Though the notoriously cagey songwriter would be loath to admit it, these lines, scattered amid the dusty and desolate imagery of the longest, darkest, and most memorable song on 2006’s Modern Times, veer as close to autobiography as he’s ever gotten. For the past 20 or so years, Bob Dylan has lived much of his life on a literal road; in 2011 alone, he played in the neighborhood of 90 shows over the course of eight months, traveling to towns like Thackerville, Oklahoma, and Gilford, New Hampshire, as well as far-flung countries across the globe, with a band of musicians he reportedly never talks to. He’s among the three or four...
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