The Songs He Didn*t Write: Bob Dylan Under the Influence

Encyclopedic and exhaustive, this guide to the more than 500 songs Bob Dylan has covered, in concert or on record, details the history of each song and offers an explanation of how he came to perform them. His masterful interpretations range from the more obvious blues, country, folk, and gospel recordings to contemporary writers such as Warren Zevon and John Hiatt. In addition to the listing of these covered songs, this compendium also includes a lengthy section detailing all of the remaining tracks that Dylan has written for others, but which remain unrecorded by the man himself.

Derek Barker is the founder and editor of the international Bob Dylan magazine ISIS. He is the author of ISIS: A Bob Dylan Anthology and Bob Dylan Anthology 2: 20 Years of ISIS.