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Another Side of Bob Dylan: A Personal History on the Road and off the Tracks

Posted By: Balisik
Another Side of Bob Dylan: A Personal History on the Road and off the Tracks

Victor Maymudes "Another Side of Bob Dylan: A Personal History on the Road and off the Tracks"
St. Martin's Press | English | September 9, 2014 | ISBN: 125005530X | 304 pages | azw, epub, lrf, mobi | 19,3 mb

This book has been beaten up by some. And I have to say if I had to rate it as a book about Dylan, it would maybe be a 2. There really isn't that much to it, except a few morsels. But just as a book by itself, it was a fun read. How much is true in all this, I have no idea. There was a quote by the author about pictures on the internet about Dylan playing chess and that they are all with his father. I took him up on that, but it seems that the few images there are of Dylan playing chess were all taken on the same day. It's clear to me that Victor Maymudes made a little more of his friendship with Dylan that was the case but who can blame him. If I had spent time with Dylan, I would probably have a big head too.

I just took it as a regular book, rather than trying to find out intimate details about Dylan's life, a tell-all book since I never liked those. I love Dylan and probably have 90% of his albums but I haven't read every book about him. I don't think anybody but Dylan really knows what was in that man's head. I read Chronicles and that for me was the definitive book, realizing that Dylan likes to tell some half truth just to mess with you.

I read the beginning of the book to my husband who said: "Why is he telling so much about himself for 30 pages or so". It's probably a disappointment to somebody who is really looking forward to some depth but I didn't mind. I did expect a little more than I got but since I enjoyed the book for it's own sake, I gave it a 4 rather than a 3.



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