Dylan Context In Ecce Homo: How One Becomes What One Is, Friedrich Nietzsche declares: “One must pay dearly for immortality: one has to die several times while still alive” (660). Bob Dylan died and was reborn several times between his 1965 shows in Cincinnati and his 1978 return to the city. After an exhausting, combative, strung-out European tour in the spring of 1966, Dylan retreated to upstate New York for what was meant to be a brief hiatus before resuming his grueling concert schedule. Then he was injured in a motorcycle crash in July and abruptly canceled the rest of his tour. The relentless pace and debilitating habits of the road were unsustainable. During his convalescence, Dylan took stock and decided to refocus his priorities on raising a family. He had married Sara Lownds on November 22, 1965, just a couple weeks after his Cincinnati Music Hall show. They settled down in rural Woodstock and started filling their house with children.
This is an outstanding essay series! And not just because I’m a Dylan nut and grew up in Cincinnati, remaining a proud Ohioan. The scholarship here is first rate. I hope you’re turning this into a book so I can put it on my Dylan shelf. Excellent!
Beautiful. Around our house we speak Dylan fluently.
This is an outstanding essay series! And not just because I’m a Dylan nut and grew up in Cincinnati, remaining a proud Ohioan. The scholarship here is first rate. I hope you’re turning this into a book so I can put it on my Dylan shelf. Excellent!