Bob Dylan: Ticketnest

Author: Sara

Bob Dylan was named Robert Allen Zimmerman on his birth on May 24, 1941. Bob is an American singer-songwriter, author, musician and poet. He has been a prominent figure in the history of popular music for five decades. Dylan's best known or mature work is from the 1960s when he became a casual documentarian plus a bit reluctant figurehead of American unrest. Few of his songs, like "Blowing' in the Wind" and "The Times They Are a-Changing'", became anthems of the anti-war and civil rights movements. After the long period of Forty years, his 2001 album "Love and Theft", mounted the top five on the charts in the U.S. and the UK. His recent studio album, “Modern Times”, released on August 29, 2006, became his first US #1 album in thirty years, earning him the record of oldest living chart topper in history at the age of 65.

Dylan's early work included politics, social commentary, philosophy and literary influences, denying prevailing pop music (http://www.ticketnest.com/Pop-Rock.php ) traditions and pleasing widely to the counterculture of the time. Through his expansion and personalizing musical styles, he has shown firm dedication to many conventions of American song, ranging from folk and country/blues to rock 'n' roll and rockabilly, to Celtic balladry, even jazz, swing and Broadway.
Dylan performs with the guitar, keyboard and harmonica. Backed by a changing lineup of musicians, he has toured steadily since the late 1980s. He has also recently performed alongside other major artists, such as Paul Simon, Joni Mitchell, Tom Petty, Jack White, Eric Clapton and Mark Knopfler. Although his contributions as performer and recording artist have been central to his career, his songwriting is generally held as his highest accomplishment.

Bob’s career achievements have been acknowledged with the Polar Music Prize, the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, Kennedy Center Honors, and induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Nashville Songwriters and Songwriters Hall of Fame. Bob was also listed as one of TIME Magazine's 100 most influential people of the 20th century.

"Things Have Changed", Bob’s song in 2000 was penned for the film “Wonder Boys”, won a Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song and an Academy Award for Best Song. "Love and Theft" was released on September 11, 2001. Dylan produced this album himself under the pseudonym Jack Frost, and its distinctive sound owes much to the accompanists. Tony Garnier, bassist and bandleader, had played with Dylan for 12 years; this period is longer than any other musician. Another well known guitarist Larry Campbell played on the road with Dylan from 1997 through 2004.

In 2005 preproduction began on a film entitled “I'm Not There”: Suppositions on a Film Concerning Dylan. The movie has seven characters to depict the different angles of Dylan's life. The movie is directed by Todd Haynes, and the cast includes Cate Blanchett, Heath Ledger, Christian Bale and Richard Gere.

“iTunes Music Store” release of Bob Dylan is a Collection, a digital box set including all of his studio and live albums having 773 tracks in total, along with 42 rare & unreleased tracks and a 100 page booklet. To support the digital box set and the new album on iTunes, Apple released a 30 second TV spot featuring Dylan, in full country & western regalia, lip-synching to "Someday Baby" against a striking white background. Unfortunately on 20 July 2006, it was stated that tracks from the new album had been disclosed onto the internet via the official Sony Online music store. Disclosed like a series of 30 second teaser clips, they were at once removed but swiftly became accessible on many Dylan fan sites. Dylan-In a well-publicized interview to promote the album complained the quality of modern sound recordings and claimed that his new songs "probably sounded ten times better in the studio when we recorded 'em".
Regardless of some coarsening of Dylan’s voice (Especially the Guardian critic characterized his singing on the album as “a catarrhal death rattle” many reviewers ranked high the album and many explained it as the final installment of a successful trilogy, including “Time Out of Mind” and “Love and Theft”.

The most favorite track of the fans and is also being praised the most is the final song “Ain’t Talkin’”, a nine minute talking blues in which Dylan appeared to be walking “through all-enveloping darkness, before finally disappearing into the murk”. Modern Times made news by entering the US charts at #1, mounting it Dylan's first album to reach that position since 1976's Desire. At the age of 65, Dylan became the oldest, still-living musician to top the Billboard albums chart. This record also shot to number one in Australia, Canada, Denmark, Ireland, New Zealand, Norway and Switzerland.

Dylan started another leg of his "Never Ending Tour" in Reno in April, with a European tour declared for the summer. May 3 was the one of the debut day of Dylan's DJ career, presenting a weekly radio program, Theme Time Radio Hour, for XM Satellite Radio. Amid the classic and obscure records played on his show from the 30s, 40s and 50s, Dylan has also played tracks by Blur, Prince, Billy Bragg & Wilco, Mary Gauthier and even L.L. Cool J and The Streets.

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About Author

Sara grew up in Kansas and after moving to Carlsbad, CA, relates to Dorothy of the "Wizard of Oz" fame. No surprise that she loves theater including "Wicked". Sara is a staff writer for Ticket Nest ( www.ticketnest.com ) and enjoys writing about her travel, theater and concert experiences. She can be reached at sara@ticketnest.com

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