Table of Contents
That all-important intro … 2-3-4 1
Prelude - July 29th, 1961: Down By The Riverside 17
Part 1 A Thief Of Thoughts 23
1 January to May 1961: Big City Blues 25
2 Summer 19% to January 1961: On The Road To Damascus 47
3 May to October 1961: The Kindness Of (Friends & Other) Strangers 75
4 November 1961 to March 1962: The Balladeer Fires Broadsides 99
5 April to October 1962: How Many Roads, So Many Roads 124
6 May 1941 to June 1959: Have You Heard The News? 150
7 October 1962 to April 1963: A New World Singer In Ye Olde Worlde 174
8 April to November 1963: He's Not The Messiah, He's A Very Naughty Boy 202
Winterlude #1 (November/December 1963): Off The Road 230
Part 2 A Thief Of Fire 239
1 January to June 1964: Becoming Withdrawn 241
2 June to November 1964: Meet The Beat 265
3 November 1964 to April 1965: Walking Down A Crooked Highway 288
4 April to June 1965: Call Me Vérité 312
5 June to September 1965: The Rites Of Summer 339
6 September 1965 to March 1966: Both Kinds Of Music 366
7 March to May 1966: I've Been All Around This World 396
8 May 1966: Man, I'm Not Even Twenty-Five 424
Winterlude #2 (June/July 1966): Off The Road Again 453
Acknowledgements 459
Notes on Sources 462
Index 499