Stealing Dylan From Woodstock (When the World Came to the Isle of Wight Book 1)

Reclusive star Bob Dylan had been holed up in the artist-town of Woodstock for more than three years, following a serious motor­cy­cle accident. He toyed with playing the Woodstock festival – brought to his own front door – but it was the Foulk brothers who succeeded where all others failed, luring Dylan 3,000 miles away from home to their Island, to create a Woodstock of his own.
Landing the music biz coup of the decade, the three Foulk brothers – a printer, an estate agent and an art student – became pioneers in pop promotion by signing for the world exclusive appear­ance of the reluctant ‘voice of his generation’.
For the organ­is­ers, short on expe­ri­ence, resources and time, the ensuing public response was almost over­whelm­ing, and the challenge of deliv­er­ing the most eagerly-awaited musical event of the era daunting. The world’s media covered the phenomena, gave the event global coverage and marked it as a suitable climax as the swinging sixties drew to a close.
The 1969 Isle of Wight Festival was Bob Dylan’s one and only full concert appear­ance in seven-and-a-half years and played its part in a highly trans­for­ma­tive period of the artist’s life. Stealing Dylan from Woodstock tells, from a unique per­spec­tive, of an extra­or­di­nary event which seis­mi­cally altered the lives of the author, his family, all those involved with it and many of those who attended.