Bob Dylan is 65

Today is the 65th birthday of Robert Allen Zimmerman, who goes by Bob Dylan. He is one of the most important pop culture figures of twentieth century America. Only the Beatles and Elvis can rival him in music. He is still vital; he tours all the time; he has a great radio show on XM, and his recently published memoir is excellent.

For my money, Dylan made two or three of the ten best pop/rock albums ever recorded (pick among Highway 61, Bringing it All Back Home, Blood on the Tracks, and Blonde on Blonde). His enormous body of work contains some of the all time great American songs. I can still remember the shudder I felt as a kid when I realized that the man who wrote "Blowin' in the Wind," which we sang all the time in Sunday School, still walked the earth. He still walks the earth, and he even has a great website.