Photos: ‘Nobel Laureate’ Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan records his first album, “Bob Dylan,” in front of a microphone with an acoustic Gibson guitar and a harmonica during one of the John Hammond recording sessions in November 1961 at Columbia Studio in New York City.

American musician Bob Dylan (born Robert Zimmerman) performs “Talkin’ John Birch Paranoid Blues” during rehearsals for an apperance on “The Ed Sullivan Show” in New York on May 12, 1963. After the rehearsal, Dylan was asked to perform a different song for the broadcast, a request he refused; he walked out of the studio and never appeared on the broadcast.

Joan Baez and Bob Dylan duet at the Newport Folk Festival in Rhode Island, 1963. This was Dylan’s first performance on the Newport stage.

Bob Dylan poses for a portrait to promote the release of his album “The Times They Are A-Changin’ ” in January 1964.

Bob Dylan plays piano and harmonica simultaneously with the use of a harmonica holder circa 1965.

Bob Dylan in 1966 in London.

George Harrison and Bob Dylan perform at the Concert for Bangladesh at Madison Square Garden in New York on Aug. 1, 1971.

Bob Dylan in the 1973 film “Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid,” for which he also did the soundtrack. It was filmed in Durango, Mexico.

Bob Dylan performs at Kezar Stadium in San Francisco on March 23, 1975.

Bob Dylan, with Mick Ronson, center, and Bobby Neuwirth, performs in Toronto in 1975.

Bob Dylan performs during Hop Farm Festival at Hop Farm Family Park on June 30, 2012, in Paddock Wood, United Kingdom.

Bob Dylan is presented with a Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Obama (behind Dylan) during an East Room event May 29, 2012, at the White House in Washington, D.C.

Bob Dylan performs on “Late Show with David Letterman” on May 19, 2015, on the CBS Television Network.

Former President Jimmy Carter introduces Bob Dylan as the 2015 MusiCares Person of the Year with Neil Portnow, president of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, during the MusiCares concert at the Convention Center on Feb. 6, 2015, in Los Angeles.

Bob Dylan (at the piano) performs at Desert Trip on Oct. 7, 2016, in Indio.

A fan is silhouetted as he watches Bob Dylan perform on the big screen on the first day of the Desert Trip at the Empire Polo Club grounds in Indio on Oct. 7, 2016.