Bob Dylan

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until today, opening up the expressive possibilities of rock.Composing over 100's of songs, performing worldwide including Woodstock 1969, following his own path and believing in his own causes, Dylan has become an idol, young artists everywhere can admire.
Born Robert Allen Zimmerman on May 24, 1941, in Duluth Minnesota to Beatrice and Abraham Zimmerman, Dylan was soon to move to Hibbing in 1947. It, like many other small towns felt the optimism, prosperity, and conformism that followed WWII. Hibbing became more directly touched by national events with the onset of radio, movies and television. By the mid 1950's it, too, felt the social tensions that were rolling across the country, especially with Senator Joesph McCarthy accusing innocent americans of being communists. Meanwhile the civil rights movement was gaining momentum. In 1954 after the case of Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka, the segregation of races in public schools is declared a violatation of the equal ...

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