The Jerusalem Post

“As colorfully related in his 2019 book Dylan & Me – written with longtime friend and fellow Jewish raconteur Kinky Friedman – Kemp unrolls shaggy dog stories about being a mere mortal entering the world of rock royalty: hanging out with Joan Baez and Joni Mitchell; getting into a shoving match over Dylan with legendary promoter Bill Graham on the side of the stage at the iconic Last Waltz concert by The Band; and spending a Los Angeles Seder with Dylan on one side of him and Marlon Brando on the other.”

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Gavin Lance Garcia, City of Austin Music Commissioner

“Since the release of your book, Dylan and Me, I've wanted to reach out to thank you for giving Bob the most fitting tribute any friend/author could offer. Over the years, I've had the pleasure of visiting with Bob on a few public occasions, including having had the honor of giving him the "key" to the City of Austin. Your book brings to life the man I had the pleasure of meeting. I own 150-plus first edition/first printing books about Bob, which will soon be housed in the Bob Dylan Archive in Tulsa. Among these, your title stands alone, not only because it will forever be the closest primary source, but it also gives the definitive account of Bob's finest qualities. The "human side," as you've described.

No doubt, you have provided researchers--and generations to come--an accurate and compelling portrait of Bob. One that only you could have written. I'll be recommending using your book in college classrooms here at the University of Texas at Austin. And your success as a businessman and creative in your own right is worth close examination. And re-reading!”

Jennifer Yaffee Goetz

“I loved your book Louie. you may remember that I was cleaning Bob’s house in the days when he was at the vineyard school of discipleship I remember you lived there too, in Brentwood. As my memory recalls, you were getting into more of your Jewishness as he was discovering Jesus. It was an interesting time. I also traveled with David Mansfield in the Rolling Thunder Revue. Here is a picture of our discipleship class with Bob and Mary Alice. I’m in the middle on someone’s lap. GREAT BOOK!!!!!”

Francis King, Nashville

“More than any other book I’ve read about Bob Dylan, yours revealed the real, very genuine human being behind the myth. Thank you for writing it!”

Kirkus Reviews

“The tone of Kemp’s writing is nostalgic and warm, if mostly reportorial; … this strategy works well for the material, and the presence of Dylan, a vital and enigmatic figure, gives the book a charge. An earnest account of a friendship featuring anecdotes of celebrity encounters.”

Dan Sterdt

“I've been so drawn to Mr. Dylan's rich catalog of poetic music over the years, having been introduced by my dad, who was lucky enough to be on the Greenwich Village scene when Bobby Zimmerman became Bob Dylan. His unique, magnetic, and generous personality have always shown through to me, and I wanted to thank you for your beautiful book and sharing your friendship. Your big heart shines in your writing, and I've now become a Louie Kemp fan too.”

Andy Greene,

e-Radio

“Dylan fans will be fascinated by Kemp’s account of Dylan’s religious conversion in the late Seventies and his return to his Jewish roots in the Eighties.”

The Vinyl District

“Kemp’s memoir gives with the goods, underscoring the funny and deeply affectionate history of a five decade-long friendship with wild adventures, soul searching conversation, musical milestones, and enduring comradery straight on up to the mid-seventies, when Dylan looked to Kemp to produce the now-legendary, Rolling Thunder Revue, (1975-76).”

Steven Mirkin, Jewish Journal

"In the book, Kemp comes off as a grounding force. He even manages to puncture Dylan’s aura…The chapters offer a view of Dylan that few have seen.”

prospero360, Online Book Club

"A book offering details into the reserved, mysterious life of Bob Dylan is always welcome in my library....Readers will find that there are a lot of lessons to be learned from [Louie and Bob] on making and sustaining friendships....The fast pace of the story ensured that I finished the book in two sittings."

Rabbi Shraga Simmons, Aish.com

“What sets Dylan & Me apart from the endless other books about Dylan is that it’s not based on third-party interpretations, speculations, or unconfirmed rumors. Rather, it is an eyewitness account by someone who knows Dylan…better than anyone else who has tried to explain Dylan to the rest of us.”

Electric Review

“There are many things to admire about this book – the raw hue of honesty that shines off the lips of every page being foremost. However, what also must be mentioned is that Kemp wrote this book on his own terms, bringing it forward without shredding Bob Dylan’s personal life.”

Agence France Press

"Louie Kemp has released a backstage pass of sorts into the mythology of Dylan, in the form of a memoir... dishing on everything from the folk hero's Passover Seder meal with Marlon Brando to his own food fight at a Chinese restaurant with Joan Baez.”

Dan Epstein, The Forward

“The release of Kemp’s book is especially welcome, coming as it does on the heels of [the documentary] ‘Conjuring the Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese’…. 

Kemp’s book offers a grounded look at the chaos and camaraderie of the Rolling Thunder Revue that — like the rest of his book — is refreshingly free of myth-making or historical embroidery…. 

it’s worth reading just for Kemp’s celebration of Dylan’s playful (and too often overlooked) sense of humor, and his voluminous supply of hilarious anecdotes, which include a food fight with Joan Baez, a wasted Stephen Stills plaintively asking Dylan “Why did you write that song about me?” after hearing “Idiot Wind” for the first time, and a shabbily dressed Dylan being mistaken for a homeless man during a Yom Kippur service….

For many fans and critics, Dylan’s subsequent return to Judaism marked a major (and most welcome) turning point in his career, and it’s fascinating to finally read an eyewitness account of how it actually came about….

As Louie Kemp’s amusing and entertaining book makes abundantly clear, there’s a warm and loving heart beating beneath the Mighty Zimm’s many layers of defense and disguise.”

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IDA WAX

“Your book kept me up all night and I finished the entire delightful book. You shared such beautiful stories about yourself and your friends from childhood to your adult years. I know your book will be a great success, and I wish you continued Hatzloah in all your endeavors.”