Omnibus Press Launches New Bob Dylan Book

Omnibus Press Launches New Bob Dylan Book

Bob Dylan: Intimate Insights From Friends And Fellow Musicians Hits Stores June 2007

NEW YORK, Feb. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Omnibus Press, a division of The Music Sales Group, is pleased to announce the June 2007 release of Kathleen Mackay's new book, Bob Dylan: Intimate Insights From Friends And Fellow Musicians (ISBN 0.8256.7330.5, $22.95).

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The new book is a unique oral history of a major musician who has played a significant role in America's cultural history for the last 40 years. Dylan's friends-from Pete Seeger to Bruce Springsteen to Rosanne Cash to Bono to Tom Petty-offer insight into the singer-songwriter's artistic genius and personality. His story is told by the musicians who were at his side during the rollicking changes and artistic breakthroughs of the '60s. Bob Dylan: Intimate Insights From Friends And Fellow Musicians provides a keen portrait of the friendships that helped shape important musicians whose voices influenced our society as a whole. Herein are insights not only into Dylan's elusive personality, but into the lives of the major musicians of our times.

As Rosanne Cash extols, "This is a book not only about Bob, but about the historical moment in which he developed, arrived and transformed his musical and social surroundings." Ben Fong-Torres, former senior editor of Rolling Stone adds, "In her book on Bob Dylan, Kathleen Mackay has trained her sights on friends. And when they turn out to include the Beatles, the Band, Bono, Bruce Springsteen, Tom Petty and many others, the results are more than revelatory. They add many colors to the continually emerging portrait of one of the greatest artists of all time."

The book will begin hitting bookstore shelves in early June. Attendees of Book Expo America (New York City, June 1 - 3, 2007) will have a first look at the book as it debuts at the Music Sales/Omnibus Press booth. Author Kathleen Mackay will be making an appearance at Book Expo, participating in author events at bookstores in the Greater Boston Area, and is available for media interviews.

Kathleen Mackay is a journalist and author who has written widely on arts and culture. Her articles have appeared in Time, People, Rolling Stone, The Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, and other publications. She has co- authored four books, including contributing an essay to The Anne Rice Reader (Ballantine) about her lifelong friendship with Anne Rice. A graduate of Harvard, she lives in Concord, Massachusetts with her husband, David Garcelon. www.kathleenmmackay.com

MEDIA REVIEW COPY REQUESTS: Contact Alison Wofford tel: 212-254-2100 x 131 or alison.wofford@musicsales.com

About The Music Sales Group:

Music Sales Group, founded in 1935 by the Wise family, is an international company with interests in four main areas of music publishing: Copyright ownership and promotion of standard and popular music, classical music, printed music, and book publishing. Book imprints include Omnibus Press, Schirmer Trade Books, Amsco, and others. The company maintains offices in New York, London, Sydney, Copenhagen, Madrid, Tokyo, and Paris.

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CONTACT: Media: Alison Wofford, Promotions/Publicity Manager,
+1-212-254-2100 x131, Fax: +1-212-254-2013, alison.wofford@musicsales.com, or
Sara Resnick, Marketing/Publicity Assistant, +1-212-254-2100 x149, Fax:
+1-212-254-2013, sara.resnick@musicsales.com, both for Omnibus Press

Web site: http://www.musicsales.com/
http://www.kathleenmmackay.com/

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