Bob Dylan (born 1941 in Duluth, Minnesota) is an American singer-songwriter and 2016 Nobel laureate whose Columbia catalog spans folk, folk rock, country, gospel, and late-career masterpieces across six decades. Highway 61 Revisited, Blonde on Blonde, and Blood on the Tracks are the classic entry points. Explore Bob Dylan vinyl, CDs, and reissues at Wax Trax Records.
Robert Allen Zimmerman was born in Duluth, Minnesota on May 24, 1941 and raised in Hibbing. He took the name Bob Dylan after arriving in New York's Greenwich Village folk scene in 1961, signed with Columbia Records (where John Hammond produced his earliest sessions), and released his self-titled debut in 1962. His catalog of 39+ studio albums has continued across more than six decades. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2016. He has toured continuously since 1988 in what is known as the Never Ending Tour.
Dylan's recorded work has moved across folk (the early 1960s acoustic period), folk rock (Bringing It All Back Home, Highway 61 Revisited, Blonde on Blonde), country (Nashville Skyline), born-again gospel (Slow Train Coming, Saved), and the late-career masterpieces of Time Out of Mind, Love and Theft, Modern Times, and Rough and Rowdy Ways. His lyrical writing, marked by literary depth and frequent reinvention, has been the foundation of his cultural influence.
The Columbia Bob Dylan catalog has been extensively reissued in multiple anniversary editions, mono and stereo audiophile pressings, the Bootleg Series of archival releases, and major box sets covering specific eras.
Listeners new to Bob Dylan typically start with Highway 61 Revisited (1965), Blonde on Blonde (1966), or Blood on the Tracks (1975).
