DYLAN‘S LIFE
• born Robert Allen Zimmerman
in Duluth, 1941, to Jewish parents
• he became a big Christian
• he left college, moved to New York
and legally changed his name
to Robert Dylan in the early 60s
• one of the first Dylan‘s loves was the
artist Joan Baez, who remained an
important person through his whole life
• Dylan had a motorcycle accident
in 1966, which had a drastic impact
on his life
Bob Dylan with Joan Baez in 1963
MUSICAL CAREER
• Dylan began his musical journey as a folk
singer-songwriter
• later, Dylan moved away from the folk movement and
started playing rock, he also came across many other
genres, mainly traditional pop, country and gospel
• with his lyrics, he heavily influenced many other artists,
including The Beatles
• throughout his career, he released 39 studio albums
and wrote more than 600 songs
• Dylan won 11 Grammy Awards, was awarded the Medal
of Freedom and in 2016 the Nobel Prize in Literature
Dylan in 1975 on his
„Rolling Thunder Revue“ tour
MOST IMPORTANT WORKS
The breakthrough album
1963
The „Electric Trilogy“ - the most successful albums
1965
1965
1966
The most successful song
The most successful non-60s album
The comeback album
1965
1975
1997
THE END
Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Dylan
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