Bringing women out from the shadows of music history. Familiar characters, new perspectives.
The gospel-fed daughter of one of Ray Charles’s Raelettes had no idea who this Bob Dylan character was when she was called to audition for his band. Within a few years, she would be his wife and mother to his daughter—both of them hidden from the public, as Dylan converted to Christianity and tried to find his identity as a man and as an artist.
Sources:
A Look Back At Bob Dylan's First Album
Carolyn Dennis: The Secret Wife of Bob Dylan
Carol Dennis: Who Is Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan Sings "Changing of the Guards" On His Alimony Tour
A Simple Twist of Faith: Reconsidering Bob Dylan's Christian Period
Bob Dylan With Carolyn Dennis—Farm Aid Rehearsals
Down The Highway: The Life of Bob Dylan by Howard Sounes
The Lonesome Death of Richard Manuel
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