Bob Dylan: A Spiritual Life

Never before has a book like this one delved into the spiritual odyssey of cultural icon Bob Dylan. Tracking an American original―from his Jewish roots to his controversial embrace of Jesus to his enduring legacy as the composer of the Tempest album―Bob Dylan: A Spiritual Life delivers the story of a man in dogged pursuit of redemption.\nBased on years of research and original interviews, this book sorts through the myths and misunderstandings and reveals Dylan to be both traditional and radical in the way he expresses his spiritual quest for purpose and meaning. "Call Dylan whatever you want, but the name won’t stick," said foreword writer and film director Scott Derrickson. "What does stick is his music, in part because his songs contain a deep, abiding spirituality that moves listeners like me more than the songs of any other artist."\nBob Dylan: A Spiritual Life bridges the gap between purpose and meaning in grand fashion. It offers readers an informative, entertaining, and nuanced look into Bob Dylan’s spiritual odyssey. Today, there is not a Dylan book in existence that exclusively focuses on his spiritual odyssey through years of research and original interviews with those who know him and his journey well, such as Barry Beckett, Arthur Blessit, T-Bone Burnett, Carolyn Dennis, Dave Kelly, Regina McCrary, Maria Muldaur, Scott Ross, Jerry Wexler, and Paul Wasserman. The evidence abounds and Dylan's friends and fans provide a plethora of insight into this veritable music icon's spiritual side.\n“I’ve had a God-given sense of destiny," said Dylan in 2001. "This is what I was put on earth to do.”\n"Scott Marshall, in his book Bob Dylan: A Spiritual Life, reflects on the spiritual expressions of one of our country's greatest artists, and there is no shortage of material from which to learn." — President Jimmy Carter\n"Bob has always been rock and roll’s poet laureate. A lyricist confesses a lot—we’re sort of our own psychotherapists—and “Gotta Serve Somebody” is as close to a modern-day hymn as anything I can think of. Bob’s spirit is captured effectively in Bob Dylan: A Spiritual Life. If you can’t trust Bob Dylan, who can you trust?" — Alice Cooper