MODERN

BOB DYLAN

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Dylan

HIGHWAY 61 REVISITED

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highway_61_Revisited


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Highway 61 Revisited is the sixth studio album by the American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan, released by Columbia Records in August 1965. Having until then recorded mostly acoustic music, Dylan used rock musicians as his backing band on every track of the album, except for the closing 11-minute ballad, "Desolation Row." Critics have focused on the innovative way in which Dylan combined driving, blues-based music with the subtlety of poetry to create songs that captured the political and cultural chaos of contemporary America. Author Michael Gray has argued that in an important sense the 1960s "started" with this album.^[1]
Leading with the hit single "Like a Rolling Stone," the album features songs that Dylan has continued to perform live over his long career, including "Ballad of a Thin Man" and "Highway 61 Revisited." He named the album after the major American highway which connected his birthplace, Duluth, Minnesota, to southern cities famed for their musical heritage, including St. Louis, Memphis, New Orleans, and the Delta blues area of Mississippi.
Highway 61 Revisited peaked at number three in the United States charts and number four in the United Kingdom. The album was ranked number four on Rolling Stone's "500 Greatest Albums of All Time"....

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VAN MORRISON

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Van_morrison

Discography

Main article: Van Morrison discography

• Blowin' Your Mind! (1967)
• Astral Weeks (1968)
• Moondance (1970)
• His Band and the Street Choir (1970)
• Tupelo Honey (1971)
• Saint Dominic's Preview (1972)
• Hard Nose the Highway (1973)
• It's Too Late to Stop Now (Live) (1974)
• Veedon Fleece (1974)
• A Period of Transition (1977)
• Wavelength (1978)
• Into the Music (1979)
• Common One (1980)
• Beautiful Vision (1982)
• Inarticulate Speech of the Heart (1983)
• Live at the Grand Opera House Belfast (1984)
• A Sense of Wonder (1985)
• No Guru, No Method, No Teacher (1986)
• Poetic Champions Compose (1987)
• Irish Heartbeat (1988)
• Avalon Sunset (1989)
• Enlightenment (1990)
• Hymns to the Silence (1991)
• Too Long in Exile (1993)
• A Night in San Francisco (Live) (1994)
• Days Like This (1995)
• How Long Has This Been Going On (1996)
• Tell Me Something: The Songs of Mose Allison (1996)
• The Healing Game (1997)
• The Philosopher's Stone (1998)
• Back on Top (1999)
• The Skiffle Sessions - Live in Belfast 1998 (2000)
• You Win Again (2000)
• Down the Road (2002)
• What's Wrong with This Picture? (2003)
• Magic Time (2005)
• Pay the Devil (2006)
• Live at Austin City Limits Festival (Limited edition) (2006)
• Keep It Simple (2008)
• Astral Weeks Live at the Hollywood Bowl (2009)

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PROCOL HARUM

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Procol_harum

Discography

Main article: Procol Harum discography

Studio albums

• Procol Harum (1967)
• Shine on Brightly (1968)
• A Salty Dog (1969)
• Home (1970)
• Broken Barricades (1971)
• Grand Hotel (1973)
• Exotic Birds and Fruit (1974)
• Procol's Ninth (1975)
• Something Magic (1977)
• The Prodigal Stranger (1991)
• The Long Goodbye (1995)
• Ain't Nothin' to Get Excited About (1997; as Liquorice John Death)
• The Well's on Fire (2003)

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BONNIE RAITT

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonnie_Raitt

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STEVIE WONDER

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stevie_wonder

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NEIL YOUNG

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_young

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