The Real Story Behind 'A Complete Unknown' and Bob Dylan's Early Career, From His Arrival in New York City to When He 'Went Electric'

Grant Wong Historian, University of South Carolina When Bob Dylan arrived in New York City on January 24, 1961, “it was dead-on winter,” he later recalled. “The cold was brutal, and every artery of the city was snow-packed. … It wasn’t money or love that I was looking for. I had a heightened sense of awareness, was set in my ways, impractical and a visionary to boot. My mind was strong like a trap, and I didn’t…