{"product_id":"country-bob-dylan-and-country-music-by-don-cusic","title":"Country Bob: Dylan and Country Music by Don Cusic","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eCountry Bob: Dylan and Country Music\u003c\/em\u003e is the first book to explore how country music shaped Bob Dylan's songwriting, performance style, and musical evolution.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDylan has said that Hank Williams was his first musical hero. Music historian Don Cusic follows that thread from Dylan's Minnesota boyhood, when he heard country songs on the radio and on records, through the Greenwich Village folk years, the Nashville sessions for \u003cem\u003eBlonde on Blonde\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eJohn Wesley Harding\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eNashville Skyline\u003c\/em\u003e, and his appearance on \u003cem\u003eThe Johnny Cash Show\u003c\/em\u003e, and on into his later work. Along the way he shows how country music has stayed a steady thread through a long and restless career, and how Dylan, now in his eighties and still performing, keeps drawing on it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith praise from filmmaker Ken Burns, Ray Benson of Asleep at the Wheel, Mickey Raphael of Willie Nelson's band, and studio musician Charlie McCoy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUniversity Press of Mississippi · American Made Music Series · Paperback · October 2026\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Landmark Booksellers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67650517729556,"sku":"9781496864406","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0586\/1385\/8477\/files\/country-bob-dylan-and-country-music-don-cusic.jpg?v=1791492550","url":"https:\/\/landmark-booksellers.myshopify.com\/products\/country-bob-dylan-and-country-music-by-don-cusic","provider":"Landmark Booksellers","version":"1.0","type":"link"}