Robert Allen Zimmerman, his real name, one of the great figures of popular American music, singer and poet who is among the most influential and prolific twentieth century, was born on May 24, 1941, in Duluth , Minnesota, where he lived until 1947, when his family moved to a small town called Hibbing.
the American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan, one of the most important references of popular music , considered the poet of rock, blues and folk, will hold Tuesday its 75th birthday, and does so with the recent release of the album “Fallen angels”.
the album went on sale on May 20 and recovers jazz classics made in the first decades of the twentieth century, it is the record 37 in his career, and “Melancholy Mood” and “all the way” are the singles from such material.
Moreover, the musician preparing the show “Desert trip”, a mega concert that was announced last May 3 and in which also participated Paul McCartney, the Rolling Stones, the who, Neil Young and Roger Waters.
the show will take place in October in Indio, California, and has been rated as the greatest concert with living legends of rock.
the award-winning singer-songwriter continues immersed in his “Never Ending Tour” , US; June 4 will be presented in Washington and then will be in Oregon, California, Ohio, New York, among others.
Robert Allen Zimmerman, his real name, one of the great figures of popular music States United, singer and poet who is among the most influential and prolific twentieth century, was born on May 24, 1941, in Duluth, Minnesota, where he lived until 1947, when his family moved to a small town called Hibbing.
That began reading poetry, playing the piano and guitar, inspired by Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis and other figures of rock.
Later, the musician formed his own band and accompanied his guitar and harmonica began his career in nightclubs as Coffe Ten O’Clock Scholar. At that time he adopted the name Bob Dylan, named after poet Dylan Thomas
By the time he left college and traveled to New York with two fundamental ideas in his mind. The first, playing somewhere dedicated to folk, in Greenwich Village, and the second, meet Woody Guthrie, who was hospitalized in New Jersey.
in the fall of 1961, Dylan began to become a legend, when a critic “the New York Times” published a note on one of his shows at Gerde’s Folk City.
a month later, John Hammond, chief executive of Columbia Records, signed a contract with Dylan for recording topics that would make up their debut album, which was released in early 1962 and helped to find a new singer of 21 years old.
promising first album Dylan was followed by “the free wheelin” with the subjects were then transformed into the symbol of the 60s and 70s, such as “Blowin ‘in the Wind” and “a hard Rain’s a-gonna Fall” as well as ballads like “Girls from North country” and “Don’t think twice, it’s all right “.
in this same plate, Dylan led protest movements, and as a sign of momentum, wrote” Restless Farewell “.
the next album musician, suggestively entitled “Another side of Bob Dylan” was introspective features and marked the end of an era folk musician with “it is not me babe” and the beginning of a new stage.
Another telltale tracks of this album was “Ballad in plain D”, which shows a photograph break with your partner Suze Rotolo. Shortly after Dylan was involved in the world of megadiva of American folk, Joan Baez.
In 1965 entered the studio to record “Bringing It All Back Home”, an album between electric and acoustic which reveals a more complex artist image.
eclipsing the fame of Báez, the relationship cracked and Dylan began frequenting Sara Lowdes, whom he married later that same year, during the which he recorded and released the album “Highway 61 revisted” which includes its simple monumental “Like a rolling stone”.
this album was followed by “Blode on blode” and in a short time was the most important voice of his generation, with only 25 years.
However, a motorcycle accident, which occurred on July 29, 1966, forced the artist to stay a long time at home with Sarah and their children, time . which he used to reevaluate his career and priorities
his next musical productions were also successful, “John wesley harding”, considered a reaction point to the beatle music and his technique that reached the first places in the United United; as well as the country “Nashville Skyline,” which exceeded the expectations of his followers.
However, in this era of triumphs followed a flop with “Salf portrait”, a double album released in 1970. this, coupled with the long-awaited edition of his book of poems “Tarantula” (1971), did nothing to rehabilitate his reputation among hippies.
by then, their participation in the Concert for Bangladesh, organized by George Harrison, played his first live appearance on an American stage since the accident five years ago, and was also his first solo performance since 1966.
at that time, Dylan agreed to participate with Sam Peckinpac in the soundtrack of the film “Pat Garret and Billy the kid”, filmed in Mexico, and “Knockin’on heaven’s door” became the theme of the history of rock and roll with more versions by different groups through the last 30 years.
in 1973 he returned successfully tours of the double album “Before flood”, who returned creativity came off. It separate and Sara, launched “Blood on the Tracks,” which is a plate of deep expression of love.
