Bob Dylan

       Bob Dylan was born in 1941. He's been making music almost his entire life, and produced his first record in a department store booth when he was 15. He enrolled at the University of Minneapolis, but after first year dropped out and decided to create a more serious folk career. He created a niche for himself at first as a protest-song writer, but eventually grew out of that category to expand his musical career. Some of his more famous songs include Blowin in the wind, Like a Rolling Stone, and Mr. Tambourine Man. He says his inspirations include Woody Guthrie, Buddy Johnson, and Hank Johns. He was one of the first folk musicians to use an electric guitar in performance, creating a scandal at one music festival.
    He performed often with artist Joan Baez, and they were rumoured to have a romance together but never officially dated or married.
    After a motorcycle accident in 1966, he took a break from the musical crowd, but came back writing more original music. Some of his music after this time was widely criticized.
   Overall, many of his songs have been recorded by other folk artists and he was a huge part of the folk revival of the early 60's.