Bob Dylan's new book, The Philosophy of Modern Song Photo: Supplied
Biographer Clinton Heylin is arguably the world’s foremost Dylan authority, having written a dozen books on the Nobel Prize for Literature winner. Heylin’s other books range from the Velvet Underground and Punk to mental illness in British rock music of the ‘60s and ‘70s and appropriation and copyright issues right back to the advent of recorded music.
Which makes Heylin the perfect Saturday Morning guest to share some favourite songs from The Philosophy of Modern Song, Dylan's first book of new writing since 2004's Chronicles: Volume One.
In the book Dylan writes over sixty short essays focusing on songs by other artists, spanning from Stephen Foster to Elvis Costello.
Heylin’s The Double Life of Bob Dylan: Volume I: 1941-1966 A Restless, Hungry Feeling was published last year. The voluminous volume 2 is due out in 2023.
