Bob dylan memoir chronicles
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Chronicles, Volume One
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Chronicles: Volume One
2004 memoir by Bob Dylan
For other uses, see Chronicles (disambiguation).
Chronicles: Volume One is a memoir written by American musician Bob Dylan. The book was published on October 5, 2004, by Simon & Schuster.
The 304-page book covers three selected points from Dylan's long career: 1961, 1970, and 1989, while he was writing and recording Bob Dylan, New Morning and Oh Mercy, respectively. Chronicles was described on release as the first of a planned 3-volume collection; as of 2025, the other two volumes have not materalised.
The book spent 19 weeks on The New York Times Best Seller list for hardcover nonfiction books.[1]Chronicles: Volume One was one of five finalists for the National Book Critics Circle Award in the Biography/Autobiography category for the 2004 publishing year.
Background
[edit]Chronicles began as Dylan's attempt at writing liner notes for reissues of Bob Dylan, New Morning and Oh Mercy, but expanded into a larger project: "I got completely carried away in the process of... I guess call it, 'novelistic writing'".[2] Dylan claimed to work without an editor or collaborator while creating the book.[3]
Summary
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On the Tracks: Reflections on “Chronicles Volume 1” by Bob Dylan, a book review by Stephen K. Peeples, Santa Clarita Valley Signal Staff Writer, was published January 21, 2005.
A recent Signal “Escape” assignment and reunion with longtime friends put me on the road to Las Vegas in November. Flying to Vegas being more hassle than it’s worth, I rented a new car. And to make the road trip more of an adventure with the thrill of discovery, I picked up a copy of Bob Dylan’s six-CD audiobiography, “Chronicles Volume 1,” read by Sean Penn, to wrap my ears around during the drive – three CDs up and three back.
In the days before leaving, my anticipation grew. The book’s main attraction for me was hearing Bob personally debunk large chunks of the mythology that’s grown around him. Dylan was actually doing interviews with major press. In his NPR interview, he sounded relaxed, candid, at times eloquently poetic, always incisive. Few had ever heard him like that in an interview. The excerpts of Penn’s read posted on the NPR website sounded remarkably similar in cadence and intonation. I hoped the entire book-on-CD would flow the same.
After listening to all six CDs, I thought Penn was a little sti