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Down the Highway delves into the life of Bob Dylan, one of popular music's enduring legends. In the course of his 40-year career he has sold more than 56 million records, has performed countless live gigs, has long been regarded as the preeminent songwriter of his time and yet he is still an enigma. Despite dragging his increasingly raddled body through a gigging schedule that would exhaust a musician a third his age, he remains notoriously reclusive. And to be frank, no-one reading Down the Highway will know him that much better by the end. The Bob Dylan rockography business has been a hugely profitable industry over the years and Howard Sounes' book is a worthy addition. It quotes chapter and verse on all the important--and unimportant--details of Dylan's life from his early days as poet/folk troubadour through his switch to electric guitar, to drugs, films and superstardom. The research is exhaustive and much of it is new: Sounes has tried to chat to everyone who was even tangentally involved in Dylan's career and goes into depth about his secret marriage to backing singer Carolyn Dennis in 1986. But what the book amounts to is an extraordinary collection of facts about the singer, but only a vague sense of what makes him tick. Dylan has always been a man who has preferred to let his music and lyrics do the talking; either Dylan refused permission or demanded an exorbitant sum to reprint them, but the absence of any lyrics leaves a noticeable hole in the text for the less knowledgeable or fanatical reader. It will be less of a problem, though, for the diehard Dylan fans, and for them Sounes' biography will be a crucial must-have buy. For the rest of us, it will be a book too far. --John Crace --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Observer, April 29, 2001
Engagingly written and scrupulously researched --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Most Helpful Customer Reviews   8 of 8 people found the following review helpful: Great Book, 25 Aug 2004 By A Customer As someone who's listened and loved Dylan's music for years, but never read much about him, I thought this was a great introduction to his life and music. Well-researched and informative, but at the same time never boring or overly-pedantic. It also felt a really balanced and intelligent book to me: one that didn't gloss over Dylan's personal difficulties, but also didn't try to paint him more negatively than need be. It conveyed both his strengths and his weaknesses, and ultimately much of his humanity.  Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? (Report this)   7 of 7 people found the following review helpful: a fascinating story of a living legend, 11 May 2003 By  "matthewdavies200" - See all my reviews whata great book,this is the best dylan book i have read it gives such depth and knowledge of the great man ,who has always managed to keep him self to himself.the writer must have done years and years of reserching. the book expands from bobs mother and father to bobs early school friends and girl friends.then on to his first arrival at grenwich village and his meeting with his hero woody guthrie this book just covers it all even secret wives bob has had .over all this gives you more understanding of the man his music and his life than any other book made  Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? (Report this)   6 of 6 people found the following review helpful: Probably the best biography of Dylan, 1 Sep 2002 By  brian thomas (South Wales) - See all my reviews Having read all the major books about Bob Dylan, I have to say that this is probably the best, in the sense that it gets the balance right of the music and the life of the man. I found plenty that I didn't know, and was convinced that the revelations, such as they are, are true and fairly presented. Most of all, though, it's a very good and engrossing read. Dylan die-hards and new fans should enjoy it alike.  Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? (Report this) › See all 13 customer reviews...		Most Recent Customer Reviews