The grandchild of Jewish-Russian immigrants, Dylan was born Robert Allen Zimmerman, on May 24, 1941, in Duluth, Minnesota where his father, Abe, worked for the Standard Oil Company (Mr. Showbiz 1). Dylan is undoubtedly considered to be one of the most influential figures in the history of popular music. He is the author of many classic songs and is regarded as the man who brought literacy to rock lyrics (Muze 1). He began playing music and writing poems as …showed first 75 words of 1341 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1341 total…Blonde on Blonde” was quite an undertaking for Dylan. It was the first time he had to deal with foreign studio musicians. It was a lot easier for him to spit out an album when it was just him and his guitar. Dylan thought that “Blonde on Blonde” was the “closest I ever got to the sound in my mind… It’s that thin, that wild mercury sound. It’s metallic and bright gold (Humphries 32).”