released as a 45-rpm single in Britain in 1965, it reached number 9 on the UK Singles Chart . The song was not released as a single in the US. In 2019 it was certified Silver by BPI .
120-521: Bob Dylan (legally Robert Dylan ; born Robert Allen Zimmerman , May 24, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter. Often considered one of the greatest songwriters of all time, Dylan has been a major figure in popular culture over his 60-year career. He rose to prominence in the 1960s, when songs such as " The Times They Are a-Changin' " (1964) became anthems for the civil rights and antiwar movements. Initially modeling his style on Woody Guthrie 's folk songs , Robert Johnson 's blues and what he called
240-495: A Triumph Tiger 100 , near his home in Woodstock, New York . Dylan said he broke several vertebrae in his neck. The circumstances of the accident are unclear since no ambulance was called to the scene and Dylan was not hospitalized. Dylan's biographers have written that the crash offered him the chance to escape the pressures around him. Dylan concurred: "I had been in a motorcycle accident and I'd been hurt, but I recovered. Truth
360-455: A hedge fund manager. The song is included in "The 500 Songs That Shaped Rock and Roll", a permanent exhibit at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame . Billy Bragg covered the song but altered the lyrics to make it a protest song dealing with the issues of 2017. Bragg sang lyrics such as "Accept it that soon you'll be drenched to the bone/For the climate is obviously changing," and "But the man in
480-1658: A 1974. The 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration (traducción de Alberto Manzano). Celeste ediciones, Madrid, 1993. Greatest Hits/Unplugged ; (traducción de Alberto Manzano). Celeste ediciones, Madrid, 1995. Del huracán a las tierras altas 1975-1997. Escritos y canciones (traducción de Antonio J. Iriarte y Francisco J. García Cubero), Valencia, 1999. Tarántula (trad. de Gabriel Zadunaisky), Granica Editor, Argentina, 1973. Tarántula (trad. de Ignacio Renom), Ed. Júcar, Colección Los Juglares, Madrid, 1996. Tarántula (Trad. de Alberto Manzano). Ed. Global Rhythm Press. Barcelona, 2007. Tarántula Ed. Malpaso. 2017. Crónicas, Vol I. , Ed. Global Rhythm Press, Barcelona, 2005. Crónicas, Vol I. ,Edición de bolsillo. Ed. RBA, Barcelona, 2007. Crónicas, Vol I. ,Ed. Malpaso, 2017. Canciones. Ed. Arquitrave. Canciones reúne medio centenar de textos de Bob Dylan traducidos por Gabriel Jiménez Emán. Letras 1962-2001 ; Ed. Alfaguara Global Rhythm, 2007. Fotorretórica de Hollywood . El Manuscrito perdido, Ed. Alfaguara Global Rhythm, 2009. Bob Dylan and Barry Feinstein. Books about Bob Dylan published in Spanish [ edit ] Dylan, historias, canciones y poesía Ed. Libros Cúpula, Barcelona, 2009. Dirigido por Mark Blake (Prólogo de Bono). Bob Dylan. El álbum 1956-1966 Ed. GlobalRhythm, Edición de Adrienne Wiley. Barcelona, 2005. Araguas, Vicente: El mundo poético de Bob Dylan , Ed. Pigmalión, 2017. Bauldie, John: Bob Dylan . Se busca, Celeste Ediciones, Madrid, 1994. Becerril Zúñiga, Pachi: Once upon
600-548: A Complete Unknown: The Poetry of Bob Dylan's Songs, 1962-1969 . Stealing Home Press. ISBN 0-9723592-0-6 . Hughes, John (2016). Invisible Now: Bob Dylan in the 1960s . Routledge. ISBN 978-1138268760 . Humphries, Patrick (1991). Oh No! Not Another Bob Dylan Book . Square One Books. ISBN 1-872747-04-3 . Kelly, Roy (2015). Bob Dylan Dream: My Life With Bob . Pembury House Publishing. ISBN 978-0992995683 . Kinney, David (2014). The Dylanologists: Adventures in
720-1065: A Time: The Lives of Bob Dylan . Mainstream Publishing . ISBN 978-1-78057-573-5 . —— (2013). Time Out Of Mind: The Lives of Bob Dylan . Mainstream Publishing. ISBN 978-1-78057-5773 . Cott, Jonathan (1984). Dylan . Rolling Stone Press . ISBN 0-09-158750-6 . Dalton, David (2012). Who Is That Man?: In Search of the Real Bob Dylan . New York: Hyperion . ISBN 978-1-4013-2339-4 . Epstein, Daniel Mark (2011). The Ballad of Bob Dylan: A Portrait . HarperCollins . ISBN 978-028564-0825 . Hajdu, David (2001). Positively Fourth Street: The Lives and Times of Joan Baez, Bob Dylan, Mimi Baez Fariña and Richard Fariña . Farrar, Straus and Giroux. ISBN 0747558264 . Heylin, Clinton (1996). Bob Dylan: A Life In Stolen Moments: Day by Day 1941–1995 . Schirmer Books. ISBN 0-7119-5669-3 . —— (2000). Bob Dylan: Behind
840-417: A concert with "The Times They Are a-Changin ' "; he told biographer Anthony Scaduto , "I thought, 'Wow, how can I open with that song? I'll get rocks thrown at me.' But I had to sing it, my whole concert takes off from there. I know I had no understanding of anything. Something had just gone haywire in the country and they were applauding the song. And I couldn't understand why they were clapping, or why I wrote
960-636: A damn". By the end of 1963, Dylan felt manipulated and constrained by the folk and protest movements. Accepting the " Tom Paine Award" from the Emergency Civil Liberties Committee shortly after the assassination of John F. Kennedy , an intoxicated Dylan questioned the role of the committee, characterized the members as old and balding, and claimed to see something of himself and of every man in Kennedy's assassin, Lee Harvey Oswald . Another Side of Bob Dylan , recorded in
1080-3012: A disco. 1961-1996. Canciones para después del diluvio , Ed. Milenio, Lleida, 1997. Izquierdo, Eduardo: Bob Dylan. La trilogía del tiempo y el amor. 66rpm Edicions. 2014. Ledesma Saúco, Javier: Bob Dylan, Dios y Jesucristo. ¿Una provocación? , Ed. C&G, 2014. ISBN 978-84-611-3401-4 - Páginas: 192 - Medidas:17x24 cm - Encuadernación: Rústica cosida a hilo. López Poy, Manuel: Bob Dylan , Ed. Ma Non Troppo, 2016. Manzano, Alberto: Bob Dylan , Salvat, col. Video Rock; Barcelona, 1991. Marcus, Greil: Like A Rolling Stone. Bob Dylan en la encrucijada , Ed. Global Rhythm Press. Barcelona, 2010. Margotin, Philippe y Guesdon, Jean-Michel: Bob Dylan. Todas sus canciones ,Ed. Blume.2015. Martín, Luis: Bob Dylan , Ediciones Cátedra, col. Rock Pop; Madrid, 1991. Miles, Barry: Bob Dylan visto por sí mismo , Ed. Júcar; Madrid, 1984. Ordovás, Jesús: Bob Dylan 1 , Ed. Júcar, col. “Los juglares”, octubre de 1972. Polizzotti, Mark: Highway 61 Revisited , Ed. Libros Crudos; Colección 33 1/3, 2010. Rato, Mariano Antolín: Bob Dylan 2 , Ed. Júcar, col. “Los juglares”, septiembre de 1975. Rémond, Alain: Los caminos de Bob Dylan , Ediciones Sígueme, 1972. Editado inicialmente por Epi sa Editeurs, París, 1971. Ricks, Christopher: Dylan poeta: visiones del pecado , Editorial: Cuadernos de Langre / San Lorenzo de El Escorial, 2007. Santelli, Robert (comp.): Bob Dylan: el álbum. 1956-1966 . Ed. Global Rhythm Press. 2005. Scaduto, Anthony: Bob Dylan , Ed. Júcar, col. "Los juglares serie especial”, primera edición, octubre de 1976 (segunda edición, mayo de 1983). Shepard, Sam: Rolling Thunder: Con Bob Dylan en la carretera . Ed. Anagrama . Barcelona, 2006. Sierra i Fabra, Jordi. Bob Dylan 1941-1979 . Edicomunicación, 1979. ——; Bianciotto, Jordi. Bob Dylan . Ed. Folio S.A. Biografías ABC, 2005. ——. Bob Dylan 99 razones para amarlo (o no) . Ed. Planeta, 2017. Sounes, Howard . Bob Dylan: La biografía . Ed. Sudamericana de Bolsillo, 2001. ——. Bob Dylan: La biografía . Edición ampliada. Ed. Reservoir Books, 2016. Southall, Brian: Los tesoros de Bob Dylan . Ed. Libros Cúpula, 2013. Vico Puertas, Darío: Bob Dylan . Ed. La Máscara SL, 2000. Williams, Paul . Bob Dylan. Años de juventud . Ed. Robinbook (ma non troppo). Barcelona, 2004. ——. Bob Dylan. Años de madurez . Ed. Robinbook (ma non troppo). Barcelona, 2005. ——. Bob Dylan. Años de luces y sombras . Ed. Robinbook (ma non troppo). Barcelona, 2005. Footnotes [ edit ] ^ Kozinn, Alann (October 7, 2014). "The Most of Bob Dylan" . The New York Times . Retrieved October 8, 2014 . ^ Marquesee, Mike (August 19, 2006). "Pop 1960-62: not all hopeless" . Guardian Unlimited . Retrieved July 20, 2014 . External links [ edit ] Come Writers And Critics lists all
