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The book contains a passage where the young Dylan meets and receives encouragement from the professional wrestler Gorgeous George. This passage is dramatized in the Marcus Carl Franklin -starring "Woody Guthrie" section of the film I'm Not There, Todd Haynes ' unconventional 2007 biopic of Dylan.
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There's a brilliant Dylan detective named Scott Warmuth who has spent years digging into Chronicles. This essay of his is a good place to start: Bob Charlatan: Deconstructing Dylan's Chronicles: Volume One. As Warmuth details, Chronicles is "meticulously fabricated."
Apr 22, 2021 · I can understand, though, why Oh, Mercy might seem pivotal for Dylan as it seemed to reacquaint him with his muse and was well-received after (as you say) a decade marked by dubious recorded output and some lacklustre tours.
Oct 7, 2004 · In one memorable scene, Dylan sits and listens to the Robert Johnson album King of the Delta Blues Singers, an advance pressing of which his first producer has smuggled to him. We see him,...
Nov 12, 2004 · So writes Bob Dylan in Chronicles: Volume One, his remarkable book exploring critical junctures in his life and career. Through Dylan's eyes and open mind, we see Greenwich Village, circa 1961, when he first arrives in Manhattan.
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Oct 17, 2004 · This inscrutability typifies Dylan and turned pop music as much into a game of concealment as a crowd-pleasing celebration. Even when Dylan divulges his thoughts, he remains terse.
Sep 4, 2017 · At the time, I read positive reviews of his story of his arrival onto the music scene in New York. However, I’m torn about Chronicles: Volume 1. While much of Dylan’s writing is rhythmic and almost mesmerising, I struggled to get through his book.
