Michael Gray

01 January, 2023

Michael Gray

Michael Gray is a critic & public speaker. He pioneered the serious study of Dylan’s work with Song & Dance Man: The Art of Bob Dylan, 1972, the first such critical book. Born in 1946, he grew up on Merseyside and studied History & English Literature at York University, where he interviewed British historian A.J.P. Taylor and chatted with visiting American guitarist Jimi Hendrix. His books include the massively updated Song & Dance Man III (1999), The Bob Dylan Encyclopedia (2006), and Hand Me My Travelin’ Shoes: In Search Of Blind Willie McTell (2007). He is married to the food-writer Sarah Beattie and has lived in southwest France since 2008. His website is www.michaelgray.net

Book: Outtakes On Bob Dylan: Selected Writings 1967-2021

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Outtakes On Bob Dylan

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Michael Gray

Selected Writings 1967-2021 by Michael Gray Popmatters Book of the Year Michael Gray wrote his first article on Bob Dylan for the counterculture magazine OZ in 1967 when its editor asked him to  ‘Do an F.R. Leavis on Bob Dylan’s songs.’ He’s been writing about those songs ever since. Alongside his groundbreaking Song & Dance Man trilogy and th..

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