Illinois Entertainer December 2015 | Page 24

BOB DYLAN The Cutting Edge 1965-1966 The Bootleg Series Vol. 12 (Legacy) With every Bob Dylan release, there’s a desire to find a missing piece of the puzzle, unravel a bit more of the mystery – especially the bootlegs. Only mad individuals would dig between the lines of such an artist and I am one of them. The Dylan album that really did it for me (and many Dylan fans) was Blonde on Blonde, which I defend to the death as his most melodicallyenthralling, flat-out rock and roll record. It’s both vulnerable and unnervingly biting. It’s sexy and yet retains an unfettered innocence. I fell in love and chose never to look back. The work Dylan created between 1965 and 1966 still remains his [