by Jeff Burger
“Corrina, Corrina,” 30
Corso, Gregory, 290
Cortés, Hernan, 471
Costello, Elvis, 391
Cott, Jonathan, 221, 248, 329
Crawford, Don, 5
Cregan, Ken, 297
Creswell, Toby, 315
Cricketer, The, 330
Crosby, Harry “Bing,” 308, 377
“Cross Charleston Bay” (Randy Newman), 363
Crowe, Cameron, 311–312
“Da Doo Ron Ron” (the Crystals), 293
Da Vinci, Leonardo, 501
Dahan, Olivier, 464–465, 469
Daily Telegraph, 219
Daltrey, Roger, 484
Danko, Rick, 459, 469
Dante, 166
“Dark Eyes,” 304
Dark Shadows, 486
Darker Shade of Pale, A (Wilfred Mellers), 329
Darts, 57
David, Jacques–Louis, 481
Davis, Reverend Gary, 206, 216
Day, Dennis, 276
“Day of the Locust,” 215
De Young, Jenny, 57
Dean, James, 125
“Dear Landlord,” 170
“Death Is Not the End,” 313
“Death of Emmett Till, The,” 8, 17–18, 26
Death of Marat, The (Jacques-Louis David), 481
“Death of Robert Johnson, The,” 8
Decca Records, 184
Definitive Bob Dylan Songbook, The, 209
Delmonico Hotel, 208
Delmore Brothers, the, 308, 313, 496
DeMille, Cecil B., 158
Dennis, Carolyn, 316, 335, 386
Desire, 296, 355, 378–379, 382
“Desolation Row,” 41–42, 59, 91, 104, 112, 144
DeVoss, David, 192
Dharma & Greg, 429
“Diamonds and Rust” (Joan Baez), 236, 241
Dimitriades, Tony, 324
DiMucci, Dion. See Dion
Dion, 255
Dire Straits, 261
“Dirge,” 197
“Dirty Overalls” (Woody Guthrie), 10
Disc Weekly, 58
Disney, 423
Distler, Marion, 185
Ditka, Mike, 316
Dixie Hummingbirds, the, 399, 495
“Do You Really Want to Hurt Me?” (Culture Club), 333
Dobson, Bonny, 10, 25
Doer, John, 485
Donovan, 44, 99, 330
Don’t Look Back, 157, 239, 300, 316, 328
“Don’t Start Me to Talkin’” (Sonny Boy Williamson), 455
“Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right,” 30, 475
Dostoyevsky, Fyodor, 183, 219
Doug Sahm and Band, 474
Doug Sahm and Friends, 474
Douglas, Lizzie. See Memphis Minnie
Dowd, Maureen, 216
Down in the Groove, 378, 455, 469
Dr. John, 511
Dreams from My Father (Barack Obama), 472
“Drifter’s Escape,” 291
“Driftin’,” 329
“Drifting Heart” (Chuck Berry), 475
“Drifting Too Far from Shore” (Charles W. Moody), 395, 495
Duluth National Guard Armory, 394
Dunson, Josh, 98
Dupree, Jack, 167
Dylan (Jonathan Cott), 329
Dylan, 193
Dylan, Bob
America, 315, 320, 391
audience, xiv, 31, 34, 44–45, 36–37, 51, 59, 64–65, 76, 79–80, 112–114, 137, 147, 178, 212–213, 258, 265, 270, 279, 331, 338, 383, 401–402, 404, 410, 412, 420, 444, 452–454–456, 465, 504–511
background and influences, 4–5, 21, 27, 62–63, 77–79, 118, 153, 161, 205–206, 241, 271–272, 276–279, 311, 337, 393, 395–400, 455, 467, 478, 494–498
backing musicians/bands, 43, 75–76, 97, 109–110, 121, 132, 153, 158, 195, 201–202, 212, 259–260, 290, 304, 319, 323–325, 402, 410–411, 416, 420, 458–459, 468, 470, 491
Blind Boy Grunt, recording as, 46, 184–185
