Research topic: Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan , 1941-, American singer and composer, b. Duluth, Minn., as Robert Zimmerman. Dylan learned guitar at the age of 10 and autoharp and harmonica at 15. After a rebellious youth, he moved to New York City in 1960 and in the early years of the decade began playing in a folk style in Greenwich Village clubs. He turned to performing with an electric rock-and-roll band in 1965. Influenced by such figures as Leadbelly , Bo Diddley, Muddy Waters, Hank Williams , and Woody Guthrie as well as by such early rockers as Elvis Presley , Buddy Holly, and Little Richard , Dylan,... Read more