Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan (born Robert Allen Zimmerman May 24, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter, musician, and poet. He is one of America's great popular songwriters, and his enduring contributions to the American oeuvre are comparable to those of Stephen Foster, Irving Berlin, Woody Guthrie, and Hank Williams.

External links

Portals

• BobDylan.com – official website, including lyrics
• BobDylanTalk.com - The Bob Dylan Discussion Authority! A discussion forum for fans of the music of Bob Dylan.
• Expecting Rain Longtime favorite fan site, updated daily.
• BobLinks Another classic fansite, with a comprehensive categorized link collection and up-to-date tour information.
• Bob Dylan's American Journey Gateway to the Experience Music Project's online Dylan resources.

Chords and lyrics

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• dylanchords.com Chords & Lyrics, and articles
• bobdylanroots.com Bob Dylan's musical roots and influences
• “It's not a house it's a home” page Includes lyrics to many songs and versions not found elsewhere.
• Lyrics in English and Japanese
• Bob Dylan lyrics – complete collection of Bob Dylan lyrics from lyrics.info

Concert recordings, outtakes, etc.

• Bob Dylan Field Recordings Guide A huge compilation/index of information information on Dylan's "unofficial" recordings
• CD-Rs
• Dusty Old Fairgrounds an exhaustive index of Dylan's recordings and performances
• DVDylan.com Bob Dylan DVD Recording Database
• Dylanbase User-contributed reviews of "unofficial" recordings
• bobsboots.com – A Bob Dylan bootleg "museum" website
• Rare but not Boot
• Covers by Bob
• Project '74, documents 1974 Dylan/Band tour
• 1978 Tour Guide
• The Gospel Project, documents Dylan's 1979–80 evangelical tours

Reference works

• Olof's files, reference guide, yearly chronicles, sessionography, etc.
• Olof's Files, same as above, but in book form
• Bob Dylan tour dates
• Tangled: A Recording History of Bob Dylan, Standard reference book for collectors, 5th edition

Magazines

• The Bridge
• ISIS
• Judas!
• Freewheelin' (online magazine)
• The Telegraph (archive, no longer published)

Commentary on religious themes

• "Bob Dylan: Tangled Up In Jews" discusses the influence of Yiddish writers, Judaism, and events in Israel on Bob Dylan's songs.
• Influence of Christianity on Dylan discusses direct links between Dylan's songs and the Bible.
• "Come In, She Said, I'll Give You Shelter From The Storm" discusses the Judeo-Christian feminine imagery in Bob Dylan's songs
• "Ambiguity and Abstraction in Bob Dylan?s Lyrics" discusses the view that Bob's Dylan wrote his songs so ambiguously that he intended for people to form their own ideas of what he means.

Books

• Books (from Cambridge University Library Catalogue)
• Bibliography
• Academic series: Bob Dylan All Alone On A Shelf

Articles

• How it feels: Martin Scorsese?s Bob Dylan By Robert Cawston
• Joyce Carol Oates on Bob Dylan

Miscellaneous

• 2005 PBS/BBC Documentary: Bob Dylan: No Direction Home directed by Martin Scorsese; at bobdylan.com
• BBC Music – Bob Dylan Season on the BBC timeline, guides, profiles, reviews, video clips and photos
• Life In Hibbing An account of young Robert Zimmerman's life in Hibbing, prepared for the local "Dylan Days 2005" event
• Dylan's speech to the NELC
• Atlas
• Who's Who
• Covers of Bob by others
• "Barf" list of songs referring to Dylan
• Bob Dylan and Israel, Neighborhood Bully lyrics with audio
• Search Google archive of rec.music.dylan 1989–present (includes all HWY61-L posts)
• Search the Dylan Mailing List Archives HWY61-L 1995–present (includes many rec.music.dylan posts, with wheat separated from chaff)
• EDLIS
• The Annotated Bob Dylan
• Master & Disciple – Bob Dylan & Neil Young
• Bob Dylan Timeline
• my-back-pages Online Dylan community (message board)
• Film and television recordings of Bob Dylan