DYLAN’S ACCIDENTAL MASTER-PIECE. (cover story)

DYLAN, Bob, 1941-; BASEMENT Tapes, The (Music); BAND (Performer); SOUND recording piracy; SONGWRITING; MUSICIANS; SINGER-songwriters; TWENTIETH century; SUBSTANCE abuse

The article discusses singer-songwriter Bob Dylan and songs that he and his backup band, the Band, recorded in his home in Woodstock, New York between 1967 and 1968 onto a collection of master tapes titled "The Basement Tapes," which were lost and later released in 1975 after being found. Topics include the set's offering of insight into Dylan's creative process, the birth of the bootleg music industry through songs stolen from the set, and Dylan's decision to clean up his life and stop using drugs and alcohol following his motorcycle accident in July 1966.