BIOGRAPHY
Bob Dylan, born Robert Allen Zimmerman on May 24, 1941, in Duluth, Minnesota, grew up in Hibbing before dropping out of the University of Minnesota and moving to New York City in 1961, drawn into the Greenwich Village folk scene by the influence of Woody Guthrie. His 1962 debut sold modestly, but songs like "Blowin' in the Wind" and "The Times They Are a-Changin'" soon made him a defining voice of the civil rights era. Dylan's 1965 shift to electric instrumentation, capped by a booed performance at the Newport Folk Festival, marked a turning point in his career. Across decades he produced landmark work from Blood on the Tracks to Rough and Rowdy Ways (2020), sustaining relevance through what became known as the Never-Ending Tour.