Al Kooper vs. The Bob Dylan Encyclopedia

I borrowed the new Dylan "Encyclopedia" from a friend who must have money to burn, and was quite disappointed in the inaccuracies and lack of proper encyclopedic journalism in author Michael Gray’s tough to please stance.
I always thought an encyclopedia was a haven for true facts reported in an unopinionated manner. Neither is so in this Dylan rip-off. Ironically, the Encyclopedia Britannica hired me in 2000 to write the Bob Dylan entry, and I must honestly say, that it is reported in a factual, concise, unopinionated manner. Having spent much more time with the subject matter in-person than Mr. Gray (if only he wrote that way) I am always sensitive to factual errors. And Mr. Gray, as far as I can recall (of course) never interviewed me for his masterwork.
Instead of dwelling on his critical slaps in the face, I will point out the errors I found in the first few paragraphs: He has me performing with the Blues Project at Monterey Pop which I did not as I had just quit the band. He has me moving to the West Coast to form BS&T, which any fan could tell you was eventually formed in New York. And when are these morons gonna learn that if you cover someone’s song, your main intention is not to compete with the original version ? If this was the case, than no one would ever sing a Sam Cooke, Otis Redding, Al Green or for that matter, Bob Dylan song....except Michael Bolton!
He repeats other errors that have been made consistently
(claims Blond on Blonde was cut in TWO separate trips to Nashville, it was actually one ten day stay in the winter) And when you tell these alleged journalists the truth, they deny it and back it up with studio paperwork which they obviously have no idea how to translate. If I was there and he wasn’t, who would YOU think was telling the ACTUAL true story ??????
At any rate, as a piece of factual research, it sucks. 60% of the entries are gossipy padding and frankly, his microscope is boring and inaccurate. Other than that, I loved it. My dear friend writer Andy McLenon suggests Oliver Trager’s Dylan Encyclopedia published by Billboard, who took BACKSTAGE PASSES & BACKSTABBING BASTARDS out of print. So hurry if you want Trager’s less expensive, allegedly more accurate tome.