Growing up in Greenwich Village in the 1960s, Sean Wilentz discovered the music of Bob Dylan as a young teenager. Almost half a century later, now a distinguished professor of American history, he revisits Dylan's work with the critical skills of a scholar and the passion of a fan. Drawing partly on[...]
Bob Dylan transformed not only folk music, but rock 'n' roll as a whole: he brought the intellectualism of folk lyrics to a genre still dominated by romantic conventions. From the phenomenal commercial success of his 1965 epic, gritty single "Like a Rolling Stone" to "Time Out of Mind," rock's first[...]
(Lead Sheets: Melody line, lyrics and chord symbols). Never be stumped by a Dylan request again Perfect for gigs, this book includes 100 Bob Dylan hits in melody line arrangements with complete lyrics, chord symbols, and guitar chord boxes. Tunes include: All Along the Watchtower * Forever Young * [...]
Beginning with rockabilly, moving on to folk music, sliding over to electric, and falling into a psychedelic phase, like a chameleon Bob Dylan has changed his skin repeatedly over the years, juggling his image with apparent ease and subverting the prevailing social and aesthetic models each time. Hi[...]
"Bob Dylan" provides a short introduction to the music of Bob Dylan including an examination of the impact of his work over time and key critical responses. This book starts by locating Dylan's work within a much broader context of the history of the American popular song and its various antecedents[...]
One of the first books in a new series, this book explores the icon that is Bob Dylan, the ultimate singer-songwriter. This book looks at his lyrics, his influences, and the musicians with whom he worked. Fully up-to-date, it includes the "Bootleg Series, Vol. 10."[...]
Bob Dylan Too Much of Nothing is a brand new book that takes a fresh look at Dylan's restless search for a meaning to his life and for a musical way forward too. Written by acknowledged Dylan expert Derek Barker (editor of the best selling Dylan magazine) it contains a wealth of new interviews and p[...]
A close examination of Bob Dylan's songs that locates his transgressive style within a long history of modern (and modernist) art.The 2016 Nobel Prize in Literature recognized Bob Dylan as a major modern artist, elevating his work beyond the world of popular music. In this book, Timothy Hampton focu[...]
Never before has a book like this one delved into the spiritual odyssey of cultural icon Bob Dylan. Tracking an American original--from his Jewish roots to his controversial embrace of Jesus to his enduring legacy as the composer of the Tempest album--Bob Dylan: A Spiritual Life delivers the story o[...]
Janis Joplin & Bob Dylan, illustrated biography.
Over 400 fans and colleagues take you back to an amazing era, with personal photographs, memorabilia, fascinating anecdotes and stories that have never been published before.[...]
Bob Dylan ist der einflussreichste Songwriter des 20. Jahrhunderts - und vermutlich darüber hinaus. Seine Songtexte haben der Rockmusik eine neue Dimension gegeben mit ihrer sprachlichen Komplexität, ihren Metaphern, literarischen Querbezügen und ihren surrealistischen Wortkaskaden. Heinrich Dete[...]
Über den Sonderstatus des Songschreibers Bob Dylan besteht nicht nur unter Musikbegeisterten Einigkeit, seine Texte haben aus ihm sogar einen ernsthaften Kandidaten für den Literaturnobelpreis gemacht. Um so mehr fällt es auf, daß sich die Literatur- und Sozialwissenschaften bisher kaum für[...]
Bob Dylan has been a prolific graphic artist since the 1960s, and his graphic art is marked by the same constant drive for renewal that characterises his music. Never content to remain static in a single form of expression that he has already cultivated, he is constantly experimenting and testing ne[...]
When photographer Daniel Kramer first met Bob Dylan, the 23-year-old singer was still widely unknown. At their initial meeting in Woodstock, Dylan seemed restless and uncomfortable in front of the camera. Yet over the course of a year and a day, all of that would change. From 1964 to 1965, Kramer's [...]
When photographer Daniel Kramer first met Bob Dylan, the 23-year-old singer was still widely unknown. At their initial meeting in Woodstock, Dylan seemed restless and uncomfortable in front of the camera. Yet over the course of a year and a day, all of that would change. From 1964 to 1965, Kramer's [...]