I am interested in creating unique, one of a kind, once in a lifetime, never to be forgotten events! He was twelve years old and he had a guitar. He would go around telling everybody that he was going to be a rock-and-roll star. I was eleven and I believed him. As Bobby Zimmerman became Bob Dylan and Louie Kemp built a successful international business, their lives diverged but their friendship held fast.
When Louie got married, Bob was his best man; when Bob questioned his Jewish faith, Louie brought him back to the fold. And that is just a small sample of the never- before-told, up-close-and-personal stories in this eye-opening book. Or get into a public food fight with Joan Baez?
Read on. We have laughed at the same jokes and confided our deepest thoughts and fears. We have never needed anything from each other but have always been there for each other. Why is this book different from all other Bob Dylan books? The answer is quite simple.
It is because these stories are told by the only other guy who was there. His name is Louie Kemp and he and Bobby Zimmerman met at summer camp when he was eleven years old. For the next fifty years, the two amigos maintained a heroic friendship. The two friends proceeded to travel the world, gaining renown in their respective fields and becomingβbeyond doubtβthe two most successful dropouts in the history of the University of Minnesota. Yet, they continually came back together to share epic adventures, most of which have never been written about until now, and certainly not from this close up.
As I heard more of his tales, I began to feel the tug of something much bigger and just as credible. Bobby Zimmerman from Hibbing, Minnesota, is Tom, of courseβthe ringleader and dreamer.
