Dylan Rolls into Carter’s Life
After reading The Sixteenth Round during a trip to France, influential American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan decided to visit Carter in prison. The two reportedly had an instant rapport and spent a total of two hours together, with Dylan taking notes on what Carter said.
Source: singout.org
According to Carter, “We sat and talked for many, many hours, and I recognized the fact that here was a brother.” Dylan couldn’t have agreed more: “I realized that the man’s philosophy and my philosophy were running down the same road, and you don’t meet too many people like that.”