Dylan Redeemed: another view

Thanks to Mary Wogan:

“I've been reading the discussion on Dylan Redeemed with interest, because I've just been reading the book myself. There's no doubt it's an intriguing, well-informed book with relevant points about Dylan but eventually, as with any book which wishes to label or capture Bob Dylan, it becomes too insistent.

“I'd rather think, like a lot of people, Dylan is an evolving human being with urges and inspirations that probably are hard to define, even to him. Undoubtedly he's always been influenced by the Bible, the strange thing is that Dylan became a born-again Christian at a time in the States, when the right-wing religious right were gaining prominence, culminating in the election of Ronald Reagan to presidency.

“It's easy to see why American fans were annoyed by this. Remember those right-wing evangelists on TV? They were money-making charlatans… although once again, as in the sixties, Dylan was on the side of the rising forces, he again - probably hadn’t much to do with them.

“Definitely Dylan Redeemed is well worth reading, for its evident knowledge of Dylan's oeuvre.”


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