At 37, when it seemed that Dylan had reached the end of a stage, became the Christianity and the first production of what he called his rebirth was “Slow Train Coming”.
the album was a commercial success and reached the top of the charts with the song “Gotta Serve Somebody “.
in fact, he earned him his first Grammy award in the category of Best Male Singer of Rock. In the 80s he released “Infields” and “Empire Burlesque” among other works; and 90 “Under the Red Sky”, which was followed by two productions dedicated to “covers” of folk and traditional blues.
In early 1997 a new renaissance was presented in the artistic life of Dylan. Daniel Lanois produced the material that Bob had accumulated at his home in Minnesota, to result in the album “Time Out of Mind”.
This was the first gold record Dylan in that decade, triumph he was truncated when in the middle of a tour was hospitalized for a severe infection, which could have been fatal and affect the heart; however, a few months later recovered.
In September of that year, when the tour hit parts of Italy, including Rome, Dylan took the opportunity to pay a visit to Pope John Paul II, which had a huge impact on all the world’s media.
returning to his country was honored at the Kennedy Center as one of the five great artists of American popular music called country.
his rebellion, wildness and sweetness are synonymous with an era of changes and search for many who in the 70s were young hippies.
Dylan entered a gallery of classic, where his stage name was written with letters capital within the universe of rock, and where one of his memorable hits was “Blowin ‘in the Wind”.
in June 2007 he received the Prince of Asturias Arts Award for being a living legend of history popular music and lighthouse from one generation to the dream of changing the world.
Considered one of the composers most prolific and influential twentieth century rock documentary in 1965 was filmed by DA Pennebaker, from a tour that Dylan did for UK, meant record sales in that country.
A 40 years after its premiere, “Do not look back” managed to position itself as number two in the list of most sought after in Spain DVD. This, by the special release of two discs including the original tape remastered and abundant unpublished material.
The American musician, who has sold over 110 million albums and has performed throughout the world, began a tour in 2008 in Pamplona, Spain, during the first edition of the festival “Rock in Reyno”.
in 2009 was auctioned the poem “Little buddy” written by Dylan as a teenager and signed Bobby Zimmerman. It is believed that was written in 1957 when the composer was 16 years before the transfer of the artist to New York and his rise to fame as a folk singer and rock legend.
At the same time, his legacy musical was included in the new edition of the video game “Guitar Hero 5″ and was awarded a special award of the Pulitzer Prize for his “profound impact on popular music and American culture”.
August 2010, Variety magazine reported that Sony Legacy published on 19 October this year, a box set titled “Bob Dylan: the Original recordings monkey” which includes the first eight albums of Dylan, from “Bob Dylan” (1962 ) to “John Wesley Harding” (1967), first published in CD with its original monaural sound.
in 2011 made its so-called “Never ending Tour” and as objects of various taxes, appearing in 100 shows annually, within which also time to write was given, so a publisher US plans to edit six works of the American artist, which have no advance details.
that same year, the icon of the Woodstock generation was recognized at festivals in California and Spain, also formed part of a photographic exhibition in New York and other shows at the National Gallery of Denmark.
on May 12, 2012 Dylan finished his tour in Mexico that included 16 dates, which was presented in Brazil, Argentina, Chile and Costa Rica
as of June 30, 2013 began their presentations in Europe.; It began in England and continued in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Spain, Italy and finally in France on July 22.
In 2014 he paid tribute in Valencia, Spain, with “Dylan day tribute” , which involved local groups. The same year he gave a tour that included scenarios Ireland, Greece, Austria, Germany, Czech Republic, Denmark, Norway and Finland.
2015 released the album “Shadows in the night” that included 10 songs Frank Sinatra.
in addition, he was honored by the Association of Friends of the International Library of Formentera with “Bob Dylan Fest 2015, Formentera” and participated in the Summer Festival in the Zity, which was held in Zaragoza, Spain, and he was commissioned to close it down.
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