Book description
In virtually all areas of Dylan's life - his immigrant antecedents,
his business dealings, his various addictions and his romantic
attachments - Heylin is able to provide a fascinating picture of a man
who changed the whole course of popular music in the sixties and, over
thirty years later, won three Grammys. Heylin has given full weight to
Dylan's own words and those of his closest associates, with over 250
people quoted in the book, helping to provide a portrait of a complex
figure. Including 60,000 words of brand new material - dealing with
Dylan's four twenty-first century albums; his archival audio-visual
projects; his third film; his series of paintings and exhibitions; his
autobiography, Chronicles; and his ongoing romantic liaisons and
'missing' marriages - this fully updated story of Dylan provides a
monumental overview of the Man and his Music.
Clinton Heylin is recognised all over the world as a leading
authority on Bob Dylan. His other books include The Great White
Wonders (an in-depth history of bootlegging) and No More Sad Refrains
(a biography of Sandy Denny). Brought up in Manchester, he now lives
in Somerset.
