Down the Highway: The Life of Bob Dylan

by HowardSounes (Author)

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  Paperback
  2002

  $3.27

  Bob Dylan stands out with Elvis Presley and The Beatles in a triumvirate of popular-music artists of unparalleled achievements, influence and public fascination. He changed popular music in the 1960s, and helped define that decade with songs Blowin' in the Wind and Like a Rolling Stone . Yet he resisted those who attempted to define him. An artist of indomitable energy and single-mindedness, he went on to create new work - on albums such as Blood on the Tracks and Time Out of Mind - which rivals his past glory. He has outlasted all his contemporaries, selling more than 56 million records over 40 years. In 2001, the year of his 60th birthday, Bob Dylan is as relevant to a young audience as to those who grew up with his music. This work celebrates the grandeur of Dylan's artistic achievement and reveals the complete life story of the reclusive, mercurial and eccentric man who has been an enigma for so long. This biography is based on a mountain of research conducted over three years, including interviews with more than 250 people in Dylan's life - lovers, friends, relatives, former employees and music stars. Many interviewees are key people who have not spoken before. Author Howard Sounes takes the reader to the heart of Dylan's life and work.

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  Hardcover
  2001

  $4.35

  With a recording career spanning 40 years and sales of over 57 million albums, Bob Dylan was a true revolutionary, bringing serious ideas and poetry into the song lyric to become an iconic figure of contemporary music. Containing reviews and interviews with over 250 people including fellow artistes, former girlfriends and members of Dylan's close family. the book also includes details of Dylan's business affairs, personal wealth and property interests together with previously unseen photographs of Dylan and friends.