Sally Grossman, the wife of Dylan’s erstwhile manger, Albert, and the women who introduced him to his first wife, Sara, has died.
She was 81 and famous for being the women in red on the iconic cover of Bringing it All Back Home album, Dylan’s halfway house between acoustic and electric.
The photograph was taken at the Grossman’s’ Woodstock home in Bearsville, a two-hour drive from New York City.
The album cover was taken by Daniel Kramer and showed Dylan as a full-blown hipster. He had killed of his Dust Bowl image and posed with Sally, a Persian cat on his lap, and became the epitome of cool.
Sally was the perfect partner for him, 25-years-old, sophisticated, smoking, lounging, beautiful, sleek and decadent, the reality of the 1960s.
Sally is credited in many biographies of introducing Bob to Sara, however, the claim is disputed by his stepson, Peter Lownds.
Albert, whose managed Janis Joplin and The Band, died of a heart attack as he flew on Concorde in 1986. By then Dylan and Albert’s world had turned sour with money at the core.
Sally was apparently dismissive of Dylan too. When asked about the red dress she wore. She said: “I don’t think I ever wore it again…”
Sally died on March 12, 2021 at 81; the cause of death, at this time, is not known.
Sad news today.