1200-842: A few film festivals. Secluded from public gaze, Dylan recorded over 100 songs during 1967 at his Woodstock home and in the basement of the Hawks' nearby house, " Big Pink ". These songs were initially offered as demos for other artists to record and were hits for Julie Driscoll , the Byrds, and Manfred Mann. The public heard these recordings when Great White Wonder , the first " bootleg recording ", appeared in West Coast shops in July 1969, containing Dylan material recorded in Minneapolis in 1961 and seven Basement Tapes songs. This record gave birth to
1320-521: A folk artist with his mind wandering towards Elvis Presley and Sun Records ". In May 1963, Dylan's political profile rose when he walked out of The Ed Sullivan Show . During rehearsals, Dylan had been told by CBS television's head of program practices that " Talkin' John Birch Paranoid Blues " was potentially libelous to the John Birch Society . Rather than comply with censorship, Dylan refused to appear. Dylan and Baez were prominent in
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#17327728356461440-480: A hypnotic way. The civil rights movement and the folk music movement were pretty close for a while and allied together at that time." Dylan biographer Clinton Heylin describes how musician Tony Glover stopped by Dylan's apartment in September 1963, picked up a page of the song Dylan was working on, and read a line from it: "Come senators, congressmen, please heed the call." Turning to Dylan, Glover said, "What
1560-504: A large body of songs with members of the Band , who had previously backed him on tour. These recordings were later released as The Basement Tapes in 1975. In the late 1960s and early 1970s, Dylan explored country music and rural themes on John Wesley Harding (1967), Nashville Skyline (1969) and New Morning (1970). In 1975, he released Blood on the Tracks , which many saw as
1680-506: A long and whining road, even though time keeps a-changin' / I'm a bring it all back home". In 2009, the filmmaker Michael Moore sang the third verse of the song live on The Jay Leno Show after being told that he had to "earn" a clip from his film Capitalism: A Love Story to be shown. On December 10, 2010, Dylan's hand-written lyrics of the song were sold at auction at Sotheby's , in New York, for $ 422,500. They were purchased by
1800-427: A management contract with Albert Grossman . Grossman remained Dylan's manager until 1970, and was known for his sometimes confrontational personality and protective loyalty. Dylan said, "He was kind of like a Colonel Tom Parker figure ... you could smell him coming." Tension between Grossman and John Hammond led to the latter suggesting Dylan work with the jazz producer Tom Wilson , who produced several tracks for
1920-475: A minor industry in the illicit release of recordings by Dylan and other major rock artists. Columbia released a Basement selection in 1975 as The Basement Tapes . In late 1967, Dylan returned to studio recording in Nashville, accompanied by Charlie McCoy on bass, Kenny Buttrey on drums and Pete Drake on steel guitar. The result was John Wesley Harding , a record of short songs thematically drawing on
2040-427: A new label, David Geffen 's Asylum Records , when his contract with Columbia Records expired. His next album, Planet Waves , was recorded in the fall of 1973, using the Band as his backing group as they rehearsed for a major tour. The album included two versions of "Forever Young" , which became one of his most popular songs. As one critic described it, the song projected "something hymnal and heartfelt that spoke of
2160-629: A raucous confrontation between Dylan and his audience at the Manchester Free Trade Hall in England on May 17, 1966. A recording of this concert was released in 1998: The Bootleg Series Vol. 4: Bob Dylan Live 1966 . At the climax of the evening, a member of the audience, angered by Dylan's electric backing, shouted: " Judas !" to which Dylan responded, "I don't believe you ... You're a liar!" Dylan turned to his band and said, "Play it fucking loud!" During his 1966 tour, Dylan
2280-429: A rejection of the role of political spokesman thrust upon him. His new direction was signaled by two lengthy songs: the impressionistic " Chimes of Freedom ", which sets social commentary against a metaphorical landscape in a style characterized by Allen Ginsberg as "chains of flashing images," and " My Back Pages ", which attacks the simplistic and arch seriousness of his own earlier topical songs and seems to predict
2400-483: A return to form. In the late 1970s, he became a born-again Christian and released three albums of contemporary gospel music before returning to his more familiar rock-based idiom in the early 1980s. Dylan's Time Out of Mind (1997) marked the beginning of a career renaissance. He has released five critically acclaimed albums of original material since, most recently Rough and Rowdy Ways (2020). He also recorded
2520-596: A revelation to Dylan and influenced his early performances. He wrote of Guthrie's impact: "The songs themselves had the infinite sweep of humanity in them... [He] was the true voice of the American spirit. I said to myself I was going to be Guthrie's greatest disciple". In addition to visiting Guthrie, Dylan befriended his protégé Ramblin' Jack Elliott . From February 1961, Dylan played at clubs around Greenwich Village , befriending and picking up material from folk singers, including Dave Van Ronk , Fred Neil , Odetta ,
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#17327728356462640-447: A single evening on June 9, 1964, had a lighter mood. The humorous Dylan reemerged on " I Shall Be Free No. 10 " and "Motorpsycho Nightmare". " Spanish Harlem Incident " and " To Ramona " are passionate love songs, while " Black Crow Blues " and " I Don't Believe You (She Acts Like We Never Have Met) " suggest the rock and roll soon to dominate Dylan's music. " It Ain't Me Babe ", on the surface a song about spurned love, has been described as
2760-815: A small studio in Greenwich Village. These sessions resulted in " Watching the River Flow " and a new recording of " When I Paint My Masterpiece ". On November 4, 1971, Dylan recorded " George Jackson ", which he released a week later. For many, the single was a surprising return to protest material, mourning the killing of Black Panther George Jackson in San Quentin State Prison . Dylan's surprise appearance at Harrison's Concert for Bangladesh on August 1, 1971, attracted media coverage as his live appearances had become rare. In 1972, Dylan joined Sam Peckinpah 's film Pat Garrett and Billy
2880-613: A small, close-knit Jewish community. They lived in Duluth until Dylan was six, when his father contracted polio and the family returned to his mother's hometown of Hibbing, where they lived for the rest of Dylan's childhood, and his father and paternal uncles ran a furniture and appliance store. In the early 1950s Dylan listened to the Grand Ole Opry radio show and heard the songs of Hank Williams . He later wrote: "The sound of his voice went through me like an electric rod." Dylan
3000-454: A songwriter. Janet Maslin wrote of Freewheelin ' : These were the songs that established [Dylan] as the voice of his generation—someone who implicitly understood how concerned young Americans felt about nuclear disarmament and the growing Civil Rights Movement : his mixture of moral authority and nonconformity was perhaps the most timely of his attributes. Freewheelin ' also included love songs and surreal talking blues . Humor
3120-1193: A time... 365 días en la vida de Bob Dylan . Uno Editorial. 2017. Cott, Jonathan: Dylan sobre Dylan , Ed. Global Rhythm Press, Barcelona, 2008. Recopilación de entrevistas. Curado, Antonio: 20/20 Visión: apuntes sobre la obra de Bob Dylan , Ed. Covarrubias, Toledo, 2007. Escudero, Vicente: Bob Dylan , Editorial Lumen, Barcelona, junio de 1991. ——. Bob Dylan 4 . Ediciones Júcar, colección "Los juglares", mayo de 1992. ——. Bob Dylan . Luces y sombras, Editorial La Máscara, abril de 1993. ——. Bob Dylan en la prensa española (1980-1993) . Ed. Júcar, col. "Los Juglares", diciembre de 1995. ——. Bob Dylan. Los discos . Ed. Júcar, col. "Los juglares", abril de 1996. ——. Bob Dylan: Las canciones . Ed. Júcar, col. "Los juglares", abril de 1996. ——. Bob Dylan: Las palabras . Ed. Júcar, col. "Los juglares", abril de 1996. Faux, Danny: Bob Dylan 3 , Ed. Júcar, col. “Los juglares”, julio de 1982. García, Francisco: Bob Dylan en España. Mapas de carretera para el alma ; Editorial Milenio, diciembre de 2000. Jové, Josep Ramón: Bob Dylan disco
