Bob Dylan: Just Bend Your Mind A Little…
Andy Gill, MOJO, December 2002
BOB DYLAN WAS NOT THE FIRST SONGWRITER to write about – or under the influence of – drugs, though you could be forgiven for assuming otherwise judging by the furore that greeted his more risque work of the mid-'60s.
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