Together Through Life

Veteran journalist and critic Chris Morris reflects on his intense five-decade-long relationship with the music of Bob Dylan examining how the singer-songwriters work has shaped his own life. In Together Through Life Morris offers a candid album-by-album journey through Dylans discography culminating with Fallen Angels (2016) and explores the personal resonance each record has had. In 2013 while facing a creative block during the writing of his book Los Lobos: Dream in Blue Morrisformer music editor of The Hollywood Reporter and senior writer at Billboardturned to Dylans recently reissued album catalog for inspiration. His reflections initially posted on Tumblr soon revealed themselves to be more than critical essays. As Morris writes The pieces were not about Dylan and they were not about me; they were about Dylan and me. He began to revisit pivotal moments of his life through the lens of Dylans music: Where was I when this came out? Who was I with? Was I happy? What was my state of mind? The music served as a time capsule reigniting memories emotions and periods he had long left unexamined. Through this introspective lens Together Through Life doesnt simply assess Dylans creative highs and lows. Instead it offers a deeply personal meditation on how a singular artists body of work can provoke comfort and accompany a listener through decades of life. This book holds a unique place in Dylan literatureintimate reflective and profoundly human.