Bob Dylan

1. Crooning Bob, Hidden Muse
2. Masked & Anonymous
3. Robert Allen Zimmerman
4. Elston Gunn
5. A Star Is Born
6. A Legend Mends A Legend
7. Emergence
8. Bringing It All Back Home
9. Pat Garrett And Billy The Kid
10. Grammy Time
11. Pope On The Red Line
12. In Their Father’s Footsteps?
13. Albums Of The Year
14. Hollywood Hit List
15. Jack Fate
16. Award Monger
17. The Missing Beatle?

“I think of a hero as someone who understands the level of responsibility which comes with his freedom.” – Bob Dylan

1. Crooning Bob, Hidden Muse
Recently a Japanese writer named Junichi Saga was astonished and flattered to learn that passages from among his novels seemingly found their way to a few of Bob Dylan’s lyrics.
In Bob Dylan’s 2001 song,”Floater”that he croons -“My old man, he’s like some feudal lordgot more lives than a cat.” “I’m not as cool or forgiving as I sound””Sometimes someone would like you to give up something, and not, it’s too much to ask.”

On page six of Junicihi Saga’s book,”Confessions of a Yakuza”, he writes -“My old man would sit there as a feudal lord.” “I’m not as cool or forgiving as I may have sounded.” Then on page 182, writes -“not, however, that has been too much to ask.”

The practitioner of Chinese medicine resounded that the revelation of Dylan calling upon his own work has been surprising. This may be counted as an literary theft of types, but the writer has stated he doesn’t have plans to sue. “Why would I sue? To choose action that made people across the world happy and attempt to harness it for money – that is poverty.” , stated Saga.
“This demonstrates that people in different nations can relate to the harsh realities of prewar Japan, which has been a poor, struggling country. I’m just happy someone read my book and liked it.” , said Saga. “My book hasn’t sold that well, and it’s out of print from Japan.” He further added he’s estimated to have just made about,475 in the publication.

A few weeks ago, Saga purchased his first Bob Dylan CD,”The Best of Bob Dylan”.

2. Masked & Anonymous
Can you reach out a hand to rescue a drowning person in case you thought he might pull you ?

This is the tagline for Bob’s most recent film called,”Masked & Anonymous”. Inside, Bob plays, Jack Fate, a singer whose career has gone on a downward spiral and can be forced to make a comeback to the operation stage for a concert. For this picture he had been joined by a number of Hollywood’s hottest and brightest, all which reportedly signed on the film at scale rates. The cast includes: John Goodman, Jessica Lange, Luke Wilson, Jeff Bridges, Penelope Cruz, Reggie Lee, Angela Bassett, Steven Bauer, Larry Campbell, Bruce Dern, Alex Desert, Treva Etienne, Dan Frischman, Tony Garnier, Laura Elena Harring, Ed Harris, Shawn Michael Howard, Val Kilmer, Bruce Kirschbaum, Antonio David Lyons, Cheech Marin, Chris Penn, George Receli, Giovanni Ribisi, Mickey Rourke, Sam Sarpong, Charlie Sexton, Jon Sklaroff, Christian Slater and Fred Ward. In addition to all that, T-Shirt King buddy, Keri Bruno, brings 2nd Unit Directing responsibilities on the gift heavy picture.

The film hits theatres at a limited US release on July 25th.

3. Robert Allen Zimmerman
At 5 feet 6 inches, then Robert Allen Zimmerman could be a slight man, but under the name Bob Dylan, he is a legendary monster of a musician.

4. Elston Gunn
Robert Allen Zimmerman was born May 24th 1941 in Duluth, Minnesota. His father, Abe, has been employed by the normal Oil Company there, but if Robert was six the family moved to Hibbing, Minnesota. The sole riddling notice about Hibbing is that is very often the most popular place in the United States. Yikes. Growing up there he taught himself guitar and piano and formed a few high school rock bands. During this period he toyed with the point name,”Elston Gunn”.

5. A Star Is Born
By 1959, Robert entered the University of Minnesota and began performing under the name Bob Dylan at nightclubs at Minnesota and St. Paul.

