Bob Dylan

"LOOKING at the history of rock and roll, it is impossible to overstate the importance of Bob Dylan. As Bruce Springsteen put it, inducting Dylan into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, "Bob freed the mind the way Elvis freed the body. He showed us that just because the music was innately physical did not mean that it was anti-intellectual. He had the vision and the talent to make a pop song that contained the whole world. He invented a new way a pop singer could sound, broke through the limitations of what a recording artist could achieve, and changed the face of rock and roll forever."'
-ArtistDirect.com

Lately I've been researching a lot of classic American artist and bands. Jimi Hendrex, Marvin Gaye, The Beatles, Elton John, and Bob Dylan. Eventhough Dylan is by far one of the most respected musicians in American music I don't think a lot of my generation understands or appreciates his music or his influence on our cluture. Take a look at some of these videos from the documentary, "Don't Look Back", and you might just fall in love with the man and his music.

Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7C2h7hK9xGQ&feature=related

Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18XflnNFRb4&feature=related

Part 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4fE-awaKVI&feature=related

etc. etc. etc.