Welcome to the website of the pioneer of Dylan Studies: author of the first critical study of Bob Dylan's work, Song & Dance Man: The Art of Bob Dylan, published in 1972.
The massive third and final edition, Song & Dance Man III, was published at the end of 1999. This was followed by the even larger Bob Dylan Encyclopedia in 2006 and 2008.
Michael Gray is a widely-booked public speaker at arts festivals, colleges & universities and arts centres in Europe and North America.
He is also the author of biographies of Frank Zappa (Mother!) and the great pre-war blues enigma Blind Willie McTell (Hand Me My Travelin' Shoes), and co-author of The Elvis Atlas: A Journey Through Elvis Presley's
America.
His books have been translated into Japanese, Italian and German.
Work by Michael Gray available from the Shop page include:
The audio-book Bob Dylan Encyclopedia Greatest Hits
(North Yorkshire, 2011)
CD offering an hour of readings from the book The Bob Dylan Encyclopedia, selected and read by the author, in beautifully produced digipak CD format
excerpts & comments here on YouTube
(North Yorkshire, 2011)
CD offering an hour of readings from the book The Bob Dylan Encyclopedia, selected and read by the author, in beautifully produced digipak CD format
excerpts & comments here on YouTube
The first edition - the UK hardback - of
Hand My My Travelin' Shoes: In Search of Blind Willie McTell
(Bloomsbury, London, 2007)
"A wonderful book about a spellbinding musician." - The Guardian
"A superb meditation on a rare American figure." - Jonathan Lethem
" * * * * * Not just an authoritative portrait of the great bluesman, but also vivid history of the South." - Uncut
PLUS
from time to time Bob Dylan Discussion Weekends are held at Michael's home in beautiful rural SouthWest France, for a maximum of six people per weekend. Click the box below for details of any that may be current or forthcoming:
from time to time Bob Dylan Discussion Weekends are held at Michael's home in beautiful rural SouthWest France, for a maximum of six people per weekend. Click the box below for details of any that may be current or forthcoming:
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