Bob Dylan

1. Crooning Bob, Hidden Musereleased with two original songs. A year after that,
2. Masked & Anonymous"The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan" emerged with an all
3. Robert Allen Zimmermanoriginal album, including a song that became an
4. Elston Gunnanthem of the '60's - "Blowin' in the Wind".8. Bringing
5. A Star Is BornIt All Back Home
6. A Legend Mends A LegendIn February 1964 Dylan and a small group of friends
7. Emergencedrove south out of New York City and stopped in
8. Bringing It All Back Homeunannounced to see poet 'Carl Sandburg' in North
9. Pat Garrett And Billy The KidCarolina. Disappointingly, Dylan left only 10 minutes
10. Grammy Timeafter arriving when he realized he couldn't get the
11. Pope On The Red Linevenerable man of letters to take him seriously as a
12. In Their Father's Footsteps?fellow poet.He popped folk-rock into the mainstream
13. Albums Of The Yearafter touring with Joan Baez with his own flavor of
14. Hollywood Hit Listelectric/acoustic swagger, culminating with his hit
15. Jack Fatesong, "Bringing it all Back Home". Soon after the
16. Award MongerByrd's turned his song "Mr. Tambourine Man" into
17. The Missing Beatle?"I think of a hero as someoneanother hit with their cover version of the famous
who understands the degree of responsibility thattune.9. Pat Garrett And Billy The Kid
comes with his freedom." - Bob Dylan1. Crooning Bob,Following a motorcycle accident in 1966 which took
Hidden Musehim out of the limelight until 1969. Around that time,
Recently a Japanese writer named Junichi Saga wasSam Peckinpah asked him to compose the score and
astonished and flattered to learn that passages fromappear in his film, "Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid". This
one of his books apparently found their way into awould be the only the beginning of a long and
few of Bob Dylan's lyrics.continuing relationship with Hollywood and
In Bob Dylan's 2001 song, "Floater", he croons - "Myfilmmaking.10. Grammy Time
old man, he's like some feudal lord, got more livesIn 1974, Bob Dylan and The Band hit the road to
than a cat." "I'm not quite as cool or forgiving as Ipromote their first number one album, "Planet
sound" "Sometimes somebody wants you to giveWaves". The next year they had another
something up, and tears or not, it's too much tochart-topper with the release of, "Blood on the
ask."On page six of Junicihi Saga's book, "ConfessionsTracks". He followed that with several Rolling
of a Yakuza", he writes - "My old man would sitThunder tours, a film called, "Renaldo and Clara" and
there like a feudal lord." "I'm not as cool or forgivingthen stunned the music world with the release of his
as I might have sounded." Then on page 182, writes -fundamentalist Christian album, "Slow Train Coming". A
"Tears or not, though, that was too much tosong from this album garnered him his first
ask."The practitioner of Chinese medicine resoundedGrammy.11. Pope On The Red Line
that the revelation of Dylan calling upon his own workIn May 1997, he was stricken with histaplasmosis, a
was surprising. This could be counted as a literarypossibly fatal infection of the heart sac, but
theft of sorts, but the author has stated he has norecovered to take on a tour of Europe. He kicked
plans to sue. "Why would I sue? To take somethingoff the trip by September, starting off in Rome by
that made people around the world happy and try tospecial request of the Pope.12. In Their Father's
exploit it for money - that's poverty.", stated Saga.Footsteps?
"This shows that people in other countries can relateHis son Jakob Dylan has made a good time
to the harsh realities of prewar Japan, which was asemi-emulating his infamous father with his own band,
poor, struggling nation. I'm just happy somebody readThe Wallflowers. However, his Jesse Dylan has taken
my book and liked it.", said Saga. "My book hasn'ta slightly altered route to stardom, opting for the
even sold that well, and it's out of print in Japan." Heglamour of Tinsletown. His first major directing gig is
further added he has estimated to have only madeabout to be released, "American Pie 3". Jesse also
about $8,475 from the publication.A few weeks ago,directed a film called, "How High" and appears with a
Saga bought his first Bob Dylan CD, "The Best ofspecial thanks credit on "The Matrix Revisited".13.
