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| Title | : | Down the Highway: The Life of Bob Dylan |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.26 (983 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0802116868 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 432 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-10-16 |
| Language | : | English |
Where did all those perfect songs come from? I recommend this book to the serious Dylan fan. In Down the Highway: The Life of Bob Dylan, Howard Sounes manages to capture Bob Dylan’s poetic and musical genius, from unknown singer imitating Woodie Guthrie to multimillionaire recluse while leaving one wondering who the man is. Even with all the research, this reader feels he's standing outside looking in. Perhaps we have to chalk that up to the nature of a subject who strove from the early sixties on to obfuscate his background and motivations. In addition, it’s no wonder a man who’s running from fans and even colleagues be. All about Bob I was going to give 3 stars as I got bored reading the last few chapters. However, the story of Bob Dylan's life growing up in Minnesota, his life in Greenwich Villiage NY and early career were very interesting. Always loved his music and wanted to learn more about the man. This book accomplished that.. "decent read" according to A Customer. Not a ton of new info here (just the lovechild bombshell, a major scoop on other biographers), but it is refreshing to read a Dylan book that is not written by one of the Dylanologist club, who are increasingly opinionated and boringread this if you just like the music and want to know more. If you're a taper interested in very opinionated (though ultimately subjective) analysis, read Clinton Heylin's Behind the Shades. Both are good, though this is infinately more readable for the average person as it's more of a straight-up bio.
Even his religious conversion was on account of the affections of his back-up singers, one of whom he had a child with and married, a little-known fact. Dylan has burned numerous bridges in his life, though many people remain loyal. From Publishers Weekly Dylan was a pampered Midwestern teen who listened to African-American music on the radio. Dylan, he claims, used people variously he mimicked his favorite performers and enjoyed of "the charity of kindhearted women." Much of the book traces his womanizing, from his relationship with Joan Baez to his eight years of marital bliss (before it unraveled) with Sara Lownds. (Apr.)Forecast: The 125,000-copy printing, bolstered by a $150,000 promotional budget, will sell well among Dylan's myriad fans, who will be
Acclaimed biographer Howard Sounes has spent three years researching the book and has interviewed more than 250 people important in Dylan's life -- many of whom have never before given interviews -- and sifted through documentary evidence unavailable to previous biographers. Candid and refreshing, Down the Highway is also a sincere appreciation of Dylan's seminal place in postwar American cultural history and an essential book for the millions of people who have enjoyed Dylan's music over the years.. Sounes has interviewed a key witness to Dylan's 1966 motorcycle accident, a turning point in his career. The witness has never before spoken publicly, and Sounes provides the clearest picture yet of the accident and the subsequent "lost years" in Woodstock, New York. He also gives inside accounts of the important recor
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