ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

This is a revised and expanded edition of the book originally published in 2003 as Chimes of Freedom: The Politics of Bob Dylan.

I am indebted to a number of friends who read the manuscript in various stages and offered valuable comments: Anthony Arnove, Jane Ashworth, Terry Conway, Richard Ehrlich, Steve Faulkner, Gabriel Furshong, Alan Goode, Tony Graham, Randy Ostrow.

Thanks also to Jane Barrett, Jeremy Corbyn, John Davies, Michael Letwin, Dave Lubell, Jeff Marqusee, Martin Morand, Charles Shaar Murray, Jane Shallice, Irwin Silber, Steve Wagg for ideas, sources, and suggestions.

My friend Colin Robinson commissioned and published the first version of this book. I remain in his debt for encouragement and advice.

Tom McCarthy at Seven Stories Press provided invaluable guidance for this revised and expanded edition. I am also grateful to Anish Vanaik and Aditya Sarkar for enriching my view of Dylan’s art.

Finally, Liz Davies has been living with Dylan’s voice wafting through our shared home for many years. Much more difficult, she has been living with my babbling about the man and his music from early morn to late at night. Without her to share the enthusiasm, the discoveries and the doubts, there wouldn’t be much point. She knows too much not to argue or to judge.