May 24, 2021
Nate Todd
Today is Bob Dylan’s 80th birthday. The iconic singer-songwriter was born on May 24, 1941 in Duluth, Minnesota. Widely considered the greatest songwriter of the popular music era, he certainly was the mold for the modern singer-songwriter, that of a young intrepid troubadour out to change the world, which Bob did.
Although Dylan defined a generation who openly questioned the rules and mores of the one that proceeded it, even revolutionaries must grow up. In 1966, after releasing three of the greatest rock ‘n’ roll albums of all time, embarking on a tour that was largely unappreciated by fans who were sometimes outright hostile and finally suffering a motorcycle accident, Dylan withdrew from touring to take stock in what was really important to him.