BoB Dylan

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First of all Bob
Dylan was born in Minnesota, not a particular hub of
musical activity.
Author Bob Spitz makes a good point concerning Dylan�s
birthplace.
History has taught us that no matter how we change the
environment it is impossible to change the man...After all,
anybody is as their land and air is....If that is so, it is
no
wonder that Bob Dylan became such a luminous amalgam
of showmanship and aloofness, spirituality and desolation,
eloquence and exaggeration, individuality and
schizophrenia. These seesawing extremes, among others,
are indigenous to the historical landscape of northern
Minnesota. (Spitz 9)
For others this might have been a setback but for Dylan it
was the perfect
environment to nurture his interests, in music
specifically. At the age of ten
he was writing poems and by thirteen was setting them to
music with
self-taught piano and guitar skills. Dylan�s interest in
music continued to
climb as he entered Hibbing ...

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He packed up and moved to New York City with two main
motivations. His primary motivation was to become part of
the Greenwich
Village folk-music scene which was burgeoning in the city.
His second
reason for moving was to meet his idle, Woodie Guthrie, who
was in a
hospital in New Jersey with a rare hereditary disease.
Dylan would succeed
on both counts. Not only did he meet Guthrie but he became
a fixture at his
bedside. As well, Bob Dylan was now a recognizable name
among the folk
clubs and coffee houses of New York. Dylan had a
proficiency at learning
songs perfectly the first time he heard them which was
admired by his peers
that, along with tireless ...

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