Bob Dylan performed his 100th and final show of 2008 Nov. 21 on 175th Street at the United Palace Theater in New York and once again paid tribute to his favorite city. The performance was reminiscent of when Dylan took the stage at Madison Square Garden just two weeks after 9/11 and declared, “You don't have to ask me how I feel about this town. Most of these songs were written here and the ones that weren't were recorded here.” The 67-year-ol d proved that age is just a number, kicking off his 18-song set with “Gotta Serve Somebody,” his first time playing the song since 2002. “The Times They Are A-Changin'” followed and Dylan then delivered “Tomorrow Is A Long Time” for the first time in New York in over 45 years. Dylan sang, “You think I'm over the hill?” during “Spirit On the Water” and the crowd responded with a rollicking, “Noooo!” The repartee continued when he asked, “You think I'm past my prime?” (to which the enthusiastic audience again cheered “Noooo!”) before singing, “Let me see what you got, we could have a whoppin' good time.” If you want to have a good time with Dylan, try http://www.stubhub.com/bob-dylan-tickets for Bob Dylan tickets.

The living legend was born Robert Allen Zimmerman in Duluth, MN, where he first strapped on a guitar and took up the harmonica that has made him one of folk's biggest icons. Bob Dylan (his famous stage name comes from the poet Dylan Thomas) became a regular on the coffee shop circuit and then briefly flirted with academia at the University of Minnesota. After moving to New York, Dylan became the folk darling of the artistic enclave of Greenwich Village and signed with A&R after the label's John Hammon read a flattering review in the New York Times. It was in 1963, when his sophomore album spawned “Blowin' in the Wind,” that the shy singer was shot into the realm of stardom. Dylan then went on tour with Joan Baez, the quintessential female protest singer of the day (who he would later become romantically involved with.) By 1964 Bob Dylan's resonant lyrics delivered through an amalgam of protest songs and autobiographical ballads garnered him copious amounts of praise, although it was slightly tainted by his increasingly erratic behavior and accusations that he exposed the Beatles to marijuana. After splitting with Baez in 1965, Dylan wed ex-model Shirley Noznicky soon after and he continued his rampant touring pace.

For 1965's rock'n'roll effort Bringing It All Back Home, Dylan strayed from his folk roots and was booed during a performance at the Newport Folk Festival later that year as a result; the album nonetheless spawned the classic song “Like a Rolling Stone.” While forever altering the rock and folk genres in the 1960s, Dylan also became known for his unconventional interviews and uncomfortable attitude about his swelling celebrity (D.A. Pennebaker documented Dylan's experiences with fame in the film Don't Look Back.) During the 1970s Dylan entered a reclusive period but continued to churn out music that, for the first time, allowed lyrics to be considered their own form of literature, and in the ‘90s he commenced his live performances again and has been ubiquitous on the stage ever since. Get your Bob Dylan tickets soon to see him on his current tour.