Bootleg Series recordings, 330–331, 474, 476
California, 61, 124–125, 216, 217, 226, 260, 263, 344, 483–484
chaos, 63–65
collaborations, 469–471, 474
commercial work, 79, 98, 168, 173, 211, 299
composition/songwriting, 66, 95–97, 103–104, 106, 109–112, 118, 120–123, 129, 151–152, 162–164, 168–173, 176–177, 184, 195–198, 200–201, 230, 248, 254, 262, 269, 274–275, 280–281, 283–284, 299, 305, 346–347, 355–356, 360–363, 366–367, 371–373, 376, 378–379, 387, 389, 401, 403, 410–411, 434–435, 437, 440–441, 449–450, 462, 486, 490, 501–503, 507–511
covering other people’s songs, 172, 388, 481, 487, 489–493, 501–504
covers of his songs, 98–99, 184, 194, 198, 214, 262, 290–291, 298, 343, 365, 389–390, 456–457, 475
dress/fashion style, 3, 31, 60–61, 70, 72–73, 81–82, 94, 189–190, 204, 208, 219, 227, 255, 308, 321, 326, 416, 465
drugs, 87, 94, 119–120, 148–149, 156, 174, 182–183, 189, 191, 208, 248, 317, 333, 443–444
education, 1–2, 6–7, 54, 70, 85–86, 118, 224–225
family and relationships, 59, 70, 156, 164, 190, 202, 205, 210–211, 222, 243–244, 246, 263, 269, 314, 316, 330, 335–336, 338, 386, 435, 437, 441, 444–445, 483, 508
films, 97, 121–122, 125, 156–159, 164, 166–167, 179, 211–212, 221–222, 226, 228–238, 241–242, 244, 247, 300, 302, 304, 309, 316, 328–329, 395–403, 464–466
finances, 11, 51, 53, 89, 109, 129–130, 152, 191, 210, 219, 246, 256, 269
future and legacy, 90–91, 99, 103, 106, 120, 124–125, 184, 280–282, 286–287, 345, 347–349, 352–353, 387–388, 391, 413, 431, 436, 442, 446, 506, 507–508
health issues, 393, 436
hobbies, 146, 245, 257, 269
instrumentation/arrangements, 8, 22–23, 43–44, 51, 59–60, 65, 76, 95–96, 112, 121, 158–159, 206, 212, 219, 304, 346, 365–367, 377–378, 390, 410, 453, 467–468, 470, 488, 490, 492, 503–504
interviewed, on being, xi, xiii, 108–109, 166–167, 238–239, 253, 343
Jack Frost, producing as, 450, 469
lyrics, 10, 34, 43–44, 46, 49, 55, 60, 71–72, 98, 102, 119, 121, 209–212, 219–220, 251–252, 261, 289, 305, 325, 330, 336, 341–342, 356–357, 359–360, 368–370, 373–374, 380, 389, 392, 405, 407, 413, 422, 450–451, 460, 469, 472, 503
media coverage, 57–58
Minnesota, 2, 6–7, 19–21, 27, 53, 70, 88–89, 91, 205–206, 216, 220, 224–225, 269, 272, 300, 308, 330, 393, 395–399, 441, 447, 483–484
motorcycle accident, 155–156, 190, 336, 421
music, changes in his, 29, 57, 94–95, 103, 124, 185, 187, 188, 191
music genres, 2, 5–6, 27, 52–53, 60, 63, 67, 73–74, 76–77, 94–95, 105, 118–119, 145, 153–154, 163–164, 183–184, 188, 270, 272, 356, 365, 367–368, 370–371, 397, 399, 410, 425–426, 461, 498, 507
music technology, 278–279, 378, 384, 451, 501
mythology of, 241–243, 250–251, 347, 391
name change, 70, 118, 205, 220, 297, 330, 442
New York, 1, 6, 53, 89, 126–127, 187, 205–208, 225, 250, 272–273, 322, 335, 382, 397–398, 441, 484
