About this book
Presents the lyrics to the songs on twenty-eight Bob Dylan albums, from "Bob Dylan" released in 1962, to "Love and Theft" in 2001, and includes lyrics to additional unreleased works.
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United States
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Bob Dylan
24 May 1941
Bob Dylan (born Robert Allen Zimmerman; May 24, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter and musician who has been a major figure in music since the 1960s. Much of his most celebrated work dates from the 1960s when he was an informal chronicler, and an apparently reluctant figurehead of social unrest. A number of his songs such as "Blowin' in the Wind" and "The Times They Are a-Changin'" became anthems for the US civil rights and anti-war movements. His early lyrics incorporated a variety of political, social and philosophical, as well as literary influences. They defied existing pop music conventions and appealed hugely to the then burgeoning counterculture. Initially inspired by the songs of…
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