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I got to meet my musical idol, who celebrates his milestone 80th birthday today, once. It was 1980 and I was all of 14 years old. Bob Dylan was performing for four nights at Torontoâs Massey Hall, and I set out to meet the great man.
On the first day of Dylanâs Toronto shows, my schoolâs vice-principal, Tim Clarke, gave me a private OK to skip afternoon classes, after I told him of my dream of meeting Dylan. With permission secured, I stood outside the stage door at Massey Hall for hours, clutching my copy of Dylanâs album, Highway 61 Revisited, hoping Dylan would sign it for me.
Happy birthday Bob Dylan, the man who was true to his heart
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Imagine a mountain no one can climb. Imagine a river no one can cross. Imagine a road that goes on forever. Imagine mountain, river and road are the one thing. This is not an impossibility. The proof is in a body of work that stretches back 60 years. It is a legacy beyond eclipse.
One artist carries these multitudes. Bob Dylan. Itâs his birthday today. Light 80 candles.
Following the recent publication of their life story, Gotta Die To Live, Jonathan Bellamy caught up with CR pioneering founders Chris and Kerry Cole, to find out more.
Jon: Kerry, you re the author of Gotta Die To Live, and it s
not your first book. What might people know you from
previously?
Kerry: Prior to writing Gotta Die to Live I wrote a novel called Exit
Darcus and before that an art-style book called The Purple Veil.
Kerry Cole:
author of Gotta Die To Live
Jon: Is writing something that has always been there in your
heart? Even growing up, did you think that one day you d like to write
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