3240-653: A trilogy of albums covering the Great American Songbook , especially songs sung by Frank Sinatra , and an album smoothing his early rock material into a mellower Americana sensibility, Shadow Kingdom (2023). Dylan has toured continuously since the late 1980s on what has become known as the Never Ending Tour . Since 1994, Dylan has published nine books of paintings and drawings , and his work has been exhibited in major art galleries. He has sold more than 125 million records, making him one of
3360-474: Is this shit, man?" Dylan shrugged his shoulders and replied, "Well, you know, it seems to be what the people want to hear." Critic Michael Gray called it "the archetypal protest song ." Gray commented, "Dylan's aim was to ride upon the unvoiced sentiment of a mass public—to give that inchoate sentiment an anthem and give its clamour an outlet. He succeeded, but the language of the song is nevertheless imprecisely and very generally directed." Gray suggested that
3480-526: The A-side of a single. It was sung by bandleader Jim McGuinn and prominently features his signature twelve-string Rickenbacker guitar. The song was often played at concerts surrounding its release. I remember the Beatles were in the studio for one of them (version of 'The Times They Are a-Changin'). That kinda put a lot of pressure on us. — Roger McGuinn George Harrison and Paul McCartney of
3600-729: The American West and the Bible . The sparse structure and instrumentation, with lyrics that took the Judeo-Christian tradition seriously, was a departure from Dylan's previous work. It included " All Along the Watchtower ", famously covered by Jimi Hendrix . Woody Guthrie died in October 1967, and Dylan made his first live appearance in twenty months at a memorial concert held at Carnegie Hall on January 20, 1968, where he
3720-592: The Brechtian " The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll " the death of Black hotel barmaid Hattie Carroll at the hands of young White socialite William Zantzinger. " Ballad of Hollis Brown " and " North Country Blues " addressed despair engendered by the breakdown of farming and mining communities. The final track on the album contained Dylan's angry response to a hostile profile of the singer that had appeared in Newsweek magazine. As biographer Clinton Heylin puts it,
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3840-546: The New Lost City Ramblers and Irish musicians the Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem . In September, The New York Times critic Robert Shelton boosted Dylan's career with a very enthusiastic review of his performance at Gerde's Folk City : "Bob Dylan: A Distinctive Folk-Song Stylist". That month, Dylan played harmonica on folk singer Carolyn Hester 's third album, bringing him to the attention of
3960-686: The Newsweek journalist wrote a story about "the way the Bar Mitzvah boy from Hibbing, Minnesota, had reinvented himself as the prince of protest", emphasising his birth name Robert Zimmerman, his attendance at the University of Minnesota and his close relationship with his parents whom he claimed to be estranged from. The day after the article appeared, Dylan returned to the studio to record " Restless Farewell " which ends with his vow to "make my stand/ And remain as I am/ And bid farewell and not give
4080-585: The Woodstock Festival closer to home. In the early 1970s, critics charged that Dylan's output was varied and unpredictable. Greil Marcus asked "What is this shit?" upon first hearing Self Portrait , released in June 1970. It was a double LP including few original songs and was poorly received. In October 1970, Dylan released New Morning , considered a return to form. The title track was from Dylan's ill-fated collaboration with MacLeish, and "Day of
4200-736: The best-selling musicians ever . He has received numerous awards , including the Presidential Medal of Freedom , ten Grammy Awards , a Golden Globe Award and an Academy Award . Dylan has been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame , Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame and the Songwriters Hall of Fame . In 2008, the Pulitzer Prize Board awarded him a special citation for "his profound impact on popular music and American culture, marked by lyrical compositions of extraordinary poetic power." In 2016, Dylan
4320-442: The "accompaniments" as "often so trashy they sound like mere practice takes". In Rolling Stone , Jon Landau wrote that "the record has been made with typical shoddiness". Over the years critics came to see it as one of Dylan's masterpieces. In Salon , journalist Bill Wyman wrote: The Times They Are a-Changin%27 (song) Ever since its release, the song has been influential to people's views on society, with critics noting
4440-671: The "architectural forms" of Hank Williams 's country songs, Dylan added increasingly sophisticated lyrical techniques to the folk music of the early 1960s, infusing it "with the intellectualism of classic literature and poetry". His lyrics incorporated political, social and philosophical influences, defying pop music conventions and appealing to the burgeoning counterculture . Dylan was born and raised in St. Louis County, Minnesota . Following his self-titled debut album of traditional folk songs in 1962, he made his breakthrough with The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan (1963). The album featured " Blowin' in
4560-487: The 18th and 19th century. Dylan recalled writing the song as a deliberate attempt to create an anthem of change for the moment. In 1985, he told Cameron Crowe , "This was definitely a song with a purpose. It was influenced of course by the Irish and Scottish ballads ...'Come All Ye Bold Highway Men', 'Come All Ye Tender Hearted Maidens'. I wanted to write a big song, with short concise verses that piled up on each other in
4680-999: The 1960s . Seven Stories Press . ISBN 1-58322-686-9 . Marshall, Lee (2007). Bob Dylan: The Never Ending Star . Polity . ISBN 9780745636429 . Marshall, Scott (2002). Restless Pilgrim: The Spiritual Journey of Bob Dylan . Relevant Books . ISBN 0-9714576-2-X . —— (2017). Bob Dylan: A Spiritual Life . BP Books. ISBN 978-1944229641 . McCarron, Andrew (2017). Light Come Shining: The Transformations of Bob Dylan . Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0199313471 . McGregor, Craig (1972). Bob Dylan: A Retrospective . William Morrow & Co . ISBN 0-688-06025-0 . Mellers, Wilfrid (1984). A Darker Shade of Pale: A Backdrop to Bob Dylan . Faber and Faber . ISBN 0-571-13345-2 . Mensema, Bill (2009). Fietsen met Bob Dylan . Passage. ISBN 97890-5452-208-9 . Muir, Andrew (2001). Razor's Edge: Bob Dylan &
4800-618: The 1984 Apple shareholders meeting, where he famously unveiled the Macintosh computer for the first time. The "Dylan Covers Database" listed 436 recordings, including bootlegs, of this song as of October 19, 2009. According to the same database, the song has been recorded in at least 14 other languages, such as Catalán, Czech, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Norwegian, Polish, Serbian, Spanish, and Swedish. Hip hop group Public Enemy reference it in their 2007 Dylan tribute song " Long and Whining Road ": "It's been
4920-493: The Ancient Empty Street in L.A. Great White Wonder List of Basement Tapes songs 1967 1975 Concert tours England Tour (1965) World Tour (1966) Isle of Wight Festival (1969) Tour with the Band (1974) Rolling Thunder Revue (1975–1976) World Tour (1978) Gospel Tour (1979–80) European Tour (1984) True Confessions Tour (1986) Tour with
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5040-963: The Band, and the Basement Tapes . Jawbone. ISBN 978-1-906002-05-3 . —— (2014). Million Dollar Bash: Bob Dylan, the Band, and the Basement Tapes (Revised & updated ed.). Jawbone. ISBN 978-1-908279-69-9 . Hedin, Benjamin (2004). Studio A: The Bob Dylan Reader . W. W. Norton & Company . ISBN 0-393-05844-1 . Heylin, Clinton (1995). Bob Dylan: The Recording Sessions, 1960–1994 . St. Martin's Griffin . ISBN 0-312-15067-9 . —— (2009). Revolution In The Air: The Songs of Bob Dylan, Volume One: 1957–73 . Constable . ISBN 978-1-84901-051-1 . —— (2010). Still On The Road: The Songs of Bob Dylan, Volume Two: 1974–2008 . Constable. ISBN 978-1-84901-011-5 . —— (2016). Judas!: From Forest Hills to
