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Robert Allen Zimmerman<\/strong> was born on May 24, 1941<\/strong> in Duluth<\/strong>, Minnesota, and grew up in Hibbing<\/strong>, a mining town in the north. Passionate about Woody Guthrie<\/strong>, Robert Johnson<\/strong>, and the rock’n’roll<\/strong> of Little Richard<\/strong>, he moved to New York<\/strong> in 1961 and performed in the clubs of Greenwich Village<\/strong>. [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”|300|||||||” text_font_size=”16px” header_font=”|700|||||||” header_text_align=”center” header_font_size=”36px” header_2_font=”–et_global_heading_font|300|||||||” header_2_text_color=”#ddab05″ header_2_font_size=”24px” text_orientation=”justified” background_layout=”dark” width=”100%” width_tablet=”” width_phone=”100%” width_last_edited=”on|phone” module_alignment=”center” hover_enabled=”0″ locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan (1963)<\/strong> and songs like “Blowin’ in the Wind”<\/strong> and “The Times They Are a-Changin'”<\/strong> made him the spokesperson for the folk movement and the civil rights<\/strong> cause. He performed during the March on Washington<\/strong> led by Martin Luther King Jr.<\/strong> in August 1963<\/strong>. [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”4.25.2″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/www.matts-guitar-shop.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/bob-dylan-biographie-02.webp” alt=”Guitar Biography of Bob Dylan” title_text=”bob-dylan-biographie-02″ align=”center” _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”4.25.2″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”|300|||||||” text_font_size=”16px” header_font=”|700|||||||” header_text_align=”center” header_font_size=”36px” header_2_font=”–et_global_heading_font|300|||||||” header_2_text_color=”#ddab05″ header_2_font_size=”24px” text_orientation=”justified” background_layout=”dark” width=”100%” width_tablet=”” width_phone=”100%” width_last_edited=”on|phone” module_alignment=”center” hover_enabled=”0″ locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Bob Dylan received the Nobel Prize in Literature<\/strong> in 2016<\/strong>, becoming the first musician to be awarded the prize, “for having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition”<\/strong>. With over 125 million albums sold<\/strong>, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame<\/strong> in 1988<\/strong>. [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”|300|||||||” text_font_size=”16px” link_font=”||||||||” link_text_align=”justify” header_font=”|700|||||||” header_text_align=”center” header_font_size=”36px” header_2_font=”–et_global_heading_font|300|||||||” header_2_text_color=”#ddab05″ header_2_font_size=”24px” text_orientation=”justified” background_layout=”dark” width=”100%” width_tablet=”” width_phone=”100%” width_last_edited=”on|phone” module_alignment=”center” hover_enabled=”0″ locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Dylan is associated with the Martin 00-17<\/strong> from his early folk years, the sunburst Fender Stratocaster<\/strong> used at Newport in 1965, and the acoustic Gibson J-45<\/strong>. His Newport Fender Stratocaster<\/strong> was sold at auction in 2013<\/strong> for $965,000<\/strong>.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Voice of a GenerationOrigins and Early YearsRobert Allen Zimmerman was born on May 24, 1941 in Duluth, Minnesota, and grew up in Hibbing, a mining town in the north. Passionate about Woody Guthrie, Robert Johnson, and the rock’n’roll of Little Richard, he moved to New York in 1961 and performed in the clubs of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":36295,"parent":24295,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-36391","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\n
He adopted the name Bob Dylan<\/strong> (possibly inspired by poet Dylan Thomas<\/strong>) and signed with Columbia Records<\/strong> thanks to legendary producer John Hammond<\/strong>.<\/p>\nFolk and Electric Icon<\/h2>\n
In 1965<\/strong>, he electrified his music with Bringing It All Back Home<\/strong> and Highway 61 Revisited<\/strong>, causing controversy at the Newport Festival<\/strong>, where audience members booed him for plugging in his guitar. “Like a Rolling Stone”<\/strong> was considered by Rolling Stone Magazine<\/strong> to be the greatest song of all time<\/strong>. Blonde on Blonde (1966)<\/strong> became the first major double album<\/strong> in rock history.<\/p>\nNobel Prize and Legacy<\/h2>\n
His career spans more than 60 years<\/strong>, marked by constant reinvention: folk, rock, country, gospel, and blues. The Never Ending Tour<\/strong>, which began in 1988<\/strong>, has totaled more than 3,000 concerts<\/strong>.<\/p>\nIconic Guitars<\/h2>\n