old material, playing, 102–103, 251–252, 258, 260, 267, 274–275, 302–303, 368–369, 382, 388, 394, 400, 427–428, 467
performing live, 74–75, 100, 102, 106, 115, 129, 147, 153, 159, 190–191, 256, 284–286, 303, 321, 331–332, 338, 383, 392, 411–412, 420–421, 434, 438, 442, 445–446, 453–455, 488, 505
philosophy, 40, 102, 302–303
poetry, 46, 48, 62–64, 75, 94, 96, 99, 107, 125, 163, 195, 201, 235–236, 295–297, 306, 334, 356, 359–360, 364, 373–374, 422–423, 427–429, 432, 477, 497
politics, 8, 28, 45, 49–51, 68, 75–76, 79, 83–84, 91–92, 100–101, 122–123, 126, 146–147, 179–182, 185, 191, 194, 197–198, 216, 247, 263, 267–268, 309–310, 334–336, 442, 471–473, 497–498
popularity and fame, 112–114, 123, 129, 148, 1
52–153, 192, 269–270, 326–327, 403, 413–414, 416–418, 443–445
privacy, 45, 89, 147, 190, 192, 247, 281, 317, 508
production work, 121, 289, 406–408, 417, 432, 450, 490
protest songs, 9, 46–47, 54, 71–72, 78, 82, 105, 116–117, 119, 127, 145, 149, 151–152, 189, 205, 207, 214, 266, 322, 333, 439, 443, 467, 482
recording, 153, 172, 253, 263, 278, 408, 434, 457, 499–500
religion, 4, 125, 151, 156, 163, 165–166, 217–218, 248–251, 257–260, 265–269, 325, 347–350, 376, 390, 427, 443–444, 482, 510
set lists, 96–97, 227, 254, 411, 453
speaking style, 51, 73, 108–109, 119, 227–228, 386, 449
talent, 27
touring, 89–90, 96–97, 109–110, 115, 153, 156–159, 179, 192, 195–196, 201, 216, 236–237, 255, 258, 281–282, 285, 309, 323, 325, 338, 387, 390–391, 401–402, 412–413, 417, 420, 453, 461, 464, 466, 476, 479, 508
visual arts, 67, 174, 212, 220, 280, 346, 480–482, 485
wants and needs, 28, 86–87, 269–270, 508–510, 512
Dylan, Anna, 382
Dylan, Jacob, 327, 382
Dylan, Jesse, 269, 327
Dylan, Samuel, 156, 327
Dylan, Sara, 59, 210, 237, 248, 269, 330, 382, 445
Dylan-Dennis, Desiree, 316
Earl’s Court, 259
Earthquake, 232
Eat the Document, 156–159, 164, 166–167, 179
“Ebb Tide” (Carl Sigman and Robert Maxwell), 216, 493
Ed Sullivan Show, The, 71, 108, 213–214, 275, 482–483
Edge, the, 387–388, 390
Edison, Thomas, 436, 510
“Eight Miles High” (the Byrds), 236
Elektra Records, 4
Eliot, T.S., 41, 48, 63
Ellington, Edward Kennedy “Duke,” 461, 466
Elliott, Jack, 3–5, 217, 493
Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 461
Eminem, 425
“Emotionally Yours,” 288
Empire Burlesque, 288–306, 307, 309, 312–314, 425, 454, 478
Engleheart, Murray, 394
English, Logan, 7
Esquire, 336
Estes, Sleepy John, 468
Eszterhas, Joe, 328
Eurythmics, 309, 318
“Eve of Destruction” (Barry McGuire), 66, 105
Everett, Rupert, 328
Everly Brothers, the, 216
“Every Grain of Sand,” 334, 350–351, 375
“Everybody Loves You for Your Black Eye,” 74
“Everybody’s Talkin’” (Fred Neil), 273, 398
Exodus, 5
Fabian, 153
Faier, Billy, 4
Fairmont Hotel, 100
Fallen Angels, 487
Fame, Georgie, 190