5160-522: The Beach Boys ; Joan Baez ; Phil Collins ; Billy Joel ; Bruce Springsteen ; Me First and the Gimme Gimmes ; Brandi Carlile ; and Burl Ives . The song was ranked number 59 on Rolling Stone 's 2004 list of the "500 Greatest Songs of All Time" . Dylan appears to have written the song in September and October 1963. He recorded it as a Witmark publishing demo at that time, a version that
5280-401: The Beatles attended the Byrds' recording of the song on September 1, 1965, at Columbia's studios on Sunset Boulevard . Members of the Byrds' later reflected that the presence of the two Beatles prevented them from completing the track effectively. Columbia Records originally pressed thousands of cover sleeves for the intended single, but the Byrds' manager, Jim Dickson , asked for
5400-753: The Byrds , Sonny & Cher , the Hollies , the Association , Manfred Mann and the Turtles . " Mixed-Up Confusion ", recorded during the Freewheelin' sessions with a backing band, was released as Dylan's first single in December 1962, but then swiftly withdrawn. In contrast to the mostly solo acoustic performances on the album, the single showed a willingness to experiment with a rockabilly sound. Cameron Crowe described it as "a fascinating look at
5520-1085: The Calumet Massacre of 1913 . Harper. ISBN 978-0062451699 . Books by Bob Dylan translated into Spanish [ edit ] Letras completes ; Traductores: Miquel Izquierdo, José Moreno,Diego A. Manrique Ed. Malpaso. 2016. Canciones ; selección, traducción y prólogo de Eduardo Chamorro, Visor, 1971. George Jackson y otras canciones ; (selección y traducción de Antonio Resines), Visor, 1972; reedición, 1996. Escritos, canciones y dibujos ; Editorial R. Aguilera/Ediciones Castilla, 1975 - Versión bilingüe (inglés/castellano) of Writings and Drawings by Bob Dylan, originally published by Alfred A. Knopf (1973). Canciones 1 , Editorial Fundamentos, colección Espiral, Madrid, 1984 - Comprende las canciones de Dylan editadas en sus álbumes oficiales desde 1961 hasta 1965. Canciones 2 , Editorial Fundamentos, colección Espiral, Madrid, 1985 - Comprende las canciones de Dylan editadas en sus álbumes oficiales desde "Blonde On Blonde" hasta "Blood On The Tracks", de 1966
5640-649: The Crossroads . PublicAffairs . ISBN 1-58648-382-X . —— (2013). Bob Dylan by Greil Marcus: Writings 1968–2010 . PublicAffairs. ISBN 978-1610391993 . —— (2022). Folk Music: A Bob Dylan Biography in Seven Songs . Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0300255317 . Markhorst, Jochen (2020). Blonde On Blonde: Bob Dylan's mercurial masterpiece . Independently published. ISBN 979-8629122043 . —— (2020). Blood on
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5880-472: The Flood , was released on Asylum Records. Soon, according to Clive Davis , Columbia Records sent word they "will spare nothing to bring Dylan back into the fold". Dylan had second thoughts about Asylum, unhappy that Geffen had sold only 600,000 copies of Planet Waves despite millions of unfulfilled ticket requests for the 1974 tour; he returned to Columbia Records, which reissued his two Asylum albums. After
6000-541: The Free Trade Hall: A Historical View of Dylan's Big Boo . Route Publishing. ISBN 978-1901927689 . —— (2017). Trouble In Mind: Bob Dylan's Gospel Years: What Really Happened . Route Publishing. ISBN 978-1901927726 . —— (2018). No One Else Could Play That Tune: The Making and Unmaking of Bob Dylan's 1974 Masterpiece . Route Publishing. ISBN 978-1901927764 . Hinchey, John (2002). Like
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#17327728356466240-2570: The Heart Tempest Shadows in the Night Fallen Angels Triplicate Rough and Rowdy Ways Shadow Kingdom Live albums Contemporary Before the Flood Hard Rain Bob Dylan at Budokan Real Live Dylan & the Dead The 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration MTV Unplugged Archival Live 1961–2000: Thirty-Nine Years of Great Concert Performances Live at The Gaslight 1962 Live at Carnegie Hall 1963 In Concert – Brandeis University 1963 The 1966 Live Recordings Bob Dylan – The Rolling Thunder Revue: The 1975 Live Recordings The Complete Budokan 1978 Compilations Hits Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits Vol. II Masterpieces Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits Volume 3 The Best of Bob Dylan (1997) The Best of Bob Dylan, Vol. 2 The Essential Bob Dylan The Best of Bob Dylan (2005) Dylan Themed Dylan The Basement Tapes Blues Box sets Biograph Bob Dylan: The Collection The Original Mono Recordings The 50th Anniversary Collection Bob Dylan: The Complete Album Collection Vol. One The 50th Anniversary Collection 1963 The 50th Anniversary Collection 1964 1970 The Bootleg Series Volumes 1–3 (Rare & Unreleased) 1961–1991 Vol. 4: The Royal Albert Hall Concert Vol. 5: Bob Dylan Live 1975, The Rolling Thunder Revue Vol. 6: Bob Dylan Live 1964, Concert at Philharmonic Hall Vol. 7: No Direction Home: The Soundtrack Vol. 8: Tell Tale Signs: Rare and Unreleased 1989–2006 Vol. 9: The Witmark Demos: 1962–1964 Vol. 10: Another Self Portrait (1969–1971) Vol. 11: The Basement Tapes Complete Vol. 12: The Cutting Edge 1965–1966 Vol. 13: Trouble No More 1979–1981 Vol. 14: More Blood, More Tracks Vol. 15: Travelin' Thru, 1967–1969 Vol. 16: Springtime in New York 1980–1985 Vol. 17: Fragments – Time Out of Mind Sessions (1996–1997) Bootlegs From Newport to
6360-712: The Highway: The Life of Bob Dylan The Cambridge Companion to Bob Dylan Bob Dylan: Mixing Up the Medicine Family Sara Dylan (first wife) Carolyn Dennis (second wife) Jesse Dylan (son) Jakob Dylan (son) Related Recording Sessions The Band Traveling Wilburys Electric Dylan controversy Artists who have covered Dylan songs Joan Baez Suze Rotolo Helena Springs The Telegraph magazine Festival The Concert for Bangladesh Pat Garrett and Billy
6480-1127: The Highway: The Life of Bob Dylan . Grove Press . ISBN 0-8021-1686-8 . Spitz, Bob (1988). Dylan: A Biography . McGraw-Hill . ISBN 978-0-39330-769-6 . Thompson, Toby (1972). Positively Main Street: An unorthodox view of Bob Dylan . New English Library. ISBN 0-450-01012-0 . Williams, Richard (1992). Dylan: A Man Called Alias . Bloomsbury . ISBN 0-7475-1084-9 . Books about Bob Dylan [ edit ] Barker, Derek (2008). The Songs He Didn't Write: Bob Dylan Under The Influence . Chrome Dreams. ISBN 978-1-84240-424-9 . Bauldie, John, ed. (1992). Wanted Man: In Search of Bob Dylan . Penguin Books . ISBN 0-14-015361-6 . Browning, Gary; Sandis, Constantine , eds. (2021). Dylan at 80: It used to go like that and now it goes like this . Imprint Academic. ISBN 978-1788360456 . Corcoran, Neil, ed. (2002). Do You, Mr Jones? Bob Dylan with
6600-623: The Jewish-centric fraternity Sigma Alpha Mu house, Dylan began to perform at the Ten ;O'Clock Scholar, a coffeehouse a few blocks from campus, and became involved in the Dinkytown folk music circuit. His focus on rock and roll gave way to American folk music , as he explained in a 1985 interview: The thing about rock'n'roll is that for me anyway it wasn't enough ... There were great catch-phrases and driving pulse rhythms ... but
6720-525: The Juniors ' " Rock and Roll Is Here to Stay " at their high school talent show was so loud that the principal cut the microphone. In 1959, Dylan's high school yearbook carried the caption "Robert Zimmerman: to join 'Little Richard ' ". That year, as Elston Gunnn, he performed two dates with Bobby Vee , playing piano and clapping. In September 1959, Dylan enrolled at the University of Minnesota . Living at
6840-849: The Kid Dylan Planet Waves Blood on the Tracks The Basement Tapes Desire Street-Legal Slow Train Coming Saved Shot of Love Infidels Empire Burlesque Knocked Out Loaded Down in the Groove Oh Mercy Under the Red Sky Good as I Been to You World Gone Wrong Time Out of Mind "Love and Theft" Modern Times Together Through Life Christmas in
