Viaene Posted April 18, 2008 Report Share Posted April 18, 2008 Bob Dylan Wins Pulitzer Taken from Ultimate Guitar.com With great pride, Columbia Records announces Bob Dylan was awarded an honorary Pulitzer Prize on Monday, April 7, making history as the first rock and roll artist to be honored. Singer, songwriter, author, musician, and poet, was recognized for his "profound impact on popular music and American culture, marked by lyrical compositions of extraordinary poetic power." Bob Dylan is one of the world's most popular and acclaimed songwriters, musicians and performers, having sold more than 90 million albums and performed literally thousands of shows around the world in a career spanning five decades. Dylan won a Golden Globe and Academy Award in 2001 for “Things Have Changed" from the movie Wonder Boys and 10 Grammy awards, including Album of the Year in 1998 for Time Out Of Mind. In other Bob Dylan news, Todd Haynes' unconventional Dylan biopic I'm Not There will be released on DVD on May 6th. The soundtrack was released on Columbia Records; the two-disc, 34 song collection includes newly-recorded cover versions of Bob Dylan songs from the film celebrated contemporary musicians including Eddie Vedder, Sonic Youth, Stephen Malkmus, Cat Power, Sufjan Stevens, John Doe, Karen O, Jeff Tweedy, Willie Nelson, Antony, Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova and more. I'm Not There includes the original Bob Dylan recording of the song, a rare oft-bootlegged outtake from 1967 which has never been available on any official release. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluesboy Posted April 19, 2008 Report Share Posted April 19, 2008 Thank You Bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLizard Posted April 19, 2008 Report Share Posted April 19, 2008 It took them long enough... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Laurie_ Posted April 19, 2008 Report Share Posted April 19, 2008 Mr. Bob Dylan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skybluesky Posted April 19, 2008 Report Share Posted April 19, 2008 recognized for his "profound impact on popular music and American culture, marked by lyrical compositions of extraordinary poetic power." Amen to that. I've not heard the entire sound track, but I really love Jeff Tweedy's cover of "Simple Twist of Fate." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edna Posted April 19, 2008 Report Share Posted April 19, 2008 YES!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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