Publisher's Synopsis
Book 3 chronicles how Bob Dylan redefined popular music through nearly two years of creative breakthroughs.
In 1965, Bob Dylan released his fifth album, Bringing It All Back Home, featuring an electric band sound and totemic songs "Subterranean Homesick Blues" and "Mr. Tambourine Man." Bob Dylan and Joan Baez appeared together in a handful of East Coast performances in their first (and only) official double bill.
In late April 1965 Dylan toured the UK, closing with a high-profile BBC appearance in June. Cinéma vérité documentarian D. A. Pennebaker was along for the ride, filming fourteen days of Dylan's last solo acoustic tour. The ensuing film, Don't Look Back (1967), showed the artist at a crucial point in his career and offers glimpses of the mania surrounding him.
Dylan and Allen Ginsberg first met in 1963 and remained fans of each other's work, sharing a lifelong interest in literature and poetry. The Beats inspired Dylan's lyrics, and Ginsberg remained one of Dylan's most frequent correspondents until his death in 1997.
By 1966, Bob Dylan's fame had spread around the world, with his international concert tours and mobbed media appearances. On a July morning in Woodstock, New York, as he was riding his motorbike home from visiting his manager Albert Grossman, Dylan was involved in a motorcycle crash. Many details surrounding the accident, Dylan's injuries, and his recovery remain a mystery. At the time of the crash, Dylan was slated to go back on the road for a series of concerts, including one in Moscow. Everything was canceled.