6960-704: The Kid , providing the soundtrack and playing "Alias", a member of Billy's gang. Despite the film's failure at the box office, " Knockin' on Heaven's Door " became one of Dylan's most covered songs. That same year, Dylan protested the move to deport John Lennon and Yoko Ono , who had been convicted for marijuana possession, by sending a letter to the US Immigration Service which read in part: "Hurray for John & Yoko. Let them stay and live here and breathe. The country's got plenty of room and space. Let John and Yoko stay!" Dylan began 1973 by signing with
7080-675: The Land of Bob . Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978-1-4516-2692-6 . Kramer, Daniel (1967). Bob Dylan . Citadel Press . —— (1991). Bob Dylan: A Portrait of the Artist's Early Years . Plexus Publishing . ISBN 0-85965-188-6 . —— (2016). Bob Dylan: A Year and A Day . Taschen . ISBN 978-3836547604 . Latham, Sean, ed. (2021). The World of Bob Dylan . Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-108-49951-4 . Lee, C.P. (1998). Like The Night: Bob Dylan and
7200-504: The Locusts" was his account of receiving an honorary degree from Princeton University on June 9, 1970. In November 1968, Dylan co-wrote " I'd Have You Anytime " with George Harrison; Harrison recorded that song and Dylan's " If Not for You " for his album All Things Must Pass . Olivia Newton-John covered "If Not For You" on her debut album and " The Man in Me " was prominently featured in
7320-608: The Making of Blonde on Blonde . Chicago Review Press. ISBN 978-1613735473 . Santelli, Robert (2005). The Bob Dylan Scrapbook . Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978-0743228282 . Scaduto, Anthony (1971). Bob Dylan: An Intimate Biography . Grossert & Dunlap. ISBN 978-0448020341. Schatzberg, Jerry (2006). Thin Wild Mercury—Touching Dylan's Edge: The Photography . Genesis Publications . ISBN 0-904351-99-8 . Archived from
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#17327728356467440-458: The Myth of Protest . Hobo Press. ISBN 3923282028 . Gilmour, Michael J. (2011). The Gospel According to Bob Dylan . 1517 Media (Augsburg Fortress). ISBN 978-0664232078 . Gill, Andy (1998). Classic Bob Dylan: My Back Pages . Carlton. ISBN 1-85868-599-0 . —— (2004). A Simple Twist of Fate: Bob Dylan and the Making of Blood on
7560-1062: The Never Ending Tour . Helter Skelter. ISBN 1-900924-13-7 . —— (2003). Troubadour: Early & Late Songs of Bob Dylan . Woodstock Publications. ISBN 0-9544945-0-4 . —— (2013). One More Night: Bob Dylan's Never Ending Tour . Andrew Muir. ISBN 978-1-48263-2361 . —— (2019). The True Performing of it: Bob Dylan & William Shakespeare . Red Planet Books. ISBN 978-1912733958 . Otiono, Nduka; Toth, Josh, eds. (2019). Polyvocal Bob Dylan: Music, Performance, Literature . Palgrave Studies in Music and Literature. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan. doi : 10.1007/978-3-030-17042-4 . ISBN 978-3-030-17042-4 . S2CID 239395870 . Padgett, Ray (2023). Pledging My Time: Conversations with Bob Dylan Band Members . EWP Press. ISBN 979-8988178118 . Pichaske, David (2010). Song of
7680-472: The North Country " appeared on the album. The album influenced the nascent genre of country rock . In 1969, Dylan was asked to write songs for Scratch , Archibald MacLeish 's musical adaptation of " The Devil and Daniel Webster ". MacLeish initially praised Dylan's contributions, writing to him "Those songs of yours have been haunting me—and exciting me," but creative differences led to Dylan leaving
7800-712: The North Country: a Midwest Framework to the Songs of Bob Dylan . Continuum. ISBN 9781441142320 . Polizzotti, Mark (2006). Highway 61 Revisited . Continuum. ISBN 0-8264-1775-2 . Ribakove, Sy & Barbara Ribakove (1966). Folk-Rock: The Bob Dylan Story . Dell. Ricks, Christopher (2003). Dylan's Visions of Sin . Penguin/Viking. ISBN 0-670-80133-X . Riley, Tim . Hard Rain: A Dylan Commentary . Knopf/VintDarylar=1992anders78-0679745273. Sanders, Daryl (2018). That Thin, Wild Mercury Sound: Dylan, Nashville, and
7920-822: The Poets and Professors . Chatto & Windus . ISBN 0-7011-7280-0 . Davidson, Mark; Fishel, Parker, eds. (2023). Bob Dylan: Mixing Up the Medicine . Callaway. ISBN 978-1734537796 . Dettmar, Kevin J., ed. (2008). The Cambridge Companion to Bob Dylan . Cambridge University Press . ISBN 978-0-521-71494-5 . Dunn, Tim (2008). The Bob Dylan Copyright Files 1962–2007 . Authorhouse . ISBN 978-1-4389-1589-0 . Engel, Dave (1997). Just Like Bob Zimmerman's Blues: Dylan in Minnesota . River City Memoirs. ISBN 0-942495-61-6 . Feinstein, Barry (1999). Early Dylan . Bullfinch Press. ISBN 978-0821225349 . Gans, Terry Alexander (1982). What's Real and What Is Not. Bob Dylan through 1964:
8040-1257: The Rain . Billboard Books . ISBN 0-8230-7974-0 . Wald, Elijah (2015). Dylan Goes Electric!: Newport, Seeger, Dylan, and the Night That Split the Sixties . Dey Street Books. ISBN 978-0062366689 . Weberman, A.J. (2005). Dylan to English Dictionary . Yippie Museum Press. ISBN 978-1-4196-1338-8 . Williams, Paul (1980). Dylan - What Happened? . Entwhistle Books. ISBN 978-0897080217 . —— (1991). Bob Dylan: Performing Artist The Early Years 1960–1973 . Underwood-Miller . ISBN 0-88733-131-9 . —— (2004). Bob Dylan, Performing Artist: The Middle Years (1974–1986) . Omnibus Press . ISBN 1-84449-096-3 . —— (2005). Bob Dylan, Performing Artist: Mind Out Of Time (1986–1990 & beyond) . Omnibus Press. ISBN 1-84449-831-X . Wilentz, Sean (2009). Bob Dylan In America . The Bodley Head . ISBN 978-1-84792-150-5 . Williamson, Nigel (2004). The Rough Guide to Bob Dylan . Rough Guides . ISBN 1-84353-139-9 . Wolff, Daniel (2017). Grown-Up Anger: The Connected Mysteries of Bob Dylan, Woody Guthrie, and
8160-427: The Road to the Manchester Free Trade Hall . Helter Skelter . ISBN 1-900924-07-2 . —— (2000). Like a Bullet of Light: The Films of Bob Dylan . Helter Skelter. ISBN 1-900924-06-4 . Marcus, Greil (1997). Invisible Republic: Bob Dylan's Basement Tapes . Picador . ISBN 0-330-33624-X . —— (2005). Like a Rolling Stone: Bob Dylan at
8280-840: The Shades: Take Two . Viking . ISBN 0-670-88506-1 . —— (2011). Bob Dylan: Behind the Shades: 20th Anniversary Edition . Faber and Faber . ISBN 978-0-571-27240-2 . —— (2021). The Double Life of Bob Dylan: Volume I: 1941–1966 A Restless, Hungry Feeling . Bodley Head. ISBN 978-1847925886 . —— (2023). The Double Life of Bob Dylan Volume 2: 1966-2021: 'Far away from Myself' . Bodley Head. ISBN 978-1847925893 . Leigh, Spencer (2020). Bob Dylan: Outlaw Blues . McNidder and Grace. ISBN 978-0-85716-205-2 . McDougal, Dennis (2014). Dylan: The Biography . John Wiley & Sons . ISBN 978-0470636237 . Morley, Paul (2021). You Lose Yourself You Reappear: Bob Dylan and
8400-620: The Tracks . Da Capo. ISBN 0-306-81413-7 . Goss, Nina, ed. (2018). Tearing the World Apart: Bob Dylan and the Twenty-First Century . University Press of Mississippi. ISBN 978-1496813329 . Gray, Michael (2000). Song & Dance Man III . Continuum . ISBN 978-1496813329 . —— (2006). The Bob Dylan Encyclopedia . Continuum International. ISBN 0-8264-6933-7 . —— (2021). Outtakes on Bob Dylan . Route. ISBN 978-1901927-86-3 . Griffin, Sid (2007). Million Dollar Bash: Bob Dylan,
8520-750: The Tracks: Dylan's Masterpiece in Blue . Independently published. ISBN 979-8629525448 . —— (2021). Bringing It All Back Home: Bob Dylan's second Big Bang . Independently published. ISBN 979-8777898623 . —— (2020). John Wesley Harding: Bob Dylan meets Kafka in Nashville . Independently published. ISBN 979-8588008839 . —— (2021). Street-Legal: Bob Dylan's unpolished gem from 1978 . Independently published. ISBN 979-8528438214 . —— (2020). The Basement Tapes: Bob Dylan's Summer of 1967 . Independently published. ISBN 979-8642423820 . Marqusee, Mike (2005). Wicked Messenger: Bob Dylan and
8640-566: The Troubadour , Les Cousins , and Bunjies . He also learned material from UK performers, including Martin Carthy . By the release of Dylan's second album, The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan , in May 1963, he had begun to make his name as a singer-songwriter. Many songs on the album were labeled protest songs , inspired partly by Guthrie and influenced by Pete Seeger 's topical songs. " Oxford Town "
