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Britta Lee Shain

"In the annals of books about Bob Dylan - and there exist libraries of these volumes - there is no book like this one. It is second only to Dylan's own Chronicles in being the most poetic book on the subject, and stands alone at being the most romantic" ~ American Songwriter

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Britta Lee Shain is a songwriter and novelist.

Seeing The Real You At Last (Life and Love on the Road with Bob Dylan) is on The New York Post’s 

“Forty Books of 2016 You Must Read Immediately”

Her original songs have been played on the radio across the country and around the world.

Author/Songwriter Britta Lee Shain

Book Signing at Kidd’s Jewelry Heist in Pasadena, May 2016

“Britta was as close to Bob as anyone has ever been, and offers here a perspective on a time in his life – the mid-80s — that has rarely been viewed, and never captured as intimately or poetically as it is here” ~ Paul Zollo, American Songwriter, Favorite Bob Dylan Books, Part 3, August 2021

Songwriter/Author Britta Lee Shain performing

J.C. Hyke’s Songwriter Serenade in Arcadia, CA

Britta Lee Shain wearing a gray long-sleeve shirt with lace details on the sleeves, playing an acoustic guitar and singing into a microphone, smiling. She is wearing a red necklace

“A female Tom Waits” ~ Linda Kordek,  The Agency Group

“Britta Lee Shain’s CD, What the Heart Wants, should come with a warning label:“This album may be addictive.” Shain’s unique brand of cool, bluesy folk-rock is more than that good. It is compelling” ~ J. Morris, Folkworks

Britta Lee Shain sitting at a table, smiling, holding a pen and a book, with a chocolate dessert on a plate before her, in a room with ornate wallpaper, framed posters on the wall, and red velvet curtains.

“Britta Lee Shain sings with grit and passion, some of the colors you don't get as often as you want to from the palette of singer/songwriters.  I like the way she takes on the discovery of where a relationship is heading by the road it travels,  literally or metaphorically. Ride with her, you'll enjoy the trip.” ~ Sonnie Brown,  host of SongTown on Public Radio KCBX