Let’s start off with an interesting Dylan story.
The Ed Sullivan show was a great way to catch some entertainment in the 50’s and 60’s. The show usually had most of its viewers watching for what was kickin’ on the pop charts. Some of the biggest names during that time were booked for the show such as, Elvis, The Beatles, The Doors, The Rolling Stones, and of what was soon to be, Bob Dylan. As a well known folksinger Dylan was given the thumbs up by Sullivan to sing "Talkin' John Birch Society Blues". CBS wasn’t much of a fan of the song though and overruled him turning Dylan down. Dylan never appeared on the show but never blamed Sullivan on what could have been.
Just a little interesting story I liked to share. Now to talk about what you all clicked for.
Like so many other artists during the Classic Rock era, Dylan was born with a different name. Robert Allen Zimmerman was born on May 24, 1941, in Duluth, Minnesota. At an early age before his teen years Robert wrote many poems and which showed his brilliance which was soon to come. In the youth of his teen years he began to play the guitar and put two and two together and formed his first band, Golden Chords. After graduating in 1959 he became more interested in folk music and country. After dropping out of college the next year he came up with the stage name Bob Dylan. No one knows exactly why that was his name but most think it’s in honor of a great poet who he admired, Dylan Thomas.
In 1961 Dylan was noticed by many critics and had received many phenomenal critiques. Columbia Records also noticed him and sent him off working on his debut album. His next album which was released in 93 was claimed to have had two of the best folk themes during the 60’s. “A Hard Rains A-Gonna Fall” and “Blowin’ In The Wind" had his career flying to the top. His next album carried what was one of his saddest songs he ever wrote, “Boots Of Spanish Leather”. Dylan produced quite a few more albums with not as many hits but still throwing out what he had. Songs like “Subterranean Homesick Blues”, and “Mr. Tambourine Man” still came to many people as great songs. But none of them compared to what I think is his best work “Like A Rolling Stone” which to much of my anger, only reached #2 on the charts.
Dylan continued his career with less well known songs but still alive and kickin’ playing at Woodstock with the hawks and appeared in a film by Sam Peckinpah. He’s played with many greats such as Tom Petty and the heartbreakers, The Traveling Wilburys, and who is now touring with as we speak, Willie Nelson. Dylan has inspired many of us to rock the world in our own little influential style.
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