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"Anthing Paul Williams writes about Bob Dylan ... always in his wonderfully unpretentious, conversational and heartfelt manner ... is worth reading."
-- Jonathan Cott, Rolling Stone

ATCHING THE RIVER FLOW is an outstanding collection of Dylan-related essays by Paul Williams, the noted editor and critic, opening with his 1966 review of Blonde on Blonde and closing with his observations about Dylan's 1995 tour with Patti Smith.
All of the high-watermarks in Dylan's career are analysed by Williams in his captivating, very personal style ... John Wesley Harding, the 1974 'comeback' tour, Blood on the Tracks, Rolling Thunder, the Basement Tapes, the Supper Club shows, World Gone Wrong ... and much more. A highlight of this book is "Dylan -- What Happened," Paul Williams' lengthy essay on the events leading to Dylan's religious conversion in the late-Seventies and its immediate effect on his art.
Paul Williams was the founder of Crawdaddy!, and his work has appeared in numerous other magazines. The author of over 20 books, including the two highly acclaimed volumes of Dylan criticism, Performing Artist 1960-1973 and Performing Artist 1974-1986, no American writer has followed Dylan more closely, nor written about his work with more insight.

Rolling Stone has described Paul Williams' writing as "head and shoulders and arms and maybe even legs above everyone else ... smart, daring, knowledgeable, and he writes like a whiz. The essential oils of rock permeate every sentence."

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