Dylan a já - Padesát let dobrodružství – Kemp Louie, Friedman Kinky, (2022)

I first met Bobby Zimmerman from Hibbing in 1953 at a summer camp in northern Wisconsin. He was twelve and had his own guitar. He told everyone he met that he would one day be a rock and roll star. I was eleven and I believed him. Thus begins Louie Kemp's book. Bobby Zimmerman became Bob Dylan and Louie became a fish wholesaler. They remained friends throughout their lives. Both successful, each in their own way. Now, Louie Kemp recalls their shared experiences, adventures, and journeys for the first time. The book features Marlon Brando, Allen Ginsberg, Joni Mitchell, Joan Baez, Dennis Hopper, and many other well-known and lesser-known figures and personalities. Louie Kemp, producer of the Rolling Thunder Revue, vividly describes how this unforgettable concert tour of rolling thunder came to be and how it ended with skiing escapades. We also learn how the tour in Japan went, why Bob Dylan traded Warhol's Double Elvis for a couch, what he played at the seder dinner during the biggest Jewish holiday, and how many rabbis he and Louie Kemp actually met over time. The book is not unnecessarily long, reads wonderfully, and draws us into the story right from the first pages. It is a tale of true friendship framed by well-chosen...