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Born in Duluth, Minnesota, Bob Dylan hitched his way to New York City in 1961, at 19 years of age. He survived by playing old folk songs of Woody Guthrie's at basket houses around the city, until landing a spot at the prestigious Gaslight club. Here, John Hammond Spotted him.
	Dylan was offered a contract by Hammond for Columbia records, and his first album, "Bob Dylan" was released. Dylan then went on to write "Blowin' in the wind", making himself known to the folk community and critics. Indeed, Dylan was pivotal in bringing folk music to mainstream America. Critics were astounded by Dylan's vision and awareness at such a young age.
Dylan began to write more protest songs. "A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall" was written in the wake of the Cuban missile crisis. Dylan said of this, "I had a whole buncha songs ready to be written, but after this, I...I didn't think there'd be much time left, so I just put them all together and that's how it turned out". He released his third album, "The Times They Are A-Changing" in early 1964. The album was full of protest songs.

Dylan as a protest singer...