It is rare when a poet will emerge that becomes a wonderful musician, artist, activist
and celebrated with a Nobel Prize in the end for writing.
He is a natural with words, freestyle to deeply thoughtful. Within metaphors that'll
make you think inevitably if you study each line it'll make sense in the end.
Bob Dylan came around when folk was almost bubblegum. It took him, Joan Baez,
Odetta, Dave Van Ronk, Phil Ochs to continue the folk that endured the same feeling
of hardships of a Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger, Leadbelly, the many blues and jazz musicians
before. It was less about what Elvis, Buddy Holly, and what Chuck Berry was putting out (which
definitely is a great style on itself) Dylan was about shifting, changing with the times, understanding what was to come and being 1 step ahead. He sung and wrote like an artist painting a picture.
He is a storyteller. He wasn't afraid to bring sarcasm, his truth to a story and laying it out for
everyone the bones, the bruises, and the sweat . He had many muses to help him write to his
perfections in writing. Whether it be personal relationships with Suze Rotolo, Joan Baez, his wife
Sara, Carolyn Dennis, Edie Sedgwick, Nico, but also with musical counterparts such as Woody Guthrie, once again Joan Baez, Joni Mitchell, Neil Young. Influences in writing of Arthur Rimbaud,
Dylan Thomas, and just exploring cities from Minneapolis to New York to London and exploring
this world like Kerouac and Ginsberg & other beats. He had a natural flow of thought, passion &
yes, bitterness but he wanted to protect the dignity of true art, and not lead it to what most people
hear today on the radio, youtube, and more. He was always exploring his faith (another muse)?
He made friendships and enemies and friendships with enemies. Everyone in music from the 60's til now knew Dylan. Whether they liked his personality or not, they definitely had to have some form
of admiration of his art. Bruce Springsteen, Tom Petty, Mark Knopfler, Leonard Cohen, Johnny Cash, The Byrds, The Beatles, Joni Mitchell (a frenemy at times), The Band, even Judas Priest.
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