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A Los Angeles Times Best seller!August 2014 marks 50 years since Bob Dylan released his fourth album, Another Side of Bob Dylan. Recorded in one night, in the middle of a turbulent year in his life, the music marked a departure from Dylans socially-conscious folk songs and began his evolution toward other directions.During the years they spent together, few people outside of Dylans immediate family were closer than Victor Maymudes, who was Dylans tour manager, personal friend, and travelling companion from the early days in 1960s Greenwich Village through the late 90s. Another Side of Bob Dylan recounts landmark events including Dylans infamous motorcycle crash meeting the Beatles on their first US tour his marriage to Sara Lownds, his romances with Suze Rotolo, Joan Baez, and others fellow travelers Ramblin Jack Elliott, Wavy Gravy, Dennis Hopper, The Band, The Traveling Wilburys, and more memorable concerts, and insights on Dylans songwriting process.