Frozen in time: Bob Dylan at home with his son, June 1968

In a year of major social conflicts, Bob Dylan retreats from fame to become a stay-at-home dad in bucolic WoodstockFor America, 1968 was a convulsive year: riots, assassinations, Vietnam and the election in November of Richard Nixon. For Bob Dylan, 1968 was a year of withdrawal and rural domesticity. After the gruelling world tour of 1966 and his motorcycle accident, the singer had gone to ground at Hi Lo Ha, the rambling home he had bought in 1965 in rural upstate New York. Between the release ...

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