New Books on Bob Dylan, Jann Wenner Slated For Release
A pair of new books will focus on a couple of rock ‘n’ roll luminaries of the ’60s. Scott Marshall‘s Bob Dylan: A Spiritual Life is due out June 20…
LOS ANGELES, CA – FEBRUARY 06: Honoree Bob Dylan appears onstage at the 25th anniversary MusiCares 2015 Person Of The Year Gala honoring Bob Dylan at the Los Angeles Convention Center on February 6, 2015 in Los Angeles, California. The annual benefit raises critical funds for MusiCares’ Emergency Financial Assistance and Addiction Recovery programs; NEW YORK, NY – APRIL 07: Founder of Rolling Stone Magazine and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Founder, Jann Wenner speaks onstage onstage at the 32nd Annual Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame Induction Ceremony at Barclays Center on April 7, 2017 in New York City. The event will broadcast on HBO Saturday, April 29, 2017 at 8:00 pm ET/PT
Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images; Photo by Mike Coppola/Getty ImagesA pair of new books will focus on a couple of rock 'n' roll luminaries of the '60s.
Scott Marshall's Bob Dylan: A Spiritual Life is due out June 20 and will, as the title suggests, focus on Dylan's spirituality, including his controversial switch from Judaism to Christianity, and then back, during the late 70s and early 80s. The book also examines the role of spirituality in Dylan's music, and Marshall talked to sources that include former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and a first-time interview with Dylan's ex-wife Carolyn Dennis.
...Rolling Stone magazine founder Jann Wenner, meanwhile, will be examined in Sticky Fingers: The Life and Times of Jann Wenner and Rolling Stone Magazine by Joe Hagan.
Wenner cooperated and sat for interviews for the book, due out October 24, and Hagan also spoke with Paul McCartney, Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Yoko Ono, Bruce Springsteen, Pete Townshend, Lorne Michaels, Michael Douglas and many others for the tome.
Gary Graff is an award-winning music journalist who not only covers music but has written books on Bob Seger, Neil Young and Bruce Springsteen.
