Jacob Maymudes Ripped Me Off In His Book Another Side Of Bob Dylan

I have to set the record straight.

 Jacob Maymudes has ripped me off in his recent book ANOTHER SIDE OF BOB DYLAN.

If you are looking for a real good biography about Bob Dylan read Robert Shelton's bio of Bob titled NO DIRECTION HOME. Bob liked it. So will you.  It covers Bob's childhood in Hibbing, Minnesota like no other book could. Shelton worked closely on the book with Bob Dylan and got his approval.

I had hopes for Jacob's  book because I met Victor Maymudes and Bob Dylan at the Mardi Gras in New Orleans in 1964. I had waited 50 years for Victor to write his book. This is not it. This is something his son cobbled together.

In 2013 when I learned Jacob was working on his book I emailed him and told him he could use my material that I had given to Robert Shelton(via my brother in NYC) and that material is in the book NO DIRECTION HOME. It was published in 1986. I also sent him a link to my blog: Blogspot.com Tally Ho! Search: Mardi Gras 1964 Bob Dylan

Robert Shelton used my material and gave me full credit. You can read it for yourself in the section on Mardi Gras 1964 in New Orleans in his book NO DIRECTION HOME. I first wrote my memories of that Mardi Gras in 1967. My brother passed it along to Robert Shelton in the late 1960s. I later expanded it and added new material on my blog on Dec. 9, 2009. It can be found on my blog here:
blogspot.com tally ho! Search Mardi Gras 1964 Bob Dylan

Now if you read what I wrote back in 1967 and updated in 2009 you will see the same words and quotes Jacob uses in his book.
Jacob has ripped me and my work off.

I did tell him he could use my material if he would give me credit. Not only did he not give me credit he put my writing and words in his father's mouth. There is no way two people would remember those incidents and quotes the same way. Jacob stole them from what I sent him(my blog entry on that Mardi Gras). He changed a few things and made some mistakes also. For instance: I never called myself "The white southern poet" during that Mardi Gras in 1964. In fact it was Bob Dylan that called me that in 1964 on the back liner notes of the ALBUM titled Another Side of Bob Dylan. Look it up and read it for yourself and read Bob's telling of meeting me at that Mardi Gras. My name is spelled Stuart instead of Stewart but if you read Shelton's book you will see he corrected that mispelling.

The incidents and quotes on that Mardi Gras were stolen from my writing by Jacob and put to his own use without giving me credit. There is a name for that and it is plagiarism. "That is to pass off as one's own the ideas the words of another." that is the Merriam-Webster Dictionary definition of the word.

Now since NO DIRECTION HOME was first published in 1986 it is possible that Jacob's father Victor Maymudes may be the one who ripped me off.  It could be that it was Victor who decided to lift my memories and make them his own for the book he was trying to write. Since he did not write he may have just spoken them into his tape recorder as his own memories. But no two people remember exactly the same incidents and the same words.

Since I have found this done from my work it makes me wonder what other Dylan bios he (or his father) has ripped off.
Stay clear of this book. Save your time and money.
I had great hopes for Victor's book. It is a sad. I liked Victor when I met him and Bob at that Mardi Gras in New Orleans in Feb. 1964. Jacob and Victor's book is such a disappointment.

Read my post below this one to read the true story of that Mardi Gras of 1964.

No Direction Home By Robert Shelton Bio Of Bob Dylan Is The Best Of The Lot.

This is the best biography of Bob Dylan's early life and career. The childhood and teenage section in Hibbing, Minnesota is riveting.

Below are some pages from the book that describe a road trip Bob Dylan made in 1964 with a stop over in New Orleans during Mardi Gras of that year.

I met Bob and Victor Maymudes on Mardi Gras Day that year.
What follows are my memories which I wrote in 1967 of that time and sent to my brother who passed it along to Robert Shelton who incorporated it into his book. Being a real gentleman he gave me full credit in the text.

I also posted and expanded and updated a corrected version on my blog in Dec. 2009.
You can find it by clicking on the Label below. Just click on Mardi Gras 1964.

Click and double click on these pages to enlarge them.

New Book About Bob Dylan I Have Been Waiting For For 50 Years From Tapes Made By His Road Manager and Bodyguard Victor Maymudes

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/10/books/a-dylan-insiders-back-pages.html

 http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/10/books/a-dylan-insiders-back-pages.html

Cut and paste the above link in Yahoo or Google search to read about this forthcoming book due out in September.
This will be the real insiders story told by Victor Maymudes Bob's friend and road manager from the early days.
Search on this blog for more on Victor Maymudes and Bob Dylan.

Here is the book as shown on Amazon.com
http://www.amazon.com/dp/125005530X/ref=rdr_ext_tmb

And here is my post about Bob Dylan at Mardi Gras in New Orleans in Feb. 1964.

Search blogspot.com tally ho!...search bob dylan mardi gras 1964.

My material was used by Robert Shelton in his bio of Dylan titled NO DIRECTION HOME.
Now I see from reading pages in this book Jacob Maymudes has also used my material about that Mardi Gras in his book. He used my quotes as well. I told him a year ago he could use my material if he would give me credit. But he has put my words in his father's telling of the events of that Mardi Gras.  He ripped me and my words off. And he does not give me credit.
Instead he changed some few things and got many of the facts wrong.

Compare the quotes in this new book with what I wrote back in 2009
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Plus I have much more detailed information on Bob Dylan at that Mardi Gras. Look at my blog post for the real  true story of what went on at that Mardi Gras 1964.
http://joeb-tallyho.blogspot.com/2009/12/bob-dylan-at-mardi-gras-new-orleans-feb.html

You can also click on the Label Mardi Gras 1964 Bob Dylan in the Label box below to find my posts about that time and place. And click on the Label No Direction Home to read what I and Robert Shelton wrote in his book of that same name. And you will clearly see where Jacob Maymudes stole my words and writings and put them in his book claiming they came from his father's tapes.
I challenge him to provide audio tapes of his father saying those words.

The Victor Maymudes Story: Friend & Confidant to Bob Dylan

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1845647414/the-victor-maymudes-biography-friend-and-mentor-to

I have been waiting almost 50 years to read the Victor Maymudes book about Bob Dylan when and if it was ever to be published. Victor knew him better than  anybody and had many more stories to tell than anyone else. Now Victor's son Jacob is trying to get the book finished and published.
Originally to be titled The Joker And The Thief you can take your pick as to who was the Joker and who was the Thief.
Below is a link to my meeting these two guy at Mardi Gras in New Orleans in Feb. 1964.
I sure hope Jacob can get his father's book published soon so we all can read it.
Victor was a very cool guy.

http://joeb-tallyho.blogspot.com/search?q=bob+dylan+mardi+gras+1964

Bob Dylan And Victor Maymudes Back In the Day

Bob Dylan and Victor Maymudes on the right.

Bob Dylan and Victor Maymudes playing chess.

Bob and Victor watching movies.
Click on the pictures above to enlarge them.

Click on the link below to read all about Victor.

 http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1845647414/the-victor-maymudes-biography-friend-and-mentor-to

Click on the name Victor Maymudes in the Labels Box below to read another post about these two guys and when I met them at Mardi Gras in New Orleans in Feb. 1964.