A troubadour with a twang; an icon of his generation; a bundle of contradictions who steadfastly refused to be stereotyped; who relentlessly challenged his own image to become different things to different people the master of folk music, Dylan has embraced every form of popular music and his influence reaches across genres.
Dylan single-mindedly pursued rock-based sound and as a fruitful outcome, it made him a cultural icon of the sixties. In the evolving decades, this music legend has always sought to stretch his music boundaries due to which he has given a number of hit albums. Another thing about Dylan which made him stand out was the effort he uses to put in to draw a magnificent body of work.
Dylan became the first songwriter to be awarded the Nobel Prize in literature at the young age of 75.
Apart from his lyric writing and singing, another thing for which Dylan was famous was Never Ending Tour. In 2016, this folk music master during his tour held 75 concerts which were the lowest concerts Dylan had performed in a year ever since Never Ending Tour’s debut in 1988.
Dylan is undoubtedly one of the most influential cultural figures in our lifetime. As we mark the 80th birthday of Robert Allen Zimmerman also known as Bob Dylan, born on May 24, 1941, to Jewish parents in an obscure part of Minnesota, and celebrate his songs and his lyrics over a professional career that has spanned nearly six decades, we humbly acknowledge his staunch reluctance to be placed into a particular category in the world of popular music and poetry. This was evident very early in his life.
