Dr Tudor Jones is a political historian and is Hon. Research Fellow in History of Political Thought at Coventry University, UK. He is the author of The Revival of British Liberalism: From Grimond to Clegg (2011), Modern Political Thinkers and Ideas (Routledge, 2002) and Remaking the Labour Party: From Gaitskell to Blair (Routledge, 1996). He is also a lifelong admirer of Bob Dylan.
I was taken all the way back to the early sixties and The Railway Hotel in my hometown of Harrow, north-west London, where aged 15 I heard the blues played live for the first time. Those days, deeply influenced by Bob Dylan, are captured here magnificently by Tudor Jones. - Tony O'Malley, Co-founder of British soul pioneers Kokomo and a member of 10cc in the seventies. He also played on Dylan's 'Desire' album. Tudor Jones has brought into focus the importance of 1960s Britain to the formation and consolidation of the emblematic and enigmatic Bob Dylan, from his early appearance in the BBC play `Madhouse on Castle Street' when he was still absorbing all the musical genres he could, including the melodies and rhythms of English Folk Music from Martin Carthy, to the fully formed icon, the `Great White Wonder' of the Isle of Wight Festival in 1969. This is a fascinating book for all those interested in the politics and culture of 1960s Britain as well as for Dylan aficionados. - David Boucher, Cardiff University and University of Johannesburg. In this well-written book Tudor explores Dylan's relationship with the Britain of the 1960s. The upshot is that we find out a lot more about Dylan and 1960s music in Britain. It's a great read. - Gary Browning, author of The Political Art of Bob Dylan.