Bob Dylan

Foreword from Ian McNabb

Introduction: A Complete Unknown?

Chapter 1. Talkin' Minnesotan Blues

I. I Pity the Poor Immigrant

II. So Much Older Then: 1941-1958

III. Play: Girl from the North Country

Chapter 2. On the Road

I. Blues and Beats

II. So Much Older Then: 1959-1960

Chapter 3. Talkin' New York

I. Hey, Hey Woody Guthrie

II. So Much Older Then: 1961-1962

III. Film: Inside Llewyn Davis

Chapter 4. 'It's Something I Learned over in England'

I. Come Writers and Critics

II. So Much Older Then: December 1962-January 1963

Chapter 5. A Lone Guitar and a Point of View

I. The Cruel War

II. So Much Older Then: 1963-1964

III. I Can't Help If I'm Lucky

IV. There but for Fortune: Phil Ochs

V. Hawk-eyed: Ronnie Hawkins and the Hawks

Chapter 6. Electricity + Eccentricity / No Limit

I. Big Bang Factors

II. So Much Older Then: 1965-July 1966

III. Reviews: World's Fair

Chapter 7. Life in the Country

I. Illegal Smile

II. So Much Older Then: August 1966-August 1969

Chapter 8. Help Bob Dylan Sink the Isle of Wight

I. Festival Life

II. So Much Older Then: August 1969-1971

Chapter 9. Framed

I. Musicians Making Movies

II. So Much Older Then: 1972-1973

Chapter 10. And the New Bob Dylan

I. With Bob on Our Side

II. So Much Older Then: 1974-September 1975

Chapter 11. The Thunder Rolls

I. Pulled into Nazareth

II. So Much Older Then: October 1975-1978

Chapter 12. The Missionary Times

I. Religion and Rock

II. So Much Older Then: 1979-1984

Chapter 13. What Was It You Wanted?

I. Saving the World

II. So Much Older Then: 1985-1989

Chapter 14. Gruff and Ready

I. Tombstone Blues

II. So Much Older Now: 1990-1999

Chapter 15. 'Me, I'm Still on the Road'

I. Don't Start Me Talkin'

II. So Much Older Now: 2000-2012

Chapter 16. Oh Mama, Can This Really be the End?

I. Nobel-minded

II. So Much Older Now: 2013-2020

III. Drawing Blanks?

Acknowledgements

The Wicked Messenger - A Bob Dylan Bibliography

Appendix 1. Bob Dylan - US and UK discography

Appendix 2. e Band - US and UK discography

Appendix 3. Take What You Need: Covering Bob Dylan

Appendix 4. Odds and Ends: Bob Dylan Lists

Index