Still Freewheelin' after All These Years, the Multi-Identity Mystery That's Dylan; Bob Dylan Today Celebrates His 70th Birthday but Retirement Is Not an Option for a 'Masked' Musician Who Shows No Desire to Get off the Road, Writes David Williamson

Byline: David Williamson

JUST as Winston Churchill never quit the Commons for the cosy confines of the House of Lords, at the age of 70 Bob Dylan remains on a perpetual world tour.

The late Prime Minister's journeys to the green benches of the Commons were a reminder that he was the product of democracy. And when Dylan steps up behind a microphone to perform infamously unpredictable reworkings of his finest songs he proves that he is, at heart, a jobbing musician.

He may make headlines when he plays a landmark concert in China, but he is just as likely to appear on the draughty stage of a mid-size arena in a city not far from you.

Kurt Cobain, Jimi Hendrix, Brian Jones, Janis Joplin and Jim Morrison passed away at …

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Publication information: Article title: Still Freewheelin' after All These Years, the Multi-Identity Mystery That's Dylan; Bob Dylan Today Celebrates His 70th Birthday but Retirement Is Not an Option for a 'Masked' Musician Who Shows No Desire to Get off the Road, Writes David Williamson. Contributors: Not available. Newspaper title: Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales). Publication date: May 24, 2011. Page number: 16. © 2009 MGN Ltd. COPYRIGHT 2011 Gale Group.

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