Genres: Rock & Roll, Country-Rock, Singer/Songwriter, Political Folk, Folk-Rock, Contemporary Pop/Rock, Album Rock, AM Pop, Protest Songs Active: 60's, 70's, 80's, 90's, 2000's Born: May 24, 1941 in Duluth, MN
Hank Williams, Woody Guthrie, Elvis Presley, Dave Van Ronk, Rev. Gary Davis, Blind Lemon Jefferson, Little Richard, Leadbelly, Ramblin' Jack Elliott, Robert Johnson, Pete Seeger, Cisco Houston, Carter Family, Bill Monroe, Odetta, Blind Willie McTell, Mississippi John Hurt, Jesse Fuller Phil Ochs, John Prine, John Hiatt, George Harrison, Grateful Dead, Fairport Convention, Joni Mitchell, The Byrds, Neil Young, Van Morrison, Donovan, Jesse Winchester, Tom Petty, The Pretenders, A.A. Bondy, Joe Hill, Warren Zevon, Lou Reed, Roger McGuinn Billy Bragg, The Clash, Andre Ethier, Paul Kelly, Lloyd Cole, Paul Westerberg, Skydiggers, Elvis Costello, Grant Lee Buffalo, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Crosby, Stills & Nash, Jewels and Binoculars, David & David, The Velvet Underground, The Rosewood Thieves, The Triffids, John Lennon, Duncan Browne, David Bromberg |  |
Bob Dylan's influence on popular music is incalculable. As a songwriter, he pioneered several different schools of pop songwriting, from confessional singer/songwriter to winding, hallucinatory, stream-of-consciousness narratives. As a vocalist, he broke down the notion that a singer must have a conventionally good voice in order to perform, thereby redefining the vocalist's role in popular music. As a musician, he sparked several genres of pop music, including electrified folk-rock and country-rock. And that just touches on the tip of his achievements. Dylan's force was evident during his height of popularity in the '60s -- the Beatles' shift toward introspective songwriting in the mid-'60s never would have happened without him -- but his influence echoed throughout several subsequent generations, as many of his songs became popular standards and his best albums became undisputed classics of the rock & roll canon.
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Release: October 13, 2009
Label: Columbia, Sony Music Distribution
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Release: October 2, 2009
Label: Col
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