Inside Bob Dylan's Jesus Years

Bob Dylan’s creative genius reached a crescendo as he hit the road with a rag-tag band of folk troubadours in the 1975 Rolling Thunder Revue. Appearing unannounced in small venues, the Revue culminated in “The Night of the Hurricane” benefit at Madison Square Garden for wrongly-convicted boxer Rubin “Hurricane” Carter. In his first interview in 30 years, “The Hurricane” tells all. Folk legend Ramblin’ Jack Elliott, violinist Scarlet Rivera, bassist Rob Stoner, and Ms. Jacques Levy reveal the inside story of the Desire album, Joey Gallo, the Rolling Thunder Revue and the maligned tour film, Renaldo and Clara. Following his reinvention as “The Entertainer” in 1978, Bob Dylan fell into the Arms of the Lord through the Vineyard Christian Fellowship Church. Dylan made three Gospel albums, winning a Grammy for “Gotta Serve Somebody.” However, his radical new direction alienated fans and enraged critics as he preached evangelical messages from the Book of Revelation… –Joel Gilbert