Down the Highway: The Life of Bob Dylan

Down the Highway: The Life of Bob Dylan by Sounes, Howard. paperback edition. ISBN: 9780802138910.

Based on three years of research, new documentary evidence, and interviews with 250 of Dylans intimates -- many exclusive -- Down the Highway has gone beyond the scope of other accounts to become the most complete, authoritative biography of Bob Dylan now in print. It was praised by The Orlando Sentinel "for the insights it offers to Dylan at work ... from young upstart to grand old man of rock n roll." Souness prodigious research has resulted in new insights on every aspect of Dylans life. His is the only biography to seriously address the past twenty years of Dylans life, leading up to the extraordinary recent releases Time Out of Mind and Love and Theft. He has obtained exclusive information to provide the clearest picture yet of Dylans 1966 motorcycle accident and subsequent "lost years" in Woodstock, New York, and he uncovered the stars unknown second marriage. He gives inside accounts of the tours, the creation of every album and the most celebrated songs, Dylans labyrinthine love life, his life-threatening heart illness in 1997, and more -- directly from interviews with girlfriends, family, friends, producers, concert promoters, and fellow musicians. Candid, refreshing, and written with a sincere appreciation of Dylans music and influence, Down the Highway is an essential book for the millions of people who have enjoyed Dylans music over the years. "Dylan comes alive.... Sounes has added a wealth of new information to Dylan studies." -- Perry Meisel, The New York Times Book Review "Fascinating and finely written." -- Ronald Radosh, The New Republic "Convincing ... [generates] sympathy for an isolated artist." -- Daniel Cooper, The Washington Post Book World "Sounes ... opens new angles on the enigmatic polyhedron that is Dylan.... Monumental." -- Gene Santoro, The Nation " "A portrait of Mr. Dylan that is often unflattering, sometimes puzzling, but, to the authors credit, never sensational." -- Al Brumley, The Dallas Morning News "Engrossing ... fast-moving yet rich in detail ... [Down the Highway] chronicles a remarkable and contradictory artist." -- Carlo Wolff, The Kansas City Star "[This] fast-paced book has a fine interest in details [and is] rich with the observations of new witnesses." -- Sheri Linden, Variety "Irresistible ... What Dylanphile wouldnt want to sift through what Sounes has dug up." -- Terry Lawson, Detroit Free Press