Carolyn Dennis & Bob Dylan

34 minutes

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

Madelyn Quebec

Carol Dennis: Who Is Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan Sings "Changing of the Guards" On His Alimony Tour

Dylan's Secret Wife Talks

A Simple Twist of Faith: Reconsidering Bob Dylan's Christian Period

Hot Minute With Carol Dennis

The Young Americans

Bob Dylan With Carolyn Dennis—Farm Aid Rehearsals

Bob Dylan: A Spiritual Life

Down The Highway: The Life of Bob Dylan by Howard Sounes

I Love Carolyn Dennis (blog)

The Lonesome Death of Richard Manuel

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