Bob Dylan

How do we get short when we talk about Bob Dylan? How can we not evoke this imposing discography, his talent as a composer poet? This genius of folk, passionate about blues, rock and country, now dedicated by Martin Scorcese in his film No Direction Home, the artist is again on the front of the stage. A biography worthy of this name is therefore required for this cult artist.
Bob Dylan was born Robert Allen Zimmerman in Duluth, Minnesota, on May 24, 1941. He takes his pseudonym from a Welsh poet Dylan Thomas. From the age of 10, little Bob fled to Chicago, the blues capital, where he returned a few years later. A Vagabond, Dylan travels around the United States on auto-stop before completing literary studies at the University of Minnesota. In New York, he met his idol Woody Guthrie and recorded her first songs with singer Carolyn Hester. In 1961, he released his first eponymous album. An album of covers of folk & blues classics but where already installs his particular style and his nasillard voice. This is followed by The Freewheelin, an album composed and written by him. The quality of the texts is immediately recognized by all. It is with Bringing It All Back Home and Highway 61 that Dylan is dedicated. By radicalizing his music he explodes in the face of the world and shoots in the biggest festivals. In 1966 the songwriter was the victim of a serious motorcycle accident. Later, he remained at Woodstock for some time. Accompanied by a band named The Band who followed him on his tours, he directed his career to the country (Nashville Skyline). In 1970 two albums appeared, including the controversial Self Portrait and the most conventional New Morning. Three years later, Dylan signed one of the pillars of his career with Knocking on Heaven's Door, followed by an immortalized masterly tour in the double album Before The Flood. In 1975, Blood On The Tracks , a cult album with tubes that once again leads him on the road with the Rolling Thunder Revue tour. After a "religious" trilogy, and a cult participation with Mark Knopfler on Slow Train Coming , the composer signs in the 80s a series of 7 albums that will make less recipe, in fact his abuses make his stage performances sometimes questionable. After an album tribute to Grateful Dead, Dylan started the 90's with a project with George Harrison and Roy Orbison (but if you know: "Pretty Woman...") titled Travelling Wilburys. Then followed Oh Mercy and Under the Red Sky who met with mixed success despite the presence of guests such as George Harrison , Elton John or David Crosby. Later, Dylan , very productive, released a few dozen more or less noticed albums including Time Out Of My Mind in 1997, which won 3 Grammy Awards. Over the past 10 years, a bunch of compilations, best-of and other bootlegs have flourished, but note the double album No Direction Home , the original soundtrack of Martin Scorcese.