Bob Dylan".2. Masked & AnonymousAlbums Of The Year
Would you reach out a hand to save a drowningHe is truly legendary, his 1997 album, "Time Out of
man if you thought he might pull you in?This is theMind" and his 2001 album "Love and Theft" were
tagline for Bob's latest film called, "Masked &both voted Album of the Year by the Village Voice's
Anonymous". In it, Bob plays, Jack Fate, a singerannual critics' poll. Seems like a no-brainer to us.14.
whose career has gone on a downward spiral and isHollywood Hit List
forced to make a comeback to the performanceHe has composed and recorded songs or had his
stage for a benefit concert. For this film he wasrecorded songs used in the following films:Gods &
joined by some of Hollywood's hottest and brightest,Generals
all of which reportedly signed onto the film at scaleDivine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
rates. The cast includes: John Goodman, JessicaVanilla Sky
Lange, Luke Wilson, Jeff Bridges, Penelope Cruz,Bandits
Reggie Lee, Angela Bassett, Steven Bauer, LarryBlow
Campbell, Bruce Dern, Alex Desert, Treva Etienne,Remember the Titans
Dan Frischman, Tony Garnier, Laura Elena Harring, EdHigh Fidelity
Harris, Shawn Michael Howard, Val Kilmer, BruceWonder Boys
Kirschbaum, Antonio David Lyons, Cheech Marin, ChrisThe Hurricane
Penn, George Receli, Giovanni Ribisi, Mickey Rourke,American Beauty
Sam Sarpong, Charlie Sexton, Jon Sklaroff, ChristianHope Floats
Slater and Fred Ward. On top of all of that, T-ShirtFear and Loathing in Las Vegas
King friend, Keri Bruno, pulls 2nd Unit Directing dutiesThe Big Lebowski
on the talent heavy film.The film hits theatres in aJerry Maguire
limited US release on July 25th.3. Robert AllenBreaking the Waves
ZimmermanWith Honors
At 5 foot six inches, Robert Allen Zimmerman mightDogfight
be a slight man, but under the name Bob Dylan, he isBand of the Hand
a legendary giant of a musician.4. Elston GunnAmerican Pop
Robert Allen Zimmerman was born May 24th 1941 inRenaldo and Clara
Duluth, Minnesota. His father, Abe, was employed byPat Garrett and Billy the Kid15. Jack Fate
the Standard Oil Company there, but when RobertThe small $10 million dollar film, "Masked &
was six the family moved to Hibbing, Minnesota. TheAnonymous" was directed by veteran TV comedy
one riddling note about Hibbing is that is very oftendirector, Larry Charles, who has also helmed shows
the coldest place in the United States. Yikes. Growingfor, "Mad About You", "Seinfeld" and "Curb Your
up there he taught himself piano and guitar andEnthusiasm".He appeared on the TV show, "Dharma
formed several high school rock bands. Around this& Greg" playing himself. When he met Conan O'Brien
time he toyed with the stage name, "Elston Gunn".5.at a recent concert, Bob was quoted as saying, "I
A Star Is Bornknow you from the TeeVee."16. Award Monger
By 1959, Robert entered the University of MinnesotaHe has received numerous awards of note, including:
and began performing under the name Bob Dylan atThe Polar Music Prize from the Royal Swedish
clubs in Minnesota and St. Paul.6. A Legend Mends AAcademy of Music in 2000, The Commandeur dans
Legendl'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres from France in 1990,
In 1960 he traveled to New York to perform inan honorary doctorate from Princeton University in
various folk clubs throughout Greenwich Village. While1970 and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of
in New York he spent time with his idol, WoodyFame by Bruce Springteen at New York's Waldorf
Guthrie at his hospital room.7. EmergenceAstoria Hotel in 1988.17. The Missing Beatle?
Late in 1961 he landed a contract with ColumbiaHe appears on the sleeve of the Beatles' "Sgt
Records and the following year his debut album wasPepper's Lonely Hearts Club".