Sally Grossman

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Sally Grossman (b. 1940) was the wife of Bob Dylan's late manager, Albert Grossman. According to several Dylan biographers, including David Hadju, she introduced Bob Dylan to his first wife Sara, although this claim is disputed by Sara Dylan's stepson (from her first marriage) Peter Lownds in Howard Sounes' biography, "Down the Highway The Life of Bob Dylan". Grossman is also the young woman languorously stretched out on the cover of his 1965 album Bringing It All Back Home. She also appeared briefly in the D.A. Pennebaker documentary, Dont Look Back.

The album photograph came about after Dylan spent the summer writing and recording at the Grossmans' home. Sally, then 25, took part because "I was around, and Bob just asked me to do it." The photograph was taken by Daniel Kramer in the Woodstock, New York, home where Grossman still lives. The chaise lounge in the photograph was a wedding gift to the Grossmans from Mary Travers of Peter, Paul and Mary.

As for the red jersey dress, Grossman says, "I don't think I've worn it again." Now running Woodstock-based Bearsville Records, following the death of her husband, Grossman says, "It's amazing to be on an album cover that people remember 30 years later."

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"Interview with Sally Grossman", MOJO magazine, August 1996, p 16.