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Bob Dylan (birth name Robert Zimmerman), is one of the towering figures of American music, and has made contributions to many musical genres, including [[Rock music|Rock]], [[Country Music|Country]], and [[Rhythm and Blues|R&B]].  He has also, though some may have forgotten it, made enormous contributions to [[Christian music]] and [[Gospel]], particularly through two of his albums, [[Slow Train Coming]], and [[Saved]], released after his public declaration of his [[Christianity]] in the late 1970s.  Even though he soon ceased recording songs that were explicitly Christian, he continued to perform the songs from those albums, and for some time dedicated the song "In the Garden" to [[Jesus Christ]]. By the mid-1980's, however, he seemed to have fallen far from a relationship with Christ, so much so that by 1997 he was writing songs like [[Not Dark Yet]] in which he sings, "Don't even hear a murmur of a prayer/It's not dark yet, but it's getting there."

Bob Dylan (birth name Robert Zimmerman), is one of the towering figures of American music, and has made contributions to many musical genres, including [[Rock music|Rock]], [[Country Music|Country]], and [[Rhythm and Blues|R&B]].  He has also, though some may have forgotten it, made enormous contributions to [[Christian music]] and [[Gospel]], particularly through two of his albums, [[Slow Train Coming]], and [[Saved]], released after his public declaration of his [[Christianity]] in the late 1970s.  Even though he soon ceased recording songs that were explicitly Christian, he continued to perform the songs from those albums, and for some time dedicated the song "In the Garden" to [[Jesus Christ]] when he performed it publically. By the mid-1980's, however, he seemed to have fallen far from a relationship with Christianity, so much so that by 1997 he was writing songs like [[Not Dark Yet]] in which he sang, "Don't even hear a murmur of a prayer/It's not dark yet, but it's getting there." This pessimistic trend has continued in his songwriting since that time.

Robert Zimmerman was born on May 24, 1941 in Duluth, [[Minnesota]], and grew up in Hibbing.  His father owned an appliance store, and Zimmerman grew up listening to the radio, where he got his first musical education.  After playing in some short-lived high school bands, he left to attend the [[University of Minnesota]] in [[Minneapolis]].  It was there that he took a deep interest in [[folk music]], listening to the recordings of artists such as [[Odetta]] and [[Woody Guthrie]].  In 1961, he dropped out of college and headed to [[New York City]], where he became a part of the burgeoning folk music scene in [[Greenwich Village]].  Sharing the stage with a wide variety of folk acts, among them [[Dave von Ronk]] and [[Tiny Tim]], he eventually landed a contract with [[Columbia Records]], for whom his still records today.  He most recent album, [[Modern Times]] (2006), reached #1 on the pop music charts; at age 65, he is the oldest artist to have attained that mark.   

Robert Zimmerman was born on May 24, 1941 in Duluth, [[Minnesota]], and grew up in Hibbing.  His father owned an appliance store, and Zimmerman grew up listening to the radio, where he got his first musical education.  After playing in some short-lived high school bands, he left to attend the [[University of Minnesota]] in [[Minneapolis]].  It was there that he took a deep interest in [[folk music]], listening to the recordings of artists such as [[Odetta]] and [[Woody Guthrie]].  In 1961, he dropped out of college and headed to [[New York City]], where he became a part of the burgeoning folk music scene in [[Greenwich Village]].  Sharing the stage with a wide variety of folk acts, among them [[Dave von Ronk]] and [[Tiny Tim]], he eventually landed a contract with [[Columbia Records]], for whom his still records today.  He most recent album, [[Modern Times]] (2006), reached #1 on the pop music charts; at age 65, he is the oldest artist to have attained that mark.