Seth Rogovoy, a contributing editor at the Forward, is the author of Bob Dylan: Prophet Mystic Poet (Scribner) and Within You Without You: Listening to George Harrison (Oxford University Press).
Seth Rogovoy
By Seth Rogovoy
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In 1933, her grandfather fled from Germany to escape Hitler
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The Liverpool-born drummer had a Jewish stepfather who was a big Dinah Shore fan
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