Bob Dylan and his secret children

Some believe that Bob Dylan has up to four other secret children, also by other black backup vocalists, which would bring his tally to nine, although Dylan has only ever admitted to fathering four children by his first wife Sara Lowndes. He simply won't talk about Carolyn or Desi. 

Carolyn has confirmed the marriage in a statement via a publicist. 'Bob and I made a choice to keep our marriage a private matter for a simple reason - to give our daughter a normal childhood,' she said. She maintains that Dylan has been a good father to the girl and, in private, had very much acknowledged her. 

Recently, a rumour was circulating that he had married again, for a third time - and that his new wife was on the road with him. But if she was, there was no sign of her with Dylan in Dublin, where he played recently. 

After the final gig, he met local hero Bono backstage for a drink and a chat. There was no girlfriend in sight.

'He did not say much, but was on quite good form,' said a source. 'He chatted for a bit to Bono and then went off to his hotel. I think he may even have walked - he often does, which takes everyone by surprise, as they're so used to stars insisting on chauffeurs.' 

The love life of Bob Dylan

Indeed, for someone who is famous for being an uncommunicative loner, Dylan has a crazy eventful romantic life. You suspect he is only able to juggle his lovers so well because his rootless lifestyle allows him to keep various lovers separate from each other. 

For some time he has taken a liking to voluptuous, maternal women, mostly black. 'Bob has a thing for African women,' confirms Howard Sounes, author of the respected Dylan biography Down The Highway. 

He has a daughter, Desiree, known as Desi, who is now 23 and is pictured here for the first time. She is his child by Carolyn Dennis, once his backing singer, married to him in June 1986. 

Dylan managed to keep this second marriage and existence of a child completely secret for 15 years, setting the loyal Dennis up in a home in a Los Angeles suburb and visiting discreetly. Not even her neighbours noticed anything. 

After six years, they were quietly separated. Desi is currently a member of The Young Americans, a travelling troupe who take music, theatre, dance and concerts to schools around the world. 

Dylan’s strange life

Dylan will travel, as he always does, in a huge silver customized Prevost bus, worth around £1.5million. The band will stay in another bus, and he will most likely ignore them for all but the hours which they spend on stage. 

Suspicious and obsessed with security and privacy, Dylan seems to be addicted to life on the road. It's hard to fathom why, as he never shows he has taken an iota of pleasure from his adoring audience - he does not greet them, speak between numbers or even say goodbye. 

And while his set list includes many of his most famous songs, he seems to take a perverse pleasure in playing them so they are almost unrecognizable - one recent critic said he was almost comically bad. 

For all that, Dylan seems to be addicted to the experience of working his way across the world. There have been more than 2,000 concerts since he started touring in 1988. 

Some say Dylan lives like a gypsy because it allows him to escape from any personal commitments - and his personal life is amazingly complicated. 

Dylan the Eternal Enigma

Dylan is known for being short on charm - as scores of abruptly discarded lovers and musicians will tell you. Ruth Tyrangiel, his common-law wife for 17 years, said that in all their time together his only gifts to her were a tangerine and a rose. 

Despite the lack of charm, his fans are loyal as ever - his new album Together Through Life has reached No. 1 on both sides of the Atlantic, the first time he has topped the charts here in more than two decades. 

But Dylan remains as dynamic as ever. Despite approaching 70, he is on the road as ever in a never-ending tour which started almost exactly 21 years ago and - quite amazingly - shows no signs stopping. 

This weekend, after spending spring in the UK and Europe, he will be on his way home to his beach house in Malibu, California, for a break. Then he will embark on a tour of America with country performer Willie Nelson. 

Bob Dylan was Secretly Married

Bob Dylan was secretly married to a lady named Carolyn Dennis in 1986. The marriage was kept discreet for years, although it only lasted 6 months. Dylan has a daughter from this marriage though. Her name is Desiree. She had a lesbian wedding recently, not attended by the famous Rock star.

So, naturally people are now asking how many other women or even marriages he has kept secret – not to mention the children.  There’s a lot of stories floating around about this living legend who has been touring non stop for the last 21 years. Dylan is living like a gypsy, travelling constantly. Appart  from a few revelations thanks to his ex-wives, his relationships remain a mystery.

Clearly the folk singer is not an expert in long tern relationships. Ruth Tyrangiel, a former wife of the singer says the only gits he ever gave her in the 17 years of marriage was a tangerine and a rose.