This dual biography dives into the surprisingly supportive, occasionally rivalrous, and always fertile relationship between Bob Dylan and the Beatles, uncovering how they inspired and transformed each other as songwriters, recording artists, and cultural icons.
An astonishing amount of research has gone into a work that seems to offer an account of every (or nearly every) performance, recording session, love affair, marriage, LSD trip and — most notably — each time that John Lennon composed a song in response to one that Dylan had written ... At times, Windolf’s efforts to link the musicians can seem like a bit of a reach ... But by and large, I was fully persuaded and consistently engaged by the connections that Windolf makes ... There’s something very moving about it that makes us feel a sense of gratitude for the work of these extraordinary talents — and to Jim Windolf for putting it all together.
