| 1. Crooning Bob, Hidden Muse | | | | Bob Dylan" emerged with an all original |
| | | | album, including a song that became an anthem |
| 2. Masked & Anonymous | | | | of the '60's - "Blowin' in the Wind".8. |
| | | | Bringing It All Back Home |
| 3. Robert Allen Zimmerman | | | | |
| | | | In February 1964 Dylan and a small group of |
| 4. Elston Gunn | | | | friends drove south out of New York City and |
| | | | stopped in unannounced to see poet 'Carl |
| 5. A Star Is Born | | | | Sandburg' in North Carolina. Disappointingly, |
| | | | Dylan left only 10 minutes after arriving |
| 6. A Legend Mends A Legend | | | | when he realized he couldn't get the |
| | | | venerable man of letters to take him |
| 7. Emergence | | | | seriously as a fellow poet.He popped |
| | | | folk-rock into the mainstream after touring |
| 8. Bringing It All Back Home | | | | with Joan Baez with his own flavor of |
| | | | electric/acoustic swagger, culminating with |
| 9. Pat Garrett And Billy The Kid | | | | his hit song, "Bringing it all Back Home". |
| | | | Soon after the Byrd's turned his song "Mr. |
| 10. Grammy Time | | | | Tambourine Man" into another hit with their |
| | | | cover version of the famous tune.9. Pat |
| 11. Pope On The Red Line | | | | Garrett And Billy The Kid |
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| 12. In Their Father's Footsteps? | | | | Following a motorcycle accident in 1966 |
| | | | which took him out of the limelight until |
| 13. Albums Of The Year | | | | 1969. Around that time, Sam Peckinpah asked |
| | | | him to compose the score and appear in his |
| 14. Hollywood Hit List | | | | film, "Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid". This |
| | | | would be the only the beginning of a long and |
| 15. Jack Fate | | | | continuing relationship with Hollywood and |
| | | | filmmaking.10. Grammy Time |
| 16. Award Monger | | | | |
| | | | In 1974, Bob Dylan and The Band hit the road |
| 17. The Missing Beatle?"I think of a hero as | | | | to promote their first number one album, |
| someone who understands the degree of | | | | "Planet Waves". The next year they had |
| responsibility that comes with his freedom." | | | | another chart-topper with the release of, |
| - Bob Dylan1. Crooning Bob, Hidden Muse | | | | "Blood on the Tracks". He followed that with |
| | | | several Rolling Thunder tours, a film called, |
| Recently a Japanese writer named Junichi | | | | "Renaldo and Clara" and then stunned the |
| Saga was astonished and flattered to learn | | | | music world with the release of his |
| that passages from one of his books | | | | fundamentalist Christian album, "Slow Train |
| apparently found their way into a few of Bob | | | | Coming". A song from this album garnered him |
| Dylan's lyrics. | | | | his first Grammy.11. Pope On The Red Line |
| | | | |
| In Bob Dylan's 2001 song, "Floater", he | | | | In May 1997, he was stricken with |
| croons - "My old man, he's like some feudal | | | | histaplasmosis, a possibly fatal infection of |
| lord, got more lives than a cat." "I'm not | | | | the heart sac, but recovered to take on a |
| quite as cool or forgiving as I sound" | | | | tour of Europe. He kicked off the trip by |
| "Sometimes somebody wants you to give | | | | September, starting off in Rome by special |
| something up, and tears or not, it's too much | | | | request of the Pope.12. In Their Father's |
| to ask."On page six of Junicihi Saga's book, | | | | Footsteps? |
| "Confessions of a Yakuza", he writes - "My | | | | |
| old man would sit there like a feudal lord." | | | | His son Jakob Dylan has made a good time |
| "I'm not as cool or forgiving as I might have | | | | semi-emulating his infamous father with his |
| sounded." Then on page 182, writes - "Tears | | | | own band, The Wallflowers. However, his Jesse |
| or not, though, that was too much to ask."The | | | | Dylan has taken a slightly altered route to |
| practitioner of Chinese medicine resounded | | | | stardom, opting for the glamour of |
| that the revelation of Dylan calling upon his | | | | Tinsletown. His first major directing gig is |
| own work was surprising. This could be | | | | about to be released, "American Pie 3". Jesse |
| counted as a literary theft of sorts, but the | | | | also directed a film called, "How High" and |
| author has stated he has no plans to sue. | | | | appears with a special thanks credit on "The |
| "Why would I sue? To take something that made | | | | Matrix Revisited".13. Albums Of The Year |
| people around the world happy and try to | | | | |
| exploit it for money - that's poverty.", | | | | He is truly legendary, his 1997 album, "Time |
| stated Saga. | | | | Out of Mind" and his 2001 album "Love and |
| | | | Theft" were both voted Album of the Year by |
| "This shows that people in other countries | | | | the Village Voice's annual critics' poll. |
| can relate to the harsh realities of prewar | | | | Seems like a no-brainer to us.14. Hollywood |
