Bob Dylan Unplugged

Author : Bob Dylan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:655459587

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Bob Dylan Unplugged by Bob Dylan Pdf

Author : Bob Dylan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 155 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Rock music
ISBN : 8482110381

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Bob Dylan, Greatest Hits by Bob Dylan Pdf

Author : Tim Dunn
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 610 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : History
ISBN : 9781438915890

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The Bob Dylan Copyright Files 1962-2007 by Tim Dunn Pdf

This book itemizes Bob Dylan's copyright registrations and copyright-related documents from his first copyrighted work ("Talkin' John Birch Blues" in February 1962), to his first registration ("Song to Woody"), up to "Keep It With Mine" in the movie "I'm Not There." Also included are works he never registered (e.g. "Liverpool Gal" and "Church With No Upstairs") and his registered cover versions of other composