Izzy Young: The Man Who Made Bob Dylan
Kris Needs, MOJO, December 2010
NOVEMBER 4, 1962: Bob Dylan is invoking the time-honoured image of the out-of-town rambler lost on New York's convoluted subway system as he nervously attempts to bond with the sparse crowd at Carnegie Hall's intimate Chapter annex.
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