Again, it may be because of how I feel about him. One naturally gives far greater attention to the words of someone one cares deeply about...and that means you really focus in strongly, and you get more back accordingly. You shine a brighter light on the picture, in other words, and see nuances you would not have seen otherwise.

If Dylan was just "another musician" to me, I might not have liked the book nearly as well...but I probably would not even have read it then in the first place. ;-)

I loved Joan Baez book for perhaps the same reason...because I love her.

She and Bob were like my patron saints of music. Them and Buffy Sainte-Marie. They were my "holy trinity" of folk music. I also liked Ian & Sylvia, Judy Collins, Leonard Cohen, Joni Mitchell...and many others after that.

Did you mean "New Hampshire"?