Bob Dylan: Difference between revisions

In July 1966, a motorcycle accident led to Dylan's withdrawal from touring. During this period, he recorded [[List of Basement Tapes songs|a large body of songs]] with members of [[the Band]], who had previously backed him on tour. These recordings were later released as ''[[The Basement Tapes]]'' in 1975. In the late 1960s and early 1970s, Dylan explored [[country music]] and rural themes on ''[[John Wesley Harding]]'' (1967), ''[[Nashville Skyline]]'' (1969) and ''[[New Morning]]'' (1970). In 1975, he released ''[[Blood on the Tracks]]'', which many saw as a return to form. In the late 1970s, he became a [[Born again|born-again Christian]] and released three albums of contemporary [[gospel music]] before returning to his more familiar rock-based idiom in the early 1980s. Dylan's [[Time Out of Mind (Bob Dylan album)|''Time Out of Mind'']] (1997) marked the beginning of a career renaissance. He has released five critically acclaimed albums of original material since, most recently ''[[Rough and Rowdy Ways]]'' (2020). He also recorded a trilogy of albums covering the [[Great American Songbook]], especially songs sung by [[Frank Sinatra]], and an album smoothing his early rock material into a mellower [[Americana (music)|Americana]] sensibility, ''[[Shadow Kingdom]]'' (2023). Dylan has toured continuously since the late 1980s on what has become known as the [[Never Ending Tour]].<ref>Heylin, Clinton, 2011, ''Bob Dylan: Behind The Shades, The 20th Anniversary Edition'', pp. 646–652.</ref>

 

 

==Life and career==