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his longtime role as the band’s business mind. Brian
released another solo album (Imagination) and collaborated
on albums with Van Dyke Parks (Orange Crate Art) and with
his daughters Carnie and Wendy (The Wilsons), who were
successful performers in their own right. Carl, who was
considered the group’s artistic anchor during the turbulent
1970s and ’80s, died of cancer in 1998.
In 2004 Brian released Gettin’ In over My Head, with
contributions from Paul McCartney, Eric Clapton, and
Elton John. The landmark work of this period in Brian’s
career, however, was his solo album, Smile. He was pre-
sented with a Kennedy Center Honor in 2007, and in 2008
he released That Lucky Old Sun, a nostalgic celebration of
southern California made in collaboration with Scott
Bennett and Parks.

Bob Dylan

(b. May 24, 1941, Duluth, Minn., U.S.)

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merican folksinger Bob Dylan (born Robert Allen
Zimmerman) moved from folk to rock music in the
1960s and infused the lyrics of rock and roll, theretofore
concerned mostly with boy-girl romantic innuendo, with
the intellectualism of classic literature and poetry. Dylan
has sold more than 58 million albums, written more than
500 songs recorded by more than 2,000 artists, and per-
formed all over the world.
He grew up in the northeastern Minnesota mining
town of Hibbing, where his father co-owned Zimmerman
Furniture and Appliance Co. He acquired his first guitar at
age 14 and as a high school student played in a series of
rock and roll bands. In 1959, just before enrolling at the
University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, he served a brief
stint playing piano for rising pop star Bobby Vee. Fascinated