Over the years, Big Issue has heard plenty of Bob Dylan anecdotes from those who have known him. Here are some of the best.

First off, A Complete Unknown is a great film – very watchable. Bob Dylan obsessives (cultists even) will see it over and over, analysing every frame. Its two hours flashed by. I was engrossed – even as I mentally corrected its multifarious chronological infelicities.

Bob Dylan and Joan Baez both made protest music in the 1960s. She said she tried to push him to be more political.

During their turbulent and famous relationship, folk singer Joan Baez was gifted with a song penned by Bob Dylan which proved to be one of her most successful.

Baez marks Barbaro’s most potent big-screen role to date after other supporting turns in “Top Gun: Maverick,” where she was the only female naval pilot among a crew of bros, and Ricky D’Ambrose’s Spirit Award-winning family drama “The Cathedral.”

George Harrison's "Got My Mind Set on You," his last No. 1 single, was originally recorded by James Ray in 1962. It was written by Rudy Clark, who composed numerous hits in his career, including Betty Everett's "It's in His Kiss (The Shoop Shoop Song)" the Young Rascals' "Good Lovin'' and the Main Ingredient's "Everybody Plays the Fool."

Neil Young had admitted to a historical faux pas, revealing that he once ejected Bob Dylan from his tour bus because he didn't recognise one of the world's most legendary and influential musicians.

Timothée Chalamet delivers an amazing performance as young Bob Dylan in James Mangold’s “A Complete Unknown,” which chronicles 19-year-old Dylan’s arrival in New York — after hitchhiking from Minnesota in 1961 — and his rapid rise to fame as a folk singer/songwriter, culminating with his dicey choice four years later to transition into a rock star.

A Complete Unknown is in cinemas now, but what really happened between Bob Dylan and Joan Baez? Read on for the real-life version.

From folk hero Woody Guthrie to a record-breaking Broadway star and a hot sauce magnate… the true story behind every musician portrayed in new Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown.

James Mangold's new Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown opens in New Zealand cinemas on 23 January. In the lead-up, the ABC's Angus Truskett revisits the great musician's 50-year cinematic footprint.