AUTHOR: SHELTON, ROBERT, 1926-1995

Title: No Direction Home: The Life and Music of Bob Dylan

1st ed. New York: Beech Tree Books, c1986; and New English Library, 1986 (shown above).

Notes: Biography of Dylan by the man who wrote the review in the NY Times that launched Dylan's career. A good overview of the early years, but many errors have been cited by other writers. The story of his writing this book was told by Michael Gray in Shelton's obituary. Another obituary appeared in On The Tracks, Vol 4, No. 1. Bibliography: p. 511-516. Includes index. Song index: p. 517-545 by S. J. Estes, ed by R. Ford. Discography: p. 547-558 by Roger Ford.

Subjects: Dylan, Bob, 1941- Singers -- United States -- Biography

ISBN: 0-688-05045-X hb $17.95

Reviews: Five page review by Roy Kelly in Telegraph 25. John Bauldie interviewed Shelton about the book and its critical reception in Telegraph 27, p. 76-92.

1 / "Don't Raise Your Voice Around Here!" ..... 21

2 / The Wrong End of the Mississippi ..... 62

3 / Talking Greenwich Village Blues ..... 87

4 / Positively 161 West Fourth Street ..... 127

5 / Not a Puppet Laureate ..... 159

6 / Roll Over, Gutenberg ..... 209

7 / Several Seasons in Hell ..... 239

8 / Orpheus Plugs In ..... 266

9 / Inside the Coliseum ..... 305

10 / One Foot on the Highway ..... 340

11 / Listening to the Silence ..... 373

12 / Running Free ..... 410

13 / Thunder, Hurricane, and Hard Rain ..... 450

Coda / Busy Being Born Again ..... 476

Acknowledgments ..... 499

Copyright Citations and Notes to Text ..... 501

Select Bibliography ..... 511

Song Index ..... 517

Discography ..... 547

Index ..... 559

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