Dylan And The Sad Eyed Lady Of The Lowland

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Dylan and the Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowland

   
    Regarding significant musical movements in history, more specifically
the twenty first century, few were more important than the folk revolution that
took shape in the mid-nineteen hundreds. One of the leaders of this
revolution was Robert Allen Zimmerman, known by his popular assumed
name, Bob Dylan. Born in 1941 in Minnesota, Dylan grew up the grandchild
of Jewish-Russian immigrants and had a surprisingly unexceptional
childhood. His interest in music became evident in his high school years
when he taught himself basic piano and guitar. From these rudimentary skills
Dylan would build his knowledge and experience in music to his present
status as a forefather of folk music in the rock era. Accordingly, a song from
the pinnacle of his career embodies his style and poetic capabilities, acting as
a reference point of the music it followed and the music that was to come.
Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowland is an unmistakably remarkable example of the
work of Bob Dylan in his finest hour.
    To fully understand the influence of Bob Dylan on the American folk
revolution and his importance in the pop culture of today’s youth, one must
first understand his background and development musically. First of all Bob
Dylan was born in Minnesota, not a particular hub of musical activity.
Author Bob Spitz makes a good point concerning Dylan’s birthplace.
History has taught us that no matter how we change the
environment it is impossible to change the man...After all,
anybody is as their land and air is....If that is so, it is no
wonder that Bob Dylan became such a luminous amalgam
of showmanship and aloofness, spirituality and desolation,
eloquence and exaggeration, individuality and
schizophrenia. These seesawing extremes, among others,
are indigenous to the historical landscape of northern
Minnesota. (Spitz 9)
For others this might have been a setback but for Dylan it was the perfect
environment to nurture his interests, in music specifically. At the age of ten
he was writing poems and by thirteen was setting them to music with
self-taught piano and guitar skills. Dylan’s interest in music continued to
climb as he entered Hibbing High School. During his high school years
Dylan would become involved in musical productions and attempt forming
many bands with such names as the Golden Chords and Elston Gunn and His
Rock Boppers. He began to idolize such new rock stars as Elvis Presley and
Jerry Lee Lewis to the point that

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