Robert Zimmerman, known professionally as Bob Dylan, is an American singer-songwriter who was born in 1941 in Duluth, Minnesota. Dylan is considered one of the most influential musicians of all time, known for his distinctive vocal style and insightful yet witty lyrics addressing important social and political issues. Over his decades-long career, Dylan has released numerous successful studio albums across multiple genres and continues touring and recording to this day.

1. Lisete Laisaar
2012

2. What do you know
about
Bob Dylan?

4.  Robert Allen Zimmerman
(Bobby, Zimmy, Zimbo, The Voice of
Protest, The Voice of a Generation, The
Bard, Blind Boy Grunt, Early in his career used
the stage name 'Elston Gunn')
 Was born May 24, 1941 Duluth, Minnesota, U.S.
 American
singer, songwriter, musician, producer, poet, wri
ter and artist
 Genres - rock, folk, blues, country, rock &
roll, country blues, gospel
 Instruments - vocals, guitar, piano, harmonica
(suupill)

5.  When he was six years old, his father came down
with polio (lastehalvatus), and the family moved
to Hibbing where Bob grew up in a small Jewish
community
 Raised in a traditional Jewish house hold by
Russian immigrants
 1959 - Attended University of Minnesota (at the
end of his first year in college, he quit school)
 1961 - Columbia signed him to a contract and
the following year released his first album

6.  1997 - Many tours and albums later, on the
eve of a European tour, he was diagnosed
with pericarditis (südamepaunapõletik)
 Over the next 30 years, Dylan continued to
release timely topical records
 Wrote 24 studio albums, 13 live albums, 14
compilation albums, and 6 collaboration
albums

8.  Distinctive (eriline) voice
 Low rasping (krigisev) voice
 Depressing yet witty (teravmeelne) lyrics
 Lyrics about important social issues
 Lyrics inspired by real life events
 Harmonica
 Curly hair
 Messy Black Hair
 Thin Moustache
 Often dresses entirely in Black

9.  Carolyn Dennis - divorced
 Sara Dylan - divorced
 Has 6 children- Maria Lowndes Dylan (step-
daughter), Desiree Gabrielle Dennis-Dylan, Jesse Byron
Dylan, Anna Leigh Dylan, Samuel Abraham Dylan, Jakob
Luke Dylan
 Has 9 grandchildren
 He also has a "World's Greatest Grandpa" bumper sticker
that he proudly displays on his car
 Casanova, he had his first steady girlfriend at 14 and was
seeing as many as five girls at once by the time he was in
college

10.  He had several stalkers over the years
 One obsessed fan started the "Dylan Liberation
Front," protesting that Dylan had sold out and
has abandoned (mahajäetud) his political causes
 He staged several "protests" in front of Dylan's
home and accused Dylan of heroin use
 After he pushed aside Dylan's wife, Sara, and
broke into Dylan's home, Dylan lost his patience
and got into fight

11.  “All I can do is be me, whoever that is.”
 “At times in my life the only place I have been
happy is when I am on stage.”
 “I say there're no depressed words just
depressed minds.”
 “Money doesn't talk, it swears.”
 “What good are fans? You can't eat applause
for breakfast. You can't sleep with it.”

13.  Bob Dylan made his first record in a
department store booth (putka, kabiin) on
Christmas Eve when he was 15 years old
 Fan of Elvis Presley
 Between the ages of 10 and 18 Dylan ran
away from home seven times
 1.71 m tall
 Dylan was in motorcycle accident in
Woodstock, New York

14.  The Times They Are A-
Changin' (Columbia, 1964)
 Highway 61 Revisited (Columbia, 1965)
 Before the Flood (Columbia, 1974)
 Time Out of Mind (Sony, 1997

16.  http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors
/b/bob_dylan.html#7oks2hXXFZ2y8jDO.99
 http://folkmusic.about.com/od/artistsaz/p/Dy
lan_profile.htm
 http://www.allmusic.com/artist/bob-dylan-
mn0000066915
 http://folkmusic.about.com/od/bobdylan/a/B
ob-Dylan-Zimmerman.htm

17. “I consider myself a poet first and a musician
second. I live like a poet and I'll die like a poet.”
Thank you!