Author Daryl Sanders not only provides the most extensive account of the sessions that produced the trailblazing album, he also sets the record straight on much of the misinformation that has surrounded the story of how the masterpiece came to be made. Including many new details and eyewitness accounts never before published, as well as keen insight into the Nashville cats who helped Dylan reach rare artistic heights, That Thin, Wild Mercury Sound explores the lasting impact of rock's first double album.

Based on exhaustive research and in-depth interviews with the producer, the session musicians, studio personnel, management personnel, and others, Sanders chronicles the road that took Dylan from New York to Nashville in search of "that thin, wild mercury sound."

As Dylan told Playboy in 1978, the closest he ever came to capturing that sound was during the Blonde on Blonde sessions, where the voice of a generation was backed by musicians of the highest order.