Bob Dylan"When I was fifteen and heard 'Like a Rolling Stone,' I heard a boy like I had never heard before or since. A boy who had the courage to face the whole world and make me feel like I have them too..." - Bruce Springsteen The 1991 Grammy Awards ceremony wasn't all that different from those that preceded it. A packed auditorium filled with beautiful people from Hollywood and the music industry gathered once again in Los Angeles to honor the year's most popular recording artists. However, at the time of this year's awards, the country was in the midst of its first significant military action since the Vietnam conflict. The threat of a full-scale land attack loomed on the horizon, and the nation seemed overwhelmingly united in favor of war. At one point in the evening the astute Jack Nicholson stood up and went to the podium to present the Lifetime Achievement of the Year Award. This year's winner was a stark contrast to the high-profile event that the Grammys had become. The 1991 Lifetime Achievement Award in Music went to none other than Robert Zimmerman, aka Bob Dylan, a musician whose monumental contribution to contemporary music had occurred nearly thirty years before this evening. After a brief introduction the lights were dimmed and all attention was directed to a thin, gaunt-looking gentleman dressed in black. He solemnly faced the audience holding a guitar, his eyes hidden behind dark sunglasses. Behind him a band began to play a tantric and ferocious melody, but not even an eye turned away from the prophet who stood before them. that hello... middle of paper... has gone away in recent years, without ever compromising its artistic dignity. The result is a Time Out of Mind album that is a fresh breath of reality from a man whose concern is neither style nor popularity, but music in all its glory. Works Cited: Edmunson, Mark. “Tangled Up In Truth,” October 1997. p. 50-55. Gilmore, Mikal. " Rolling Stone: May 30, 1991. p. 56-60. Gilmore, Mikal. "60s." Rolling Stone: August 23, 1990. p. 61-65+. Larkin, Colin, Kenny Clarke and Jackie Gleason. The Guiness Encyclopedia of popular music. Guiness Publishing: New York, 1985. Loder, Kurt. "Rolling Stone: October 15, 1992. Millers, Wilfred A Darker Shade of Pale: A Backdrop to Bob Dylan. Oxford University Press: New York, 1984.alsoftp://ftp.cs.pdx.edu/pub/dylanhttp://www.rio.com/~ryans/influence/dylan