May 24th, 2011 
admin Bob Dylan turned 70 years old today. I have many memories of the man who some have called the Voice of a Generation.
He surely spoke works that were in my mind during the sixties, and I am sure he put many more in my head.He has never been a great singer, but we ignored the growling voice and let the words penetrate us. Many of his lyrics could easily be speaking of today, but times have indeed changed.
He could still be sharing this one with us:
Dylan is still out there performing in concerts. In fact earlier this year he was in Fort Worth. I thought about going. He was playing with Elton John. I looked into tickets they were $200. I never did appreciate Elton John much so I figured I would just listen to Dylan on Pandora.
If his recent act on the Academy Awards was any gauge, my digitized “oldies” were probably more pleasing to the ear.His folk singing and poet forerunners Woody Guthrie, Hank Williams and Pete Seeger, among others, sang well into their latter years as well.
A few years back Dylan published Chronicles vol. 1 (there was never a vol. 2). It is a very lyrical narrative of his life. I listened to the audio version, narrated by Sean Penn. If everything in the volume is factual, I am impressed that in his 60s Dylan remember many details from his life including conversations, smells and sounds. He has always down played his popularity. “I was never a prophet, I was just speaking what was on my mind.
“Happy birthday, Bobby!!
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