7/6/2023 0 Comments Robert shelton dylan![]() Shelton often rebukes his muse calling Bob “the sponge” and “a cruel, self-centred loner… nonetheless, Robert was also Dylan’s greatest advocate. For example, Robert quotes Dave Van Ronk describing Bob as someone who gets “what he can and then discards it”. ![]() Shelton paints Dylan’s warts with such superb clarity that, in comparison, even the clearest ultra HD images appear opaque. ![]() While there are some aspects of Bob’s family history, Shelton is unable to ascertain that the late Shelton deserves credit for revealing as best as possible: the true Bob Dylan – warts and all. ![]() Shelton invites us through his chronological analysis examining Bob’s life up until 1980. Despite having close access to Dylan, Shelton confesses the colossal task he set out for himself: “The quest of Bob Dylan is riddled with ironies and contradictions shadowed with seven types of ambiguity”. Shelton’s work was seen as especially sacrosanct because it was one of the first official accounts of “Dylan’s formative years”.īy 1986, Shelton had known Bob for 25 years and was able to offer his own analysis. An expanded hardback illustrated edition with 150 images “aimed at a younger audience” is released for Bob’s 80 th. Initially proposed by the author in 1965 and finally released in 1986, an expanded edition followed in 2011 for Dylan’s 70 th birthday. ![]()
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