Today is Bob Dylan's 71st birthday. One of my all-time musical heroes, maybe number one when all is said and done. I first got into Bob in high school when my Deadhead friend Jason hooked me up with a copy of Biograph. I used to play those tapes in our family car and my mom quickly got to like the tunes (we even share the same favorite Dylan song, "Abandoned Love"). I recall sitting at the typewriter in our dining room pecking out the lyrics to Hard Rain and Desolation Row. My brother actually bought an album before I did, a cassette copy of Highway 61; but within a few years I would have a couple dozen Dylan CDs in my collection. I saw him a few times in Pittsburgh; the first time at the great Syria Mosque during my freshman year at college. My dorm-mate, and later roommate, Ethan, was a Bobhead too, and we geeked out for countless hours (when the first triple-volume of the booleg series came out, we both walked downtown to buy copies and I remember lying on the floor of my dorm room giving those great discs a run through). I still love Bob, and have about 15 of his LPs on my shelf (including a nice copy of Biograph). Sil and I were lucky to catch Bob at Bumbershoot two years ago. Here's to you Bob. Happy Birthday, and many,many more....
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