The album features "Blowin' in the Wind" and the thematically complex " A Hard Rain's a-Gonna Fall". Following his self-titled debut album in 1962, which comprised mainly traditional folk songs, he made his breakthrough as a songwriter with the release of The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan the following year.
His lyrics during this period incorporated a range of political, social, philosophical, and literary influences, defying pop music conventions and appealing to the burgeoning counterculture. Much of his most celebrated work dates from the 1960s, when songs such as " Blowin' in the Wind" (1963) and " The Times They Are a-Changin' " (1964) became anthems for the civil rights and antiwar movements. Often regarded as one of the greatest songwriters of all time, Dylan has been a major figure in popular culture during a career spanning more than 60 years. Meticulously researched and including hundreds of interviews with Dylan's closest associates, it also contains a brand new chapter covering the last ten years of Dylan's life, and the last (and previously unpublished) interview with Dylan's first serious girlfriend.Ī compelling, fast-paced and revelatory read, Down the Highway takes the reader on a journey from Dylan's childhood in a Minnesota mining town to the status he enjoys today as the leading poet-troubadour of popular song, and one of the most iconic figures of contemporary culture.Bob Dylan (legally Robert Dylan, born Robert Allen Zimmerman, May 24, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter. Critically acclaimed, Down the Highway gives the complete picture of the man, the artist and performer. This new edition of Howard Sounes' classic, definitive biography of Bob Dylan offers a new chapter that brings the story of the legend right up to date for his 80th birthday.
'Engagingly written and scrupulously researched' Observer Title: DOWN THE HIGHWAY : The Life of Bob Dylanįor Bob Dylan's 80th birthday, a revised and updated edition of Howard Sounes' classic biography of the legend.
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