8760-574: The US and Canada for six months, backed by the five musicians from the Hawks who became known as The Band . While Dylan and the Hawks met increasingly receptive audiences, their studio efforts foundered. Producer Bob Johnston persuaded Dylan to record in Nashville in February 1966, and surrounded him with top-notch session men. At Dylan's insistence, Robertson and Kooper came from New York City to play on
8880-508: The US and UK. " It's All Over Now, Baby Blue " and " It's Alright Ma (I'm Only Bleeding) " were two of Dylan's most important compositions. In 1965, headlining the Newport Folk Festival , Dylan performed his first electric set since high school with a pickup group featuring Mike Bloomfield on guitar and Al Kooper on organ. Dylan had appeared at Newport in 1963 and 1964, but in 1965 was met with cheering and booing and left
9000-520: The United States, following the pogroms against Jews of 1905. His maternal grandparents, Florence and Ben Stone, were Lithuanian Jews who had arrived in the United States in 1902. Dylan wrote that his paternal grandmother's family was originally from the Kağızman district of Kars Province in northeastern Turkey. Dylan's father Abram Zimmerman and his mother Beatrice "Beatty" Stone were part of
9120-925: The Voices of a Lifetime . Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978-1471195143 . Rotolo, Suze (2008). A Freewheelin' Time . Aurum Press. ISBN 9781845133924 . Scaduto, Anthony (1972). Bob Dylan . Sphere . ISBN 9780349131283 . Shelton, Robert (1986). No Direction Home: The Life and Music of Bob Dylan . New English Library . ISBN 0-450-04843-8 . —— (2011). No Direction Home: The Life and Music of Bob Dylan (Revised & updated ed.). Omnibus Press . ISBN 978-184938-458-2 . —— (2021). Thomson, Elizabeth (ed.). Bob Dylan: No Direction Home (Revised and Illustrated Edition, with new Foreword and Afterword by Elizabeth Thomson ed.). Palazzo Editions. ISBN 978-1786750907 . Sounes, Howard (2001). Down
9240-2905: The War and Treaty , for their album Dirt Does Dylan . Proceeds from sales of their version were donated to Feeding America . Bob Dylan bibliography#Art books by Bob Dylan List of books published by and about Bob Dylan This is a list of books published by and about Bob Dylan . Books by Bob Dylan [ edit ] Dylan, Bob (1971). Tarantula . Macmillan . ISBN 0261633376 . —— (1973). Writings and Drawings by Bob Dylan . Jonathan Cape . ISBN 0-224-00867-6 . —— (1985). Lyrics: 1962–1985 . Knopf . ISBN 978-0394542782 . —— (2004). Chronicles: Volume One . Simon & Schuster . ISBN 0-7432-2815-4 . —— (2004). Lyrics: 1962–2001 . Simon & Schuster. ISBN 0-7432-3944X . —— (2014). The Lyrics: Since 1962 . Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978-1476797700 . Edited by Christopher Ricks , Lisa Nemrow, Julie Nemrow. —— (2017). The Nobel Lecture . Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978-1501189401 . —— (2022). The Philosophy of Modern Song . Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978-1451648706 . Art books by Bob Dylan [ edit ] Dylan, Bob (1994). Drawn Blank . Random House . ISBN 978-0679417880 . —— (2008). The Drawn Blank Series . Prestel . ISBN 978-3791339436 . —— (2010). The Brazil Series . Prestel. ISBN 978-3791350981 . —— (2011). The Asia Series . Gagosian Gallery . ISBN 978-1935263470 . —— (2013). Revisionist Art: Thirty Works by Bob Dylan . Abrams . ISBN 978-1419709791 . —— (2014). Bob Dylan: Face Value . National Portrait Gallery . ISBN 978-1855144804 . —— (2016). The Beaten Path . Halcyon Gallery . ISBN 978-1-907849-39-8 . —— (2018). Mondo Scripto . Halcyon Gallery . ISBN 978-1-907849-44-2 . —— (2023). Bob Dylan: Retrospectrum . Skira Editore. ISBN 978-8857249025 . Interviews with Bob Dylan [ edit ] Younger Than That Now: The Collected Interviews with Bob Dylan . Thunder's Mouth Press . 2004. ISBN 1-56025-590-0 . Burger, Jeff (2018). Dylan on Dylan: Interviews and Encounters . Chicago Review Press. ISBN 978-0912777429 . Cott, Jonathan (2006). Dylan on Dylan: The Essential Interviews . Hodder & Stoughton . ISBN 0-340-92312-1 . Biographies of Bob Dylan [ edit ] Bell, Ian (2012). Once Upon
9360-591: The White House says no one's to blame/For the times, they are a-changing back." A cover of the song by singer Susan Calloway was used in a commercial for the 2022 Stanley Cup Finals . The commercial featured an edited sequence of handoffs of the Stanley Cup between notable former Cup winning players with Calloway's version accompanying. Nitty Gritty Dirt Band covered the song in 2021 with guest vocals from Jason Isbell , Steve Earle , Rosanne Cash , and
9480-487: The Wind " and " A Hard Rain's a-Gonna Fall ", which adapted the tunes and phrasing of older folk songs. He released the politically charged The Times They Are a-Changin' and the more lyrically abstract and introspective Another Side of Bob Dylan in 1964. In 1965 and 1966, Dylan drew controversy among folk purists when he adopted electrically amplified rock instrumentation, and in the space of 15 months recorded three of
9600-454: The accents not of a son, no longer perhaps primarily a parent, but with the attitude of a grandfather." Ricks concluded, "Once upon a time it may have been a matter of urging square people to accept the fact that their children were, you know, hippies. But the capacious urging could then come to mean that ex-hippie parents had better accept that their children look like becoming yuppies. And then Republicans ..." Critic Andy Gill points out that
9720-411: The album's producer John Hammond , who signed Dylan to Columbia Records . Dylan's debut album, Bob Dylan , released March 19, 1962, consisted of traditional folk, blues and gospel material with just two original compositions, " Talkin' New York " and " Song to Woody ". The album sold 5,000 copies in its first year, just breaking even. In August 1962, Dylan changed his name to Bob Dylan, and signed
9840-585: The album, Dylan was booked for two US concerts with Al Kooper and Harvey Brooks from his studio crew and Robbie Robertson and Levon Helm , former members of Ronnie Hawkins 's backing band the Hawks . On August 28 at Forest Hills Tennis Stadium, the group was heckled by an audience still annoyed by Dylan's electric sound. The band's reception on September 3 at the Hollywood Bowl was more favorable. From September 24, 1965, in Austin, Texas, Dylan toured
9960-402: The backlash he was about to encounter from his former champions. In the latter half of 1964 and into 1965, Dylan moved from folk songwriter to folk-rock pop-music star. His jeans and work shirts were replaced by a Carnaby Street wardrobe, sunglasses day or night, and pointed " Beatle boots ". A London reporter noted "Hair that would set the teeth of a comb on edge. A loud shirt that would dim
10080-465: The band's third single, reaching number 1 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart and number 26 on the UK Singles Chart . The Byrds performed the song on the U.S. television program Hullabaloo , but it failed to make a long-term impact. CBS England issued "The Times They Are a-Changin ' " as the lead track of an EP , along with " Set You Free This Time ", written by Gene Clark , which
10200-898: The books ever published in the world about Bob Dylan, in 31 languages so far. The Life & Work of Bob Dylan Collection at La Salle University is the largest academic collection of Bob Dylan works and memorabilia v t e Bob Dylan Discography Awards Bibliography Songs written by Dylan Bob Dylan songs based on earlier tunes Bob Dylan cover songs 2016 Nobel Prize in Literature Studio albums Bob Dylan The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan The Times They Are a-Changin' Another Side of Bob Dylan Bringing It All Back Home Highway 61 Revisited Blonde on Blonde John Wesley Harding Nashville Skyline Self Portrait New Morning Pat Garrett & Billy
10320-604: The civil rights movement, singing together at the March on Washington on August 28, 1963. Dylan performed " Only a Pawn in Their Game " and " When the Ship Comes In ". Dylan's third album, The Times They Are a-Changin' , reflected a more politicized Dylan. The songs often took as their subject matter contemporary stories, with " Only a Pawn in Their Game " addressing the murder of civil rights worker Medgar Evers , and
