This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 11/6/2016
According to Artist Biography of Bob Dylan by Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Bob Dylan's influence on popular music is incalculable. As a songwriter, he pioneered several different schools of pop songwriting, from confessional singer/songwriter to winding, hallucinatory, stream-of-consciousness narratives. As a vocalist, he broke down the notion that a singer must have a conventionally good voice in order to perform, thereby redefining the vocalist's role in popular music. As a musician, he sparked several genres of pop music, including electrified folk-rock and country-rock. And that just touches on the tip of his achievements. Dylan's force was evident during his height of popularity in the '60s -- the Beatles' shift toward introspective songwriting in the mid-'60s never would have happened without him -- but his influence echoed throughout several subsequent generations, as many of his songs became popular standards and his best albums became undisputed classics of the rock & roll canon. Dylan's influence throughout folk music was equally powerful, and he marks a pivotal turning point in its 20th century evolution, signifying when the genre moved away from traditional songs and toward personal songwriting. Even when his sales declined in the '80s and '90s, Dylan's presence rarely lagged, and his commercial revival in the 2000s proved his staying power.
And to add to his legacy, Dylan was awarded the 2016 Nobel prize for Literature.
For this lot, we are proud to offer a very rare Bob Dylan grouping, Dylan’s contract for his 1965 appearance at the Hollywood Bowl.
Measuring 8.x5” x 11”, the contract was a standard International Talent Associates, Inc. form. Typed on page one is, “Hollywood Bowl, Hollywood, California, Friday evening 3 September 1965, Between the hours of 8:30 PM and 10:30 PM (PST).
He would be performing a concert and was paid, $15,000 against 50% of the potential gross after taxes.
Contact is signed in blue ink, “Bob Dylan”. 12 pieces total including accounting notes, Hollywood Bowl Lease Agreement, and a near mint copy of the Vol 1, Number 21 issue of Beat magazine featuring Dylan with harmonica on cover. All items in excellent plus condition.
(JSA Auction Letter)