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activist Terry Robbins inspired the name of the terrorist organization Weathermen with a Bob Dylan quote?
American singer-songwriter Patty Griffin listened to Christian songs by Bob Dylan before writing for her gospel album Downtown Church?
Jimi Hendrix originally wanted to cover Bob Dylan's "I Dreamed I Saw St. Augustine" from the John Wesley Harding album, but covered "All Along the Watchtower" from the same album instead?
Jamaican-born poet, playwright and screenwriter Evan Jones wrote the 1963 BBC television play Madhouse on Castle Street in which Bob Dylan made his acting début?
members of the music trio Queen of Japan use aliases that sound like Japanese names and are known for synthpop covers of artists such as John Lennon and Bob Dylan?
the artist and illustrator N. C. Wyeth (pictured) was the grandfather of Howard Wyeth, the stride pianist and drummer for Bob Dylan?
unlike some other songs Bob Dylan wrote about failed relationships, in "I Threw It All Away" he takes responsibility for the failure?
the title of the Bob Dylan song "The Wicked Messenger" mirrors a Proverbs passage, which reads "A wicked messenger falleth into mischief; but a faithful ambassador is health"?
the Nidaros Cathedral West Front sculpture of Archangel Michael was based on Bob Dylan?
Bob Dylan's song "On the Road Again" previews the grotesque characters that would feature in Dylan's later songs?
Bob Dylan's song "Joey" is a sympathetic portrayal of real-life gangster Joey Gallo?
Bob Dylan sang his 1964 song "Chimes of Freedom" at Bill Clinton's 1993 presidential inauguration?
Bob Dylan paid US$2,500 per week to percussionist Bobbye Hall to get her to tour with him in 1978, in compensation for missed session musician work?
Bob Dylan has stated that the Queen Jane, the subject of his 1965 song "Queen Jane Approximately", is a man?
Bob Dylan was familiar with folk singer Dillard Chandler in 1969, when Chandler's album Old Love Songs & Ballads had sold only 50 copies?
Bob Dylan was heckled by fans while playing "It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry" during his controversial electric set at the 1965 Newport Folk Festival?
Bob Dylan's song "From a Buick 6" borrowed some lyrics from the 1930 Sleepy John Estes song "Milk Cow Blues"?
Bob Dylan's infamous performance of "Maggie's Farm" at the 1965 Newport Folk Festival was seen by his band's organist Al Kooper as "sort of a disaster"?
Bob Dylan wrote "Tonight I'll Be Staying Here with You" in two days at a Ramada Inn in February 1969?
"Mr. Tambourine Man" was the first song written by Bob Dylan to reach #1 on a pop music chart?

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Full Name: Robert Allen Zimmerman

Born: May 24, 1941

Home: Hibbing, Minnesota

Website Link(s): Official Site

1 Instrument(s)
2 Genre(s)
3 Label(s)
4 RIYL
5 Member of
6 Has Notably Worked with
7 Musician Biography
8 Discography
9 Appears On
10 Further Reading

Instrument(s)

Guitar
Harmonica
Piano

Genre(s)

Folk
Rock
Folk-Rock

Label(s)

Columbia
Asylum

RIYL

Eric Clapton
Woody Guthrie
Pete Seeger

Member of

Traveling Wilburys
The Shadow Blasters
The Golden Chords

Has Notably Worked with

Paul Butterfield Blues Band
Eric Clapton
Tom Petty
George Harrison
Roy Orbison
Jeff Lynne
The Band
Johnny Cash
T-Bone Burnett
Steven Soles
David Mansfield
Roger McGuinn
Scarlet Rivera
Joan Baez
Joni Mitchell
Muddy Waters
Van Morrison
Neil Young
Slash
David Crosby
Bruce Hornsby
Stevie Ray Vaughan
Elton John

Musician Biography

Bob Dylan is one of the biggest people in pop music history; he's written songs that have been covered by many, many bands, and has had quite a few films about him. He's got many famous and not-so-famous admirers and is still going strong.

Discography

Albums

The Minnesota Tapes
Bob Dylan
The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan
The Times They Are A-Changin'
Another Side Of Bob Dylan
Bringing It All Back Home
Highway 61 Revisited
Blonde On Blonde
Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits
John Wesley Harding
Nashville Skyline
Self Portrait
New Morning
Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits Vol. Ii
Pat Garrett And Billy The Kid
Dylan
Planet Waves
Before The Flood
Blood On The Tracks
The Basement Tapes
Desire
Hard Rain
Street-Legal
Bob Dylan At Budokan
Slow Train Coming
Saved
Shot Of Love
Infidels
Real Live
Empire Burlesque
Biograph
Knocked Out Loaded
Down In The Groove
Dylan & The Dead
Oh Mercy
Under The Red Sky
The Bootleg Series Volumes 1-3 (Rare & Unreleased)
Good As I Been To You
The 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration
World Gone Wrong
Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits Volume 3
Mtv Unplugged
Time Out Of Mind
The Bootleg Series Vol. 4: Bob Dylan Live 1966, The "Royal Albert Hall" Concert
The Essential Bob Dylan
Love And Theft
The Bootleg Series Vol. 5: Bob Dylan Live 1975, The Rolling Thunder Revue
The Bootleg Series Vol. 6: Bob Dylan Live 1964, Concert At Philharmonic Hall
The Bootleg Series Vol. 7: No Direction Home: The Soundtrack
Live At The Gaslight 1962
The Best Of Bob Dylan

EPs

Singles

Appears On

Compilations

Soundtracks

Mix CDs

Dub Club: Arlo - Fall/Winter 2005
A Trip to the Library
Because I'm Sad

Radio Shows

Chris Morris Music Show Episode 2: Playing records and shouting, and continuing his bid to save the network
GLR Show Year End Highlights January 3, 1992

Recipes

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The Bob Dylan is a simple blended drink.

Info

Serves: 1

Ingredients

12 oz. Surge
4 oz. Jägermeister
16 oz. Ice

Directions

1.Blend ingredients in blender until smooth.

Source

Bob Dylan from the Wikibooks Bartending Guide—original source of recipe, licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License

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