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List Price: $18.99 | | Publisher: It Books
Salesrank: 509458
Released: April 29, 2003 |
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| Media: Paperback |
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Editorial Review:
In 1991 Clinton Heylin published what was considered the most definitive biography of Bob Dylan available. In 2001 he completely revised and reworked this hugely acclaimed book, adding new sections, substantially reworking text, and bringing the story up-to-date with Dylan's explosive career in 2000.
Bob Dylan: Behind the Shades Revisited follows the story of Dylan from his humble beginnings in Minnesota to his arrival in New York in 1961, his subsequent rise in the folk pantheon of Greenwich Village in the early '60s, and his cataclysmic folk-rock metamorphosis at the Newport Folk Festival in 1965. In the succeeding eighteen months, Dylan released Highway 61 Revisited and Blonde on Blonde, and embarked on the legendary 1966 World Tour that culminated with an unforgettable concert at the Royal Albert Hall. Heylin details it all, along with the true story of Dylan's motorcycle accident, his remarkable reemergence in the mid-'70s, the only exacting account of his controversial conversion to born-again Christianity, the Neverending Tour, and yet another incredible Dylan resurgence with his 1997 Grammy Album of the Year Award-winning Time Out of Mind.
Deemed by The New Yorker as "the most readable and reliable" of all Dylan biographies, this book will give fans what they have always wanted -- a chance to get to know the man behind the shades.
Bob Dylan: Behind the Shades Revisited Reviews:
Very Well Written, but..... 
2009-10-28 -
This book is probably rightfully touted as the definitive Dylan biography. It's exceptionally well researched, and the author is clearly very intelligent. The book is very well written, and a pleasure to read for anyone interested in learning more about the enigma within the enigma that is Dylan.
All that said, Heylin dismisses "Time out of Mind" early on in the book as "built on sand" and says it doesn't stand up to some of Dylan's all time classics. He also says nothing Dylan has released since "Oh Mercy" is any good, and predicts he'll never release any more masterpieces (although, to his credit, he hopes he's wrong).
I think he is wrong. "Time out of mind" and its successor, "Love and theft" both stand with any of Dylan's classics from previous decades (arguably more so as far as "Time out of mind" is concerned), and I suspect Mr. Dylan has more than one more classic in him before his final biography can be written.
The definitive bio 
2009-09-19 - A must have for any Bob Dylan aficionado. Very detailed and fair record of Dylan.
Bob Dylan
2008-12-26 - My eldest grandson is really into music and songwriting. He also has recently discovered Bob Dylan. He loves to read as well so I figured it would go over well. His expression showed that he approved when he opened his package.
Detailed but boring account of the great one's life and music 
2008-07-14 - Bob Dylan would be one of the most difficult subjects for a biography you could think of. His enigmatic statements and constant reinvention make him hard to pin down - not to mention the way he protects his privacy, giving few revealing interviews. Heylin attempts to make up for this by describing lots of often irrelevant details but never succeeds in giving you a sense of the man or his music. Heylin declines to make his own analysis of Dylan's music, perhaps feeling too scared he would make a fool of himself if he did. After a while it just becomes boring. Oh and what a terrible title.
A MUST HAVE
2008-04-01 - I got this book a while ago. This book is a terrific outline of Bob's life and there is LOTS of reading. The author is an "expert" and this book is just great. No one fully knows Bob as no one fully knows anyone, but this is a must buy book if you want to learn more.
Some great pictures of Bob--ESPECIALLY one in which he appears to be in his early 40's which reveals the intelligence and intensity in his eyes. Then there is a really nice picture of Bob as "Alias" from Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid.
That's it folks!!
