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Bob Dylan

A Spiritual Life

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Bob Dylan

By: Scott M. Marshall
Narrated by: Dan John Miller
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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.

Based 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 more than the songs of any other artist.

Bob Dylan: A Spiritual Life bridges the gap between purpose and meaning in grand fashion. It offers listeners an informative, entertaining, and nuanced look into Bob Dylan's spiritual odyssey.

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Scott Marshall shows the continuously spiritual life of Bob Dylan and thereby avoids the pitfall that many people tend to fall into by only regarding his reborn period as his spiritual or religious phase and just a phase. In his book Scott Marshall shows how spirituality was always some part of Bob Dylans life and still is to this day from his earlier life in Hibbing to his gospel period to his work in the in the early 90's and his reinvention as a modern troubadour at the dawn of the new millenium.
It includes many intervies form peers close to Dylan over the years, interviews by the man himself and also draws from other books about Bob Dylan. Sometimes it can drag on a bit as Marshall goes on a coninuously stream through the years and it therefor can feel a bit overwhelming with all the information and input given but the more than an hour long chapters.
Overall it is a thorough and well put together book on a often divisive topic that hopefully helps to show not just another often misunderstood side of Bob Dylan's life but also his sustained believe in faith (not religion) up to this day.

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