Bob Dylan

In “The Ballad Of Frankie Lee And Judas Priest,” Bob Dylan’s enigmatic centerpiece of his 1967 album, John Wesley Harding, a neighbor boy helping carry out the dead body of one of the title characters spouts the line, “Nothing is revealed.”  

We've been celebrating Bob Dylan's 71st birthday with a series of posts this week. Because as mercurial as Dylan has always been, there is one thing we do know: for as long as Dylan has been writing songs, he has been writing to, for and about New York City. [ more › ]             

Today, Bob Dylan turns 71 years old. Born Robert Allen Zimmerman, he wrote songs that are embedded in music history. A true folk singer, inspired by Woody Guthrie and Robert Johnson, Dylan wrote music contained political and social messages....  

A bizarre slice of history has floated to the top of the Internet today. In 1963, the Emergency Civil Liberties Committee honored legendary singer/songwriter Bob Dylan with its Tom Paine Award. Dylan accepted the award with a controversial speech in which ...  

Title: If Not For YouArtist: Bob Dylan & George HarrisonHappy birthday Bob Dylan! If Not For You Price: $0.99 (As of 05/24/12 06:41 pm details)  

Howard Sounes, author of Down the Highway: The Life of Bob Dylan, told JointMedia News Service that “Jewishness is absolutely integral to [Dylan’s] life and work.” “It is who he is,” Sounes said. “As one of his Jewish friends said to me when I ...  

May 24th is Bob Dylan’s birthday (happy 71st, person whose music I’ve heard!), but rather than bore you with the obligatory internet “The 71 Greatest Dylan Songs For Star Wars Boobs” list, here’s our favorite 1-minute Dylan parody/homage ever: The very deep Bob Dylan ripoff song from the movie Walk Hard: You’ll be missed, Bob Dylan. In heaven, we mean, as long as you continue to be alive, which is good!  

6. One night at Max's Kansas City, Dylan and his road manager Bob Neuwirth insulted The Rolling Stones' Brian Jones until Jones broke down in tears. 5. After Elvis died, Dylan didn't speak to anyone for a week. 4. Rainy Day Women #12 & 35" was recorded in one take.  

Rosanne Cash is 57 today. Bob Dylan, born Robert Allen Zimmerman, is 71 today. 1971 - Bob Dylan's 30th birthday was commemorated with a Peanuts cartoon commenting on the event. Dylan himself spent the day visiting the Wailing Wall in Jerusalem. 1974 ...  

Absolutely Sweet Marie Bob Dylan George Harrison Acoustic Cover w/ 12-String E-Bass & Bluesharp (c)1966 Words & Music Bob Dylan Happy B-day, Zimmy! Track #11 on album "Blonde On Blonde" Copyright music and lyrics reproduced by kind permission of Special Rider -- for original, exclusive performances by Bob Dylan, check-out the official channel at www.youtube.com/bobdylan. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Well, your railroad gate, you know I just...  

Bob Dylan, Eric Clapton, George Harrison, Roger McGuinn, Neil Young, Tom Petty-My Back Pages This gets my vote as the anthem for all those from those past, gone years who had the vision and the guts to uncolonize their colonized minds.  

Bob Dylan will be among those at a White House ceremony next week who will receive the Medal of Freedom from President Barack Obama. The singer-songwriter will be honored for his body of work that places him in the category of being “one of ...  

Not even Bob Dylan, who will receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom on May 29 at the White House, can fully explain why he has been so highly decorated relatively late in his life. For instance, Dylan sounded bemused in 2001, as he was ...  

MAE WEST released "Way Out West" in 1966, a rock 'n' roll studio album. Mae was 73 years old when she covered the most popular rock hits at the time. One track was her cover of "If You Gotta Go, Go Now," a song written by Bob Dylan in 1964. It's interesting that this song was never a hit for Dylan nor was it a chart-topper in the United States, however, it reached number 2 status in the United Kingdom in 1965 for Manfred Mann, a British group...  

Born: Robert Zimmerman a/k/a Bob Dylan (1941). Died: Dick Martin of Laugh-In (2008 ... The boy’s life is saved when he is caught by William McGowan. Born: Julia Ward Howe, poet and author of The Battle Hymn of the Republic (1819) Died ...