6. A Legend Mends A Legend
In 1960 he traveled to New York to perform in several folk clubs across Greenwich Village. In New York he spent some time with his idol, Woody Guthrie at his hospital room.

7. Emergence
Late in 1961 he landed a contract with Columbia Records and the following year his debut album was released with two first songs. A year after that,”The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan” emerged having an all original album, such as a song which became the anthem of the’60’s -“Blowin’ in the Wind”.

8. Bringing It All Back Home
Back in February 1964 Dylan along with a little group of friends drove south from New York City and stopped at unannounced to visit poet’Carl Sandburg’ at North Carolina. Disappointingly, Dylan left just 10 minutes after arriving when he understood he couldn’t catch the venerable man of letters on to take him as a poet.

He popped folk-rock to the mainstream after touring with Joan Baez along using his own flavor of electric/acoustic swagger, culminating with his hit song,”Bringing it all Back Home”. Shortly after the Byrd’s turned his song”Mr. Tambourine Man” into a second hit on their cover version of the famous song.

9. Pat Garrett And Billy The Kid
Following a motorcycle crash in 1966 which took him from the limelight before 1969. Throughout that time, Sam Peckinpah asked him to write the score and appear in his film,”Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid”. This would be the only the beginning of a long and continuing relationship with Hollywood and filmmaking.

10. Grammy Time
Back in 1974, Bob Dylan and The Band hit the road to market their first number one album,”Planet Waves”. The following year they had a different chart-topper with the release of,”Blood on the Tracks”. He explained that with many Rolling Thunder tours, a film called,”Renaldo and Clara” and then astounded the music world with the release of his eponymous Christian album,”Slow Train Coming”. A song from this album garnered him his first Grammy.

11. Pope On The Red Line
In May 1997, he had been stricken with histaplasmosis, a possibly fatal illness of the heart sac, but recovered to take on a trip of Europe. He kicked off the trip by September, beginning off at Rome by special request of the Pope.

12. In Their Father’s Footsteps?
His son Jakob Dylan has made a good moment semi-emulating his infamous dad using his own group, The Wallflowers. However, his Jesse Dylan has obtained a slightly altered route to stardom, choosing for its glamour of Tinsletown. His first major directing gig is about to be published,”American Pie 3″. Jesse also directed a film called,”How High” and appears using a special thanks charge on”The Matrix Revisited”.

13. Albums Of The Year
He’s truly legendary, his 1997 album,”Time Out of Mind” and his 2001 album”Love and Theft” were both voted Album of the Year from the Village Voice’s annual critics’ poll. Sounds like a no-brainer to people.

14. Hollywood Hit List
He’s composed and recorded songs or had his listed songs used at the following movies:

Gods & Generals
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
Vanilla Sky
Bandits
Blow
Remember the Titans
High Fidelity
Wonder Boys
The Hurricane
American Beauty
Hope Floats
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
The Big Lebowski
Jerry Maguire
Breaking the Waves
With Honors
Dogfight
Band of the Hand
American Pop
Renaldo and Clara
Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid

15. Jack Fate
The little million dollar film,”Masked & Anonymous” has been led by veteran TV comedy director, Larry Charles, who’s also helmed displays ,”Mad About You”,”Seinfeld” and”Curb Your Enthusiasm”.

He looked on the TV series,”Dharma & Greg” playing himself. After he fulfilled Conan O’Brien at a recent concert, Bob has been quoted as stating,”I understand you from the TeeVee.”

16. Award Monger
He’s received numerous awards of notice, such as: The Polar Music Prize from the Royal Swedish Academy of Music in 2000, The Commandeur dans l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in France in 1990, an honorary doctorate from Princeton University in 1970 and has been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame by Bruce Springteen at New York’s Waldorf Astoria Hotel in 1988.

17. The Missing Beatle?
He appears on the sleeve of the Beatles'”Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club”.

At the renowned”Johnny Cash at San Quentin” concert,” Johnny Cash introduced a song he co-wrote together by Dylan by describing his as”the best writer of the times.”