| Japan, which was a poor, struggling nation. | | | | Hit List |
| I'm just happy somebody read my book and | | | | |
| liked it.", said Saga. "My book hasn't even | | | | He has composed and recorded songs or had |
| sold that well, and it's out of print in | | | | his recorded songs used in the following |
| Japan." He further added he has estimated to | | | | films:Gods & Generals |
| have only made about $8,475 from the | | | | |
| publication.A few weeks ago, Saga bought his | | | | Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood |
| first Bob Dylan CD, "The Best of Bob | | | | |
| Dylan".2. Masked & Anonymous | | | | Vanilla Sky |
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| Would you reach out a hand to save a | | | | Bandits |
| drowning man if you thought he might pull you | | | | |
| in?This is the tagline for Bob's latest film | | | | Blow |
| called, "Masked & Anonymous". In it, Bob | | | | |
| plays, Jack Fate, a singer whose career has | | | | Remember the Titans |
| gone on a downward spiral and is forced to | | | | |
| make a comeback to the performance stage for | | | | High Fidelity |
| a benefit concert. For this film he was | | | | |
| joined by some of Hollywood's hottest and | | | | Wonder Boys |
| brightest, all of which reportedly signed | | | | |
| onto the film at scale rates. The cast | | | | The Hurricane |
| includes: John Goodman, Jessica Lange, Luke | | | | |
| Wilson, Jeff Bridges, Penelope Cruz, Reggie | | | | American Beauty |
| Lee, Angela Bassett, Steven Bauer, Larry | | | | |
| Campbell, Bruce Dern, Alex Desert, Treva | | | | Hope Floats |
| Etienne, Dan Frischman, Tony Garnier, Laura | | | | |
| Elena Harring, Ed Harris, Shawn Michael | | | | Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas |
| Howard, Val Kilmer, Bruce Kirschbaum, Antonio | | | | |
| David Lyons, Cheech Marin, Chris Penn, George | | | | The Big Lebowski |
| Receli, Giovanni Ribisi, Mickey Rourke, Sam | | | | |
| Sarpong, Charlie Sexton, Jon Sklaroff, | | | | Jerry Maguire |
| Christian Slater and Fred Ward. On top of all | | | | |
| of that, T-Shirt King friend, Keri Bruno, | | | | Breaking the Waves |
| pulls 2nd Unit Directing duties on the talent | | | | |
| heavy film.The film hits theatres in a | | | | With Honors |
| limited US release on July 25th.3. Robert | | | | |
| Allen Zimmerman | | | | Dogfight |
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| At 5 foot six inches, Robert Allen Zimmerman | | | | Band of the Hand |
| might be a slight man, but under the name Bob | | | | |
| Dylan, he is a legendary giant of a | | | | American Pop |
| musician.4. Elston Gunn | | | | |
| | | | Renaldo and Clara |
| Robert Allen Zimmerman was born May 24th | | | | |
| 1941 in Duluth, Minnesota. His father, Abe, | | | | Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid15. Jack Fate |
| was employed by the Standard Oil Company | | | | |
| there, but when Robert was six the family | | | | The small $10 million dollar film, "Masked & |
| moved to Hibbing, Minnesota. The one riddling | | | | Anonymous" was directed by veteran TV comedy |
| note about Hibbing is that is very often the | | | | director, Larry Charles, who has also helmed |
| coldest place in the United States. Yikes. | | | | shows for, "Mad About You", "Seinfeld" and |
| Growing up there he taught himself piano and | | | | "Curb Your Enthusiasm".He appeared on the TV |
| guitar and formed several high school rock | | | | show, "Dharma & Greg" playing himself. When |
| bands. Around this time he toyed with the | | | | he met Conan O'Brien at a recent concert, Bob |
| stage name, "Elston Gunn".5. A Star Is Born | | | | was quoted as saying, "I know you from the |
| | | | TeeVee."16. Award Monger |
| By 1959, Robert entered the University of | | | | |
| Minnesota and began performing under the name | | | | He has received numerous awards of note, |
| Bob Dylan at clubs in Minnesota and St. | | | | including: The Polar Music Prize from the |
| Paul.6. A Legend Mends A Legend | | | | Royal Swedish Academy of Music in 2000, The |
| | | | Commandeur dans l'Ordre des Arts et des |
| In 1960 he traveled to New York to perform | | | | Lettres from France in 1990, an honorary |
| in various folk clubs throughout Greenwich | | | | doctorate from Princeton University in 1970 |
| Village. While in New York he spent time with | | | | and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall |
| his idol, Woody Guthrie at his hospital | | | | of Fame by Bruce Springteen at New York's |
| room.7. Emergence | | | | Waldorf Astoria Hotel in 1988.17. The Missing |
| | | | Beatle? |
| Late in 1961 he landed a contract with | | | | |
| Columbia Records and the following year his | | | | He appears on the sleeve of the Beatles' |
| debut album was released with two original | | | | "Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club". |
| songs. A year after that, "The Freewheelin' | | | | |