Tom Dunne's Music & Me: Bob Dylan rescued me from my teenage wasteland
Bob Dylan will turn 80 on Monday, May 24.
There is no escaping Bob. At some point in your music life you must come to Him. You might deny his divinity for a while, but at some point a verse, a phrase or a chorus will draw you in. You will be becalmed with wonder and inner peace. And Bob will say, “Come in, I’ve been expecting you.”
I came to Bob the day of my Inter Cert results, the year of our lord CXMVIXCIII, a very long time ago. I had done well, which was a surprise, and celebrated by buying More Bob Dylan Greatest Hits from George Murray of Murray’s Disks, one of the classic old record shops.
