Bob Dylan had no motorcycle accident, says Dutch artist
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Amsterdam - Bob Dylan's much reported motorcycle crash in 1966 never actually happened and the pop icon went in rehab instead, according to a new book published on Friday. Dutch painter and author Jan Cremer claims to have seen Dylan during the detoxification process. Cremer, 68, makes his claim in his book, Ik, Jan Cremer III, that went on sale in the Netherlands. In the book, Cremer writes about his life in the Netherlands and New York in the 1960s when he lived a wild life, mixing with the stars of the pop music scene. In the 1960s, Cremer lived in the Chelsea Hotel in New York where Dylan also had a room. This is where Cremer allegedly saw Dylan suffering from the detox process. Dylan was known to have used drugs to help him cope with his punishing lifestyle. After the motorcycle accident on July 29, 1966, Dylan remained out of the public eye for almost two months, raising questions about what happened to him. Rumours increased in later years, but Dylan always insisted he did no go into rehab. Dylan's music changed radically following his return. Also, the frequency of his concerts was reduced substantially. Dylan always said the accident had made him understand that his family came before his music.
Copyright DPA
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Jan Cremer
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rrl ,
Sun, 01 Jun 2008 10:55:02 GMT
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Jan Cremer is a very well-talented though very lazy/easy-go-happy painter and a nice storyteller/writer. Most of all he's a B.S.-artist who's been in the Dutch press mostly because being out of money and accusing all kinds of people for robbing him. This has been a standard for him since 1964, when I was 16 and "I Jan Cremer (I)" was published. Cremer's relation to Dylan is, I think, already summed up in Robert Shelton's No Direction Home (in the Index Cremer gets one namecheck). Dylan's 1966/67 years have been so thoroughly documented by himself and others that the Dylan-pages in Jan Cremer III seem very much a old-fashioned publicity hoax.
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motorcycle crash
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Tom Brahms ,
Sat, 31 May 2008 18:46:39 GMT
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Well maybe he did go into some type of medical intervention but that doesn't mean the crash was a myth. Indeed, Sally Grossman (wife of Albert Dylan's manager), stated that Sara (Bob's wife at the time), brought him to Grossman's house which was very close by. She confirmed that there was indeed a crash and Dylan was "moaning and hurt" due to the fall. End of story.
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