It's the Chronic -what? Cles- of Dylan Yo. Started reading this I'm about 100 pages in. I've always wearily approached the songs, and thus the world of Dylan never knowing what to expect. I picked the songs and albums I like and chalked the rest up to being something maybe I didn't understand. I may have to recalculate my view on Dylan. Not because I've discovered some secret in the first 100 pages of this book, but because I was ready to not like this book, not like "Dylan the author" and it turns out that it's not that bad. Ok granted he's not the best writer. But what you do get is a sense of voice. You feel like you are pounding the pavement on the folk circuit in the Village in NYC in the Early sixties. He can't resist to give little nuggets that the casual fan would be dying to know (like how he got his name) but it's not schmaltzy, he always deals with said topics in a way that flows nicely with the rest of the book (even though later on when thinking back it may have seemed incongruous to put it there). I guess the point is he has a lot to say, and you could probably fill 10 volumes with the story of Bob Dylan, but this is a good start. I'll let you know how it turns out.Thoughts anyone about this book?
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