Prior to reading the articles assigned for the week, I honestly had very little knowledge to Bob Dylan. I will admit that I have heard his name before but never sat down to listened to his songs. Inadvertently I have heard his music through samples. Off of Jay Z's album the Blueprint 3 he samples Dylan's song "Forever Young" as well as the Animals "House of the rising sun". Bob Dylan was an enormous figure during the 1960's as well as the Civil Rights movement. He grew up in Post-War United States in which the country was being torn apart by issues of "race" then by war. (Cantwell 169). For the most part the attitude in the U.S. was to overlook the issues at hand and if needed force was to be used to put down any unrest. Along with supporting the Civil Rights movement, he was also against the war in Vietnam and even performed an anti-war song at the grammys in 1991 during the war in Iraq.(Greil 28-32). Overall Bob Dylan stands as a music symbol and folklore artist that to this day is still being reference by mainstream music.
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