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Middle Tennessee's Guide to Arts & Entertainment EventsSaturday May 26, 2012Nashville Area Weather

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    Bob Dylan and His Band with Leon Russell-SOLDOUT

    Bob Dylan and His Band with Leon Russell-SOLDOUT

    Presented by Ryman Auditorium at Ryman Auditorium

    August 1, 2011

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    Bob Dylan's influence on popular music is incalculable. As a songwriter, he pioneered several different schools of pop songwriting, from confessional singer/songwriter to winding, hallucinatory, stream-of-consciousness narratives. As a vocalist, he broke down the notion that a singer must have a conventionally good voice in order to perform, thereby redefining the vocalist's role in popular music. As a musician, he sparked several genres of pop music, including electrified folk-rock and country-rock. And that just touches on the tip of his achievements. Dylan's force was evident during his height of popularity in the '60s -- the Beatles' shift toward introspective songwriting in the mid-'60s never would have happened without him -- but his influence echoed throughout several subsequent generations, as many of his songs became popular standards and his best albums became undisputed classics of the rock & roll canon. Dylan's influence throughout folk music was equally powerful, and he marks a pivotal turning point in its 20th century evolution, signifying when the genre moved away from traditional songs and toward personal songwriting. Even when his sales declined in the '80s and '90s, Dylan's presence rarely lagged, and his commercial revival in the 2000s proved his staying power. -Stephen Thomas Erlewine

    Don't miss the living legend Bob Dylan at the Historical Ryman Auditorium when he returns to Nashvile. Also performing: Leon Russell


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      • Venue Info

        Ryman Auditorium

        116 Fifth Avenue North
        Nashville, TN 37219

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      • Admission Info

        Tickets:

        $65-$115/ticket

        Tickets go on sale Friday June 24 at 10:00am

        Tickets are SOLD OUT for this performance

        Info Phone: (615) 889-3060

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      • Dates & Times

        Dates:
        August 1, 2011

        Times:

        Monday 7:30pm

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