Editing Jakob Dylan (section)

==Early life==
Dylan was born on December 9, 1969, in New York City to folk singer [[Bob Dylan]] (né Robert Zimmerman) and model [[Sara Dylan|Sara Lownds]] (née Shirley Noznisky).<ref>{{cite book|last1=Sounes|first1=Howard|title=Down the Highway|url=https://archive.org/details/downhighwaylifeo0000soun|url-access=registration|date=2001|publisher=Grove Press|location=United States|pages=[https://archive.org/details/downhighwaylifeo0000soun/page/162 162–163]}}</ref> His parents are both of [[Jewish]] descent. The youngest of five children, Dylan spent the earliest years of his life in [[Greenwich Village]].  Around the age of three, he moved with his family to the Los Angeles area.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Phipps|first1=Keith|last2=Hyden|first2=Steven|title=A Guide to Bob Dylan|url=http://www.avclub.com/article/a-guide-to-bob-dylan-from-the-60s-to-now-75832|website=A.V. Club|date=May 31, 2012|access-date=October 29, 2014|archive-date=August 13, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170813130819/http://www.avclub.com/article/a-guide-to-bob-dylan-from-the-60s-to-now-75832|url-status=live}}</ref> Growing up, he listened to [[British rock|English rock]] records from his older brothers' record collection, including [[the Clash]], [[the Jam]], and [[Buzzcocks]]. Dylan was particularly impressed with the Clash, who inspired him to begin playing music himself.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Wallflowers|publisher=iTunes Originals|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/itunes-originals-the-wallflowers-mw0003212307|date=2005|access-date=April 2, 2021|archive-date=December 19, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221219044044/https://www.allmusic.com/album/itunes-originals-the-wallflowers-mw0003212307|url-status=live}}</ref>

During high school, Dylan played guitar in various bands; he was featured as a guitar player on his friends' band's eponymous 1987 album, ''Trash Matinee''.  Dylan was also in a band called the Bootheels at the time with future Wallflowers bandmate Tobi Miller.<ref>{{cite web|last1=McDonald|first1=Steven|title=Son of a Preacher Man|url=https://www.angelfire.com/music2/wallflowers725/articlesnylon.html|website=Nylon|access-date=December 15, 2014|archive-date=January 19, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150119065013/http://www.angelfire.com/music2/wallflowers725/articlesnylon.html|url-status=live}}</ref> During this time, Dylan started writing songs and began shifting his focus from guitar playing to songwriting. Upon graduation from high school, however, Dylan decided to move back to New York City to attend [[Parsons the New School for Design|Parsons School of Design]] to study art. Dylan dropped out in his first semester and returned to Los Angeles to pursue music.<ref name="auto3">{{cite magazine|last1=Hirshey|first1=Gerri|title=Jakob's Ladder|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=June 12, 1997|issue=762|pages=51–58}}</ref>