Thank you Netgalley and University of Minnesota Press for and eARC copy of Blood in the Tracks by Paul Metsa and Rick Shefchik.

If you are a Bob Dylan fan, you will enjoy this take on the re-recordings of his albums and the specific, tiny details that went into making them. However, if you are not a huge fan and are reading this for the enjoyment of music, it may not be the best book to read. Realistically, the book talks about the Minnesota musicians that performed on the album and less on the music/album itself. It wasn't my favorite read, to be honest.

This is a great book for fans of Bob Dylan but it's not a "casual" read for music fans in general. It goes into detail on all of the re-recorded tracks for "Blood on the Tracks" -- even down to the tuning on the guitars, and is quite technical. Musicians and historians will get more out of this uniquely angled, non-commercial book than most.

Great book but for Dylanologists only! There have been several books dedicated to Dylan's "Blood on the Tracks" album but this one deals only with the recordings made in Minnesota over the course of a few days in December 1974. The individual band members' lives are covered in much detail, both prior to and after the recording sessions. So if that's something you are interested in, this book is for you. It's not for everyone. There isn't much about Dylan himself or the sessions themselves, since the sessions were so short. The focus of this book is on the Minnesota musicians who performed on 5 of the 10 tracks ultimately included on the album, how they became involved in the recording of the album, and what happened in each of their lives afterwards.