Creativity Crisis
After a period of musical development Dylan reached an impasse. It appears that the 30-year-old musician was not clear in which direction to move forward. His double album «Self-Portrait» (June 1970) were mixed new songs, re-recorded old hits, live recordings and cover versions of songs of other artists. At a music album has made the public very depressing impression. Became talk that plays out in the late sixties, and their main engine of the music - Bob Dylan.
Already in October 1970 Dylan released a new album «New Morning», to rehabilitate him in the eyes of the audience loudly after the failure of the «Self-Portrait». It was the sixth album of Dylan, headed the British sales charts. At the same time, the market entered its experimental novel «tarantula», written under the influence of Jack Keruaka. In August 1971 the musician played at the grand concert, organized by George Harrison to help disadvantaged people in Bangladesh. Since then, over the years about him almost nothing has been heard.
In 1973, Dylan made his debut in the film, playing in the movie «Pat and Billy Gerrett KID» and wrote to him the hymn «Knocking on Heaven's Door» ( «to reach the heavens», 4 th place in the United States). This song became the golden fund of rock music, and later performed by dozens of artists - from Bob Marley and Roger Waters to U2, Guns N'Roses, and Avril Lavigne.