DECODING DYLAN, by Domenico De Luca

     Three years ago, Dylan obsessive and freelance writer Domenico De Luca embarked on a journey into the deeper world of the songs of legendary music artist Bob Dylan. Armed only with a Spotify account, Weeniepedia, Google, Google’s Newspaper Archive and YouTube, De Luca listened to thousands of songs, read the lyrics to hundreds more and searched endlessly on the internet for the hidden sources to the songs of Bob Dylan.
     Here , De Luca shares his findings. Inside these pages, you’ll find the previously undiscovered sources to such songs as Don’t Think Twice, It’s Alright, It Ain’t Me, Babe, Tombstone Blues, Just Like a Woman, When I Paint My Masterpiece, Like a Rolling Stone and many, many more. Decoding Dylan is essential for any Dylan fan wanting to find out more about how the man also known as Robert Zimmerman, Elston Gunn and Blind Boy Grunt goes about creating the songs that have captivated the world.

- SEARCHING FOR THE SOURCES TO THE SONGS OF BOB DYLAN, by Domenico De Luca. paperback, independently published 2026, 172 pages, ISBN 9798258361899

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