A closer look at the defining struggles that shaped Bob Dylan's life and career.
Bob Dylan is a highly influential American singer-songwriter, renowned as one of history's greatest songwriters. His career, spanning over six decades, has profoundly impacted popular culture. Having sold over 125 million records, Dylan stands as one of the best-selling musicians ever. In the early 1960s, he revolutionized folk music by incorporating sophisticated lyrical techniques and intellectualism, drawing from classic literature and poetry. Dylan's lyrics, infused with political, social, and philosophical themes, challenged pop music norms and resonated with the burgeoning counterculture movement.
His next album would be the first since his 1962 debut to fail to make the Top 50.
In July 1966, Bob Dylan had a motorcycle crash, which led him to cease touring for seven years.
On July 29, 1966, Bob Dylan crashed his motorcycle near his home in Woodstock, New York, reportedly breaking several vertebrae in his neck. The circumstances of the accident remain unclear, but it provided him with a break from the pressures of his career.
During his 1966 tour, Bob Dylan was described as exhausted and acting "as if on a death trip," with reports of amphetamine and other drug use to cope with the demands of the road.
In 1966, Bob Dylan experienced a motorcycle crash, which marked the end of the period covered in the documentary No Direction Home.
In a 1969 interview with Jann Wenner, Bob Dylan admitted to drug use during his extensive touring in order to cope with the pressure.
In June 1970, Bob Dylan released the double LP Self Portrait, which included few original songs and was poorly received.
In 1987, Dylan toured with The Grateful Dead, and he starred in the movie "Hearts of Fire", which was a critical and commercial flop.
In 1990, Dylan released "Under the Red Sky", which received negative reviews and sold poorly.
In 1990 and 1991, Dylan was described as drinking heavily, impairing his performances on stage, which he dismissed in an interview with Rolling Stone.
In a 2010 interview in the Los Angeles Times, Joni Mitchell described Bob Dylan as a "plagiarist" and his voice as "fake".
In 2012, Bob Dylan responded to the allegation of plagiarism by saying that it was "part of the tradition".
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