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Veteran journalist and critic Chris Morris looks back at his intense half-century-long relationship with the music of Bob Dylan; viewing the role the singer-songwriterrsquo;s work has played in his own life. A candid album-by-album exploration of Dylanrsquo;s catalog through 2016rsquo;s ldquo;Fallen Angelsrdquo; examines the powerful personal impact of the musicianrsquo;s art.In 2013; Morris ndash; the former music editor of The Hollywood Reporter and a longtime senior writer at Billboard ndash; hit a psychological roadblock as he worked on his book Los Lobos: Dream in Blue (ultimately published in 2015 by the University of Texas Press). Hoping to get his writing flowing again; he turned to the music of Bob Dylan; whose album catalog had recently been collected in a boxed-set edition; and published his thoughts as posts on the blog site Tumblr.It quickly became apparent to the writer and to his readers that the posts were something more than a critical reconsideration of Dylanrsquo;s music.Morris writes. ldquo;The pieces were not about Dylan and they were not about me; they were about Dylan and me. I found myself reconsidering my past through these records. Where was I when this came out? How old was I? Where was I living? Who was I with? Was I in love? Was I happy? Miserable? Crazy? Was I high? Where was I working? What was my state of mind? How did the music affect me? In some cases the pieces were coolly measured (though never impersonal); in others I found myself plunging into places within me that I hadnrsquo;t visited for years. I was retrieving a portion of my life; which I had spent almost all of in the company of Bob Dylanrsquo;s music.rdquo;Here; Dylanrsquo;s music is explored album by album; from his 1962 debut as a folksinger to his 2015-16 explorations of the Classic American songbook; the creative highs and lows of his entire 37-title discography are examined.But Morrisrsquo; take on Dylanrsquo;s music doesnrsquo;t merely weigh the quality of the work ndash; it reveals how a gifted artistrsquo;s creations have the power to engage; incite; alter; and even rescue a listener over the course of a lifetime. Together Through Life occupies a unique space in the vast bibliography of Bob Dylan books.