Penultimatec iconic late–20th Century American musical personage….captures the soul of many…releases “Blowin’ in the Wind”…Along with his song “The Times They Are a–Changin” becomes a quasi–anthem for both the anti–Vietnam War groundswell, as well as for the Civil Rights movement.
Born Robert Allen Zimmerman (Jewish name Zushe ben Avraham) in May, 1941 in Duluth, Minnesota, and raised there and in Hibbing, Minnesota on the Mesabi Iron Range…. Dylan, who in 2008 is still successfully touring, (named “The Never Ending Tour” by Dylan) achieved lasting iconic status in the inter–related 1960s American pop, anti–Establishment, and protest cultures.
Once Dylan wrote a song and recorded it, the song with its Dylan–cachet and inherent magic, when then re–released by other leading recording artists, often achieved mega–resonance.
Confidante Joan Baez, as well as Peter, Paul & Mary (just below) projected—and often helped launch his new songs around the globe, helping to immortalize all the entities concerned (meaning, the songs, Dylan the songwriter and all the groups involved).
(FYI, I personally preferred the British group Chad & Jeremy).