Clinton Heylin is recognized all over the world as a leading authority on Bob Dylan. He was co-founder of
Wanted Man, the British magazine dedicated to studying Dylan's life and work, and for a number of years edited the news section of its quarterly magazine, the
Telegraph.
He published the highly praised biography,
Dylan: Behind the Shades, in 1991 and followed it up in 1996 with an equally well-received account of Dylan's recording career,
Dylan: Behind Closed Doors, which was nominated in the USA for the prestigious Ralph J. Gleason Award for music books.
His other books include
Day By Day: A Life in Stolen Moments,
From the Velvets to the Voidoids (a history of American punk),
The Great White Wonders (an in-depth history of bootlegging),
No More Sad Refrains (a biography of Sandy Denny),
Despite the System: Orson Welles versus the Hollywood Studios and
So Long As Men Can Breathe (on the publishing history of Shakespeare's Sonnets).
Brought up in Manchester and educated at Manchester Grammar School and London and Sussex Universities, he now lives in Somerset.
This is the second volume in Clinton Heylin's magisterial survey of the songs of Bob Dylan. The first volume - Revolution in the Air which is now available in paperback - charted the rise of Bob Dylan from his first jottings to the full expression of genius in songs such as 'Hard...
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