Million Dollar Bash: Bob Dylan, The Band and the Basement Tapes. Revised and updated edition

It's 1967, the Summer of Love, and Bob Dylan has retreated to Woodstock with a group of musicians formerly known as The Hawks, where they are laying down a series of recordings that will soon send ripples through the music world. These recordings – the legendary Basement Tapes – were initially not commercially released by Dylan himself but would first emerge through cover versions by acts such as The Byrds, Manfred Mann, and Peter Paul and Mary. Together, they would ignite a homespun, back-to-basics approach in the work of The Beatles, the Rolling Stones, the Grateful Dead, and numerous others, while also effectively launching the entire Americana genre.

In this fully revised and updated edition – published to coincide with a major new documentary about the Basement Tapes and the release of the T Bone Burnett-produced Lost On The River album – author and musician Sid Griffin has been granted unique access to a treasure trove of more than 40 previously unheard Basement Tapes recordings. This unprecedented access allows him to shed even greater light on this pivotal yet often misunderstood moment in popular music history, offering fresh insights and a deeper understanding of their enduring influence.