Bob Dylan

             When the 1960's come to one's mind, various thoughts arise. Most think of the wide spread use of drugs. Others may think of the hippies and their promiscuous ways. When I think about the 1960's, there is one thing that comes across my mind. Written huge in bold writing, the word music. As years pass fads come in and out of style. Although trends change, there is one thing and one thing alone that will never go out of fashion and that is the music of the sixties. I believe that music is what makes the world go round, the core that brings all people together. It takes the power of musical Gods to leave such an important impact on our society. One of these musical Gods entered our world May 24, 1941. His name was Robert Allen Zimmerman, known today as the great Bob Dylan.
             Robert Zimmerman grew up in a very small town of Hibbling, Minnesota.
             At the age ten, he began writing poetry and teaching himself to play Rudimentary piano and guitar. Strongly Influenced by Elvis Presley and Jerry Lee Lewis, Zimmerman started forming his own rock bands in his early teens, such as The Golden Chords and His Rock Boppers. In the fall of 1959, Zimmerman left Hibbling and began attending the University of Minnesota. It was here where he began to trace contemporary rock to it's roots and listening to the work of country, rock and folk pioneers, such as Hank Williams, Robert Johnson, and Woody Guthrie (http://web.ask.com/redir?bpg=http%3a%2f%2fweb.ask.com%2fweb%3fq%3dBob%2bDylan%26o%3d1&q=Bob+Dylan&u=http). As time passed, Zimmerman found himself so enamored in his music interest that he rarely found time to go to class. He began performing solo at local nightspots in town, where he played both guitar and harmonica. It was around this time that Robert Zimmerman adopted his stage name to be Bob Dylan.
             In January of 1961, Dylan dropped out of college and moved to New York to follow his dream of becoming a part of Greenwich Village&...

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