“Farewell, Angelina,” 343–344, 390
Farina, Richard, 28
Farley, Christopher John, 436
Farm Aid, 306, 309–310, 318, 324–325
Fass, Bob, 288
Fast Times at Ridgemont High, 311
Fat Man, The, 495
“Father of Night,” 325
Faulkner, William, 219
Faust, Luke, 5
FBI, 396
Federer, Roger, 508
Ferguson, Andrew, xii
Ferguson, Benny, 167
Ferlinghetti, Lawrence, 356
Ferris, James, 167
Fibber McGee and Molly, 396
Fields, Sidney, 28
Fields, W.C., 96
Fifth Avenue Hotel, 6–7
Fillmore Auditorium, 114
“First Noel, The” (traditional), 219
Fischer, Bobby, 209
Fishbone, 294
Fitzgerald, F. Scott, 506
Five Blind Boys of Alabama, 495
“Fixin’ to Die,” 15
Flack, Roberta, 198
Flamingo hotel, 148
Flanagan, Bill, xviii, 336, 462, 484
Flanagan, Flora, 328
Flanagan Brothers, the, 396
Fleishman, Philip, 247
Foege, William, 485
Folklore Center, 1, 4, 10, 206, 399
Folkways, 5–6, 10, 47, 184
Fong-Torres, Ben, 192
“Foot of Pride,” 346, 455
Forbert, Steve, 388
Ford, Gerald, 204
Ford, Henry, 466
Ford, John, 463, 473
Ford, Tennessee Ernie, 272–273
Forest Hills Tennis Stadium, 59–60, 65, 113, 144
“Forgetful Heart,” 475
Forte, Fabian. See Fabian
Four Tops, the, 318
Fox Warfield Theatre, 250
“Frankie & Albert,” 477
“Frankie Lee and Judas Priest,” 303
Franklin, Aretha, 207
Franklin, Benjamin, 163
Frederick the Great, 219
Freedom in the Air (Josh Dunson), 98
Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan, The, 27, 30, 260
“Freeze Out,” 104
Freud, Sigmund, 219
Fricke, David, 263
Frost, Jack. See Bob Dylan
Frost, Robert, 46, 48
Fugs, the, 123, 130, 142
Fuller, Jesse, 5, 9, 207
Gable, Clark, 272
Gallo, Joey, 359
Garbo, Greta, 320
Garcia, Jerry, 379, 453, 481
Gardner, Ava, 500
Garland, Jim, 160
Garland, Judy, 142, 211, 345
Gaslight, the, 13, 159, 207, 322, 398
Gates, David, 437, 455
“Gates of Eden,” 62
Gaye, Marvin, 457
Geffen Records, 335
Geldof, Bob, 324
Genet, Jean, 137
Geneva Convention, 87
“George Jackson,” 203
Gerde’s Folk City, 13, 70, 159, 272, 322, 397–398
Gere, Richard, 212
Gerry and the Pacemakers, 330
Gershwin, George, 209, 351, 468, 490
“(Ghost) Riders in the Sky” (Stan Jones), 396
Gibran, Khalil, 165
Gilded Garter, 5
Gillespie, John Birks “Dizzy,” 494
Gilmore, Mikal, 320, 436, 485
Ginsberg, Allen, 46, 93, 96, 108, 139, 160, 217, 236–237, 243, 290, 356, 417, 477–478
“Girl from the North Country,” 30, 258 Gitlin, Steve, 141–143
Gleason, Bob, 5
Gleason, Ralph J., 93–94, 115
Gleason, Sidsel, 5
Glenn, John, 220, 485
“Go Away from My Window” (John Jacob Niles), 399
Godard, J.R., xiii, 40
Godard, Jean-Luc, 221
Goddard, Lon, 189–190
Goddard College, 9
Gonna Walk and Talk for My Freedom (Bill McAdoo), 6
Good as I Been to You, 386, 410, 455
Goodman, Amy, 12
Goodman, Benny, 207
Gorgeous George, 396
Gormé, Eydie, 117
Gossett, Lou, 3
“Gotta Serve Somebody,” 250
Goulet, Robert, 117
Graham, Bill, 93, 104, 114, 264–265
Graham, Billy, 466, 489, 507
Grammy Awards, 446
Album of the Year, 394
Lifetime Achievement Award, 338, 340, 436, 513
“Grand Coulee Dam” (Woody Guthrie), 272
Grand Ole Opry, 474, 496
Grateful Dead, the, 285, 379, 453, 455, 469, 471, 474
Graves, Robert, 219
Gray, Arvella, 2
Gray, Michael, 452
Great American Songbook, 487–488, 493
Great Gatsby, The (F. Scott Fitzgerald), 241
Great Society, the, 114
Greatest Hits, Vol. II, 193
Greenwich Hotel, 274–275
Greystone Hospital, 477
“Groom’s Still Waiting at the Altar, The,” 455
Grossman, Albert, 60, 148, 402
Grunt,
Blind Boy. See Bob Dylan
Gudinski, Michael, 381
Guillen, Ozzie, 461
Guitar World, 394
Gundersen, Edna, 338, 393, 435, 512–513
Guthrie, Arlo, 354–355, 360
Guthrie, Woody, 2, 4–5, 7, 10, 14, 16, 18, 70, 125, 160, 188, 194–195, 197, 206, 251, 272–274, 308, 311, 331, 334, 356, 358, 370–372, 376, 393, 404, 414, 467, 479, 493, 498
hospitalized, 8, 70, 194, 397, 477
Haas, Joseph, 92
Halcyon Gallery, 485
Halland Hotel, 188
Hamilton, Mary, 28
Hamilton, Roy, 493
Hamlet (William Shakespeare), 49, 502, 514–515
Hammerstein, Oscar II, 490
Hammett, Dashiell, 425
Hammond, John, 1, 6, 8–9, 130, 207, 253, 275, 400, 406
Hammond, John, Jr., 130–131
Hampton, Lionel, 207
Hank Snow Sings Jimmie Rodgers (Hank Snow), 392
Hannibal, 480
Hansen, Beck. See Beck
Hard Rain (album) 222
Hard Rain (TV show), 203, 205, 211
“Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall, A,” 30, 57, 159, 201, 266, 274–275, 285, 332, 379, 442
“Hard Times in New York Town,” 23
“Hard Travelin’” (Woody Guthrie), 10, 17
Hardin, John Wesley, 472
Hardy, Francois, 46
Harper’s Bazaar, 54
Harpo, Slim, 211, 461, 495
Harris, Wynonie, 495
Harrison, George, 190, 293, 331, 386, 420–421, 430, 458, 469, 475, 481
“Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas” (Hugh Martin and Ralph Blane), 219
Havens, Richie, 198–199
Hawkins, Ronnie, 237, 402
Hawks, the, 402
Hayden, Tom, 247
Haymes, Dick, 494
Haynes, Todd, 211–212
Hearts of Fire, 328
Heiman, Bruce, 248
Heineken Music Hall, 482
Hemingway, Ernest, 417, 514
Hendrix, Jimi, 179, 211, 290–291, 297, 389–390
Henry, O., 472
Henshaw, Laurie, 58
Hentoff, Nat, xiii, 29
“Here Comes Santa Claus” (Gene Autry), 487
Herman, Dave, 262
Herman’s Hermits, 72
Hester, Carolyn, 6, 10, 60, 130
Heston, Charlton, 215
Hewson, Paul David. See Bono
“Hey Schoolgirl” (Tom & Jerry aka Simon & Garfunkel), 356
Heylin, Clinton, 69, 383
Hibbing High, 224
Hicks, Otis Verries. See Lightnin’ Slim
Hidalgo, David, 474
“High Water,” 406
“High Water Everywhere” (Charlie Patton), 406
“Highlands,” 459
Highway 61 Revisited, 41, 59, 113, 260, 297, 317, 334, 387, 421, 468
Hilburn, Robert, 247, 258, 314, 393
hippies, 248, 268
Hitchcock, Alfred, 221