THE DEAD STRAIGHT GUIDE TO BOB DYLAN,
by Nigel Williamson

        This is an update to THE ROUGH GUIDE TO BOB DYLAN (2004). One of the first books in the Dead Straight Guide series, this book explores the icon that is Bob Dylan, the ultimate singer-songwriter: his lyrics, his influences, and the musicians with whom he worked. A former features editor of THE TIMES and contributor to MOJO and UNCUT, Williamson still writes obituaries for THE TIMES, usually about music business people.

pre-publication cover #1, (digital picture only, no real existence), advertised as Clarksdale and Ovolo Books Limited which are part of the same group as Red Planet Publishing. Thanks to John Baldwin for the investigation.	pre-publication cover #2
- HIS LIFE & MUSIC IN ONE ESSENTIAL BOOK, Red Planet Publishing 2015, 352 pages, paperback.	Fully revised and updated edition, including ROUGH AND ROWDY WAYS. Red Planet Publishing, May 2021, to celebrate Bob Dylan’s 80th birthday. 384 pages, soft cover. ISBN  978-1912733415