Tom Dunne: A guide to buying Bob Dylan for beginners and younger fans 

A Complete Unknown seems to have brought a whole new generation to Bob Dylan. For those who want to explore further, here are some tips 
Tom Dunne: A guide to buying Bob Dylan for beginners and younger fans 

Joan Baez and Bob Dylan pictured in 1963. Picture: Rowland Scherman/National Archive/Newsmakers.

Pity the young literate music fan. The film A Complete Unknown has revealed to them that they have been living on Planet Bob all this time and just didn’t know it. The camera has at last panned out. The bigger picture: it’s just all Bob.

They are mostly exploring this new love on TikTok. TikTok was made for Bob. Clips of Bob and Joan Baez sharing a microphone at Newport have drawn audible gasps from new fans. “That really happened!” they are exclaiming, “the film is true!”

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