10440-398: The effect was dramatic and electrifying". Many early songs reached the public through more palatable versions by other performers, such as Joan Baez , who became Dylan's advocate and lover. Baez was influential in bringing Dylan to prominence by recording several of his early songs and inviting him on stage during her concerts. Others who had hits with Dylan's songs in the early 1960s included
10560-722: The energy of beat poetry and as a forerunner of rap and hip-hop . The song was provided with an early music video, which opened D. A. Pennebaker 's cinéma vérité presentation of Dylan's 1965 British tour, Dont Look Back . Instead of miming, Dylan illustrated the lyrics by throwing cue cards containing key words on the ground. Pennebaker said the sequence was Dylan's idea, and it has been imitated in music videos and advertisements. The second side of Bringing It All Back Home contained four long songs on which Dylan accompanied himself on acoustic guitar and harmonica. " Mr. Tambourine Man " became one of his best-known songs when The Byrds recorded an electric version that reached number one in
10680-632: The event, Dylan denied he was married. Writer Nora Ephron made the news public in the New York Post in February 1966 with the headline "Hush! Bob Dylan is wed". Dylan toured Australia and Europe in April and May 1966. Each show was split in two. Dylan performed solo during the first half, accompanying himself on acoustic guitar and harmonica. In the second, backed by the Hawks, he played electrically amplified music. This contrast provoked many fans, who jeered and slow clapped . The tour culminated in
10800-502: The father in Dylan", and Dylan said "I wrote it thinking about one of my boys and not wanting to be too sentimental". Columbia Records simultaneously released Dylan , a collection of studio outtakes, widely interpreted as a churlish response to Dylan's signing with a rival record label. In January 1974, Dylan, backed by the Band, embarked on a North American tour of 40 concerts—his first tour for seven years. A live double album, Before
10920-547: The film The Big Lebowski (1998). Tarantula , a freeform book of prose-poetry, had been written by Dylan during a creative burst in 1964–65. Dylan shelved his book for several years, apparently uncertain of its status, until he suddenly informed Macmillan at the end of 1970 that the time had come to publish it. The book attracted negative reviews but later critics have suggested its affinities with Finnegans Wake and A Season In Hell . Between March 16 and 19, 1971, Dylan recorded with Leon Russell at Blue Rock ,
11040-476: The folk music establishment. In the September issue of Sing Out! , Ewan MacColl wrote: "Our traditional songs and ballads are the creations of extraordinarily talented artists working inside disciplines formulated over time ...'But what of Bobby Dylan?' scream the outraged teenagers ... Only a completely non-critical audience, nourished on the watery pap of pop music, could have fallen for such tenth-rate drivel". On July 29, four days after Newport, Dylan
11160-446: The given name spelling. In a 2004 interview, he said, "You're born, you know, the wrong names, wrong parents. I mean, that happens. You call yourself what you want to call yourself. This is the land of the free." In May 1960, Dylan dropped out of college at the end of his first year. In January 1961, he traveled to New York City to perform and visit his musical idol Woody Guthrie at Greystone Park Psychiatric Hospital . Guthrie had been
11280-452: The most influential rock albums of the 1960s: Bringing It All Back Home , Highway 61 Revisited and Blonde on Blonde . When Dylan made his move from acoustic folk and blues music to rock, the mix became more complex. His six-minute single " Like a Rolling Stone " (1965) expanded commercial and creative boundaries in popular music. In July 1966, a motorcycle accident led to Dylan's withdrawal from touring. During this period, he recorded
11400-658: The neon lights of Leicester Square . He looks like an undernourished cockatoo ." Dylan began to spar with interviewers. Asked about a movie he planned while on Les Crane 's television show, he told Crane it would be a "cowboy horror movie." Asked if he played the cowboy, Dylan replied, "No, I play my mother." Dylan's late March 1965 album Bringing It All Back Home was another leap, featuring his first recordings with electric instruments, under producer Tom Wilson's guidance. The first single, " Subterranean Homesick Blues ", owed much to Chuck Berry 's " Too Much Monkey Business "; its free-association lyrics described as harking back to
11520-1315: The original on 2011-09-29 . Retrieved 2014-07-20 . Shain, Britta Lee (2016). Seeing the Real You At Last . Jawbone. ISBN 978-1908279941 . Shepard, Sam (1978). Rolling Thunder Logbook . Penguin Books. ISBN 0-14-004750-6 . Sloman, Larry (1978). On the Road With Bob Dylan: Rolling With the Thunder . Bantam Books . ISBN 0-553-11641-X . Taylor, Jeff; Israelson, Chad (2015). The Political World of Bob Dylan: Freedom and Justice, Power and Sin . New York: Palgrave Macmillan. doi : 10.1057/9781137477477 . ISBN 978-1-137-48234-1 . Thomas, Richard (2017). Why Bob Dylan Matters . Dey Street Books. ISBN 978-0062685735 . Thompson, Toby (1971). Positively Main Street: An Unorthodox View of Bob Dylan . Coward-McCann. ISBN 978-0698103054. Thomson, Elizabeth, ed. (1990). The Dylan Companion . Macmillan Publishers . ISBN 0-333-49826-7 . Trager, Oliver (2004). Keys to
11640-522: The project. Some of the songs were later recorded by Dylan in a revised form. In May 1969, Dylan appeared on the first episode of The Johnny Cash Show where he sang a duet with Cash on "Girl from the North Country" and played solos of "Living the Blues" and " I Threw It All Away ". Dylan traveled to England to top the bill at the Isle of Wight Festival on August 31, 1969, after rejecting overtures to appear at
11760-434: The release to be dropped because of the group's dissatisfaction, most vocally expressed by David Crosby ; Dickson originally thought the song would have made a strong single. In a 2004 interview, Chris Hillman stated his dislike for the song, suggesting that "we shouldn't have bothered with that song". Another version of the song, recorded in June, is a bonus track on the 1996 reissue. " Turn! Turn! Turn! " ended up becoming
11880-672: The second album without formal credit. Wilson produced the next three albums Dylan recorded. Dylan made his first trip to the United Kingdom from December 1962 to January 1963. He had been invited by television director Philip Saville to appear in Madhouse on Castle Street , which Saville was directing for BBC Television . At the end of the play, Dylan performed " Blowin' in the Wind ", one of its first public performances. While in London, Dylan performed at London folk clubs, including
12000-506: The sessions. The Nashville sessions produced the double album Blonde on Blonde (1966), featuring what Dylan called "that thin wild mercury sound". Kooper described it as "taking two cultures and smashing them together with a huge explosion": the musical worlds of Nashville and of the "quintessential New York hipster" Bob Dylan. On November 22, 1965, Dylan quietly married 25-year-old former model Sara Lownds . Some of Dylan's friends, including Ramblin' Jack Elliott, say that, immediately after
12120-525: The sole exception, with Dylan alluding to figures in Western culture in a song described by Andy Gill as "an 11-minute epic of entropy, which takes the form of a Fellini-esque parade of grotesques and oddities featuring a huge cast of celebrated characters". Poet Philip Larkin , who also reviewed jazz for The Daily Telegraph , wrote "I'm afraid I poached Bob Dylan's Highway 61 Revisited (CBS) out of curiosity and found myself well rewarded." In support of
12240-451: The song has been made obsolete by the very changes that it predicted and hence was politically out of date almost as soon as it was written. Literary critic Christopher Ricks suggested that "the song transcends the political preoccupations of the time in which it was written". Ricks argued in 2003 that Dylan was still performing the song, and when he sang "Your sons and your daughters / Are beyond your command", he "sang inescapably with
12360-497: The song's lyrics echo lines from the Book of Ecclesiastes , which Pete Seeger adapted to create his anthem " Turn, Turn, Turn! ". The climactic line about the first later being last, likewise, is a direct scriptural reference to Mark 10:31: "But many that are first shall be last, and the last first." Less than a month after Dylan recorded the song, President Kennedy was assassinated on November 22, 1963. The next night, Dylan opened
12480-403: The song. I couldn't understand anything. For me, it was just insane." "The Times They Are a-Changin ' " was one of two Dylan covers that the Byrds included on their second album, Turn! Turn! Turn! , " Lay Down Your Weary Tune " being the other. Like other Dylan compositions that the band had covered, such as " Mr. Tambourine Man " and " All I Really Want to Do ", the song was intended to be
12600-439: The song: "that snare shot sounded like somebody'd kicked open the door to your mind." The song opened Dylan's next album, Highway 61 Revisited , named after the road that led from Dylan's Minnesota to the musical hotbed of New Orleans . The songs were in the same vein as the hit single, flavored by Mike Bloomfield's blues guitar and Al Kooper's organ riffs. " Desolation Row ", backed by acoustic guitar and understated bass, offers
12720-480: The songs weren't serious or didn't reflect life in a realistic way. I knew that when I got into folk music, it was more of a serious type of thing. The songs are filled with more despair, more sadness, more triumph, more faith in the supernatural, much deeper feelings. During this period, he began to introduce himself as "Bob Dylan". In his memoir, he wrote that he considered adopting the surname Dillon before unexpectedly seeing poems by Dylan Thomas , and deciding upon
12840-419: The stage after three songs. One version has it that the boos were from folk fans whom Dylan had alienated by appearing, unexpectedly, with an electric guitar. Murray Lerner , who filmed the performance, said: "I absolutely think that they were booing Dylan going electric." An alternative account claims audience members were upset by poor sound and a short set. Dylan's performance provoked a hostile response from
12960-457: The tour, Dylan and his wife became estranged. He filled three small notebooks with songs about relationships and ruptures, and recorded the album Blood on the Tracks in September 1974. Dylan delayed the album's release and re-recorded half the songs at Sound 80 Studios in Minneapolis with production assistance from his brother, David Zimmerman. Released in early 1975, Blood on the Tracks received mixed reviews. In NME , Nick Kent described
13080-510: The universal lyrics as contributing to the song's lasting message of change. According to Dylan's official website, between 1963 and 2009 he performed the song 633 times, which makes it his 23rd most-performed song as of June 2023. The song has been covered by many different artists, including Nina Simone ; Josephine Baker ; the Byrds ; the Seekers ; Peter, Paul and Mary ; Tracy Chapman ; Simon & Garfunkel ; Blackmore's Night ; Runrig ;
13200-559: Was also impressed by the delivery of Johnnie Ray : "He was the first singer whose voice and style, I guess, I totally fell in love with… I loved his style, wanted to dress like him too." As a teenager, Dylan heard rock and roll on radio stations broadcasting from Shreveport and Little Rock . Dylan formed several bands while attending Hibbing High School . In the Golden Chords, he performed covers of songs by Little Richard and Elvis Presley . Their performance of Danny &
13320-440: Was an account of James Meredith 's ordeal as the first Black student to enroll at the University of Mississippi . The first song on the album, "Blowin' in the Wind", partly derived its melody from the traditional slave song "No More Auction Block", while its lyrics questioned the social and political status quo. The song was widely recorded by other artists and became a hit for Peter, Paul and Mary . " A Hard Rain's a-Gonna Fall "
13440-521: Was an important part of Dylan's persona, and the range of material on the album impressed listeners, including the Beatles . George Harrison said of the album: "We just played it, just wore it out. The content of the song lyrics and just the attitude—it was incredibly original and wonderful". The rough edge of Dylan's singing unsettled some but attracted others. Author Joyce Carol Oates wrote: "When we first heard this raw, very young, and seemingly untrained voice, frankly nasal, as if sandpaper could sing,
13560-833: Was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature . Bob Dylan was born Robert Allen Zimmerman ( Hebrew : שבתאי זיסל בן אברהם Shabtai Zisl ben Avraham ) in St. Mary's Hospital on May 24, 1941, in Duluth, Minnesota , and raised in Hibbing, Minnesota , on the Mesabi Range west of Lake Superior . Dylan's paternal grandparents, Anna Kirghiz and Zigman Zimmerman, emigrated from Odessa in the Russian Empire (now Odesa , Ukraine) to
13680-516: Was back in the studio in New York, recording " Positively 4th Street ". The lyrics contained images of vengeance and paranoia, and have been interpreted as Dylan's put-down of former friends from the folk community he had known in clubs along West 4th Street . In July 1965, Dylan's six-minute single " Like a Rolling Stone " peaked at number two in the US chart. In 2004 and in 2011, Rolling Stone listed it as number one on " The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time ". Bruce Springsteen recalled first hearing
13800-417: Was backed by the Band. Nashville Skyline (1969), featured Nashville musicians, a mellow-voiced Dylan, a duet with Johnny Cash and the single " Lay Lady Lay ". Variety wrote, "Dylan is definitely doing something that can be called singing. Somehow he has managed to add an octave to his range." During one recording session, Dylan and Cash recorded a series of duets, but only their version of " Girl from
13920-473: Was based on the folk ballad " Lord Randall ". With its apocalyptic premonitions, the song gained resonance when the Cuban Missile Crisis developed a few weeks after Dylan began performing it. Both songs marked a new direction in songwriting, blending a stream-of-consciousness , imagist lyrical attack with traditional folk form. Dylan's topical songs led to his being viewed as more than just
14040-424: Was described as exhausted and acting "as if on a death trip". D. A. Pennebaker, the filmmaker accompanying the tour, described Dylan as "taking a lot of amphetamine and who-knows-what-else". In a 1969 interview with Jann Wenner , Dylan said, "I was on the road for almost five years. It wore me down. I was on drugs, a lot of things ... just to keep going, you know?" On July 29, 1966, Dylan crashed his motorcycle,
14160-475: Was later released on The Bootleg Series Volumes 1–3 (Rare & Unreleased) 1961–1991 . The song was then recorded at Columbia Studios in New York on October 23 and 24; the latter session yielding the version that became the title song of Dylan's third album. The a- in the song title is an archaic intensifying prefix, as in the British songs " A-Hunting We Will Go " and " Here We Come a-Wassailing ", from
14280-460: Was moderately successful. In addition to its appearance on the Byrds' second album, "The Times They Are a-Changin ' " is included on several Byrds compilations , including The Byrds' Greatest Hits Volume II , The Very Best of The Byrds , The Byrds , The Essential Byrds , There Is a Season , and The Byrds Play Dylan . In January 1984, a young Steve Jobs recited the second verse of "The Times They Are a-Changin ' " in his opening of
14400-492: Was that I wanted to get out of the rat race." He made very few public appearances, and did not tour again for almost eight years. Once Dylan was well enough to resume creative work, he began to edit D. A. Pennebaker's film of his 1966 tour. A rough cut was shown to ABC Television, but they rejected it as incomprehensible to mainstream audiences. The film, titled Eat the Document on bootleg copies, has since been screened at
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