Biographic - Sunday October 22, 2017 Comic Strip Licensing and Permissions

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He was the angry young Troubadour whose songs of protest inspired a generation and changed the face of popular music, making it cool for Rock 'N' Roll to have an I.Q The contribution of Bob Dylan to popular culture can be measured by the timeless nature of his classic songs, from "Mr. Tambourine Man" to "Like A Rolling Stone" from "All Along The Watchtower" to "Knockin' on Heaven's Door." Bob Dylan was born Robert Zimmerman on May 24, 1941, in Duluth Minnesota, having played in numerous bands in High School, he ended a sojourn at the University of Minnesota to concentrate on music. He was briefly employed as a piano player with Bobby Vee's backing band before heading to New York and launching himself onto the Greenwich Village folk club scene. By the release of his second album-1963's "The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan", he was being hailed as a genius. He revolutionized songwriting, his words of anger and protest dwarfing the "Moon and June" banality of his contemporaries and songs such as "Blowin' in the Wind" "A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall" And "Time's They are A-Changin'" became the anthems of a generation. When Dylan went electric in 1965, he may have alienated a few die-hard folkies, but he became a multiplatinum Rock-superstar! In 1966, at the height of "Dylanmania," Bob suddenly vanished! Following a motorcycle crash, he dropped out of sight for 18 months- although bootleg recordings of his work with The Band during that time created tremendous excitement. Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1988, Dylan is a Grammy, Oscar, and Golden Globe winner, whose accolades have ranged from an honorary doctorate from Princeton to a lifetime achievement Grammy, from France's highest cultural award, the commander Dans L'Ordre Des Arts Des Lettres, to a Kennedy Center Award for his lifetime contribution to American Culture. In 2012, he received his country's highest civilian award, the presidential medal of Freedom, from President Obama, in 2016, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. In 2014, his handwritten lyrics for "Like a Rolling Stone" fetched $2 Million at auction! A published author, acclaimed painter and erstwhile actor, he is arguably the greatest songwriter that Aerica has ever produced. On the heels of his 38th studio album, "Triplicate" the living legend is currently on the road in the U.S. on his "Never Ending Tour"

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