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Dylan: The Life and Music of America's Folk-Rock Icon

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Stephen Matteo's Bob Dylan takes us on a wonderful adventure through time with one of the last true legends of our time. Comprehensive without getting mired down in detail, the book provides a retrospective of Dylan's career and is peppered with enough anecdotal info to give us the real flavor of having been there. Most importantly, the book is respectful in tone and content towards Dylan's life and work, both of which he has had to fight to protect from censure. Matteo's book enables us to enjoy Dylan's work and his triumphant career without the reader feeling like we're invading his privacy.

this book is full of great and rare photos of bob dylan in the studio, performing on stage, lounging about, and just being cool. but i was disapointed in the text- it lacked inspiration and enthusiasm. this is a biography meant to be read by dylan novices, and hardcore fans will be disapointed. what saves the book from being a total rip off is the collection of photographs- the pictures tell the story in this book, not the author. which, in a way, is fine- like the man said, "nobody does dylan like dylan..."

This book has many great photos which is a good thing because the text is cursory, shallow and somewhat inaccurate. Appears to be written by someone who looked up Dylan in the encyclopaedia but knows little about the music or the man. The accolades on the back cover are a joke. It would be funny if it were not insulting to reasonably informed Bobcats. Informative (if sometimes misleading) only to the Dylan neophyte. Take with a grain of salt. But as I said...GREAT PICTURES!

This book is amazing, you can find facts you had know idea about, but it's also not filled with useless facts that nobody cares about. It's filled with great pictures, and you can see Dylan as he grows up. The only problem with this book is that I couldn't put it down and I finished it in two days. You can tell that Matteo is a big Dylan fan and not some guy tring to make money. Great Job Steve Matteo!

when i came across Dylan by Matteo i was reminded of how much (again) i"ve been amazed by Mr Z. When i first saw him on tv (Loyd Thaxton?)it was like who is this guy with the sunglasses pale skin singing so soulful.in '71 i befriended ginsburg in an attempt to meet him sang a concert with him in wmsburg va (the hills are echoing) he wanted to party and sleep over (no go) just tell me about bobby, allen ! i enjoyed the barbed memories (the velvet alley?)Matteo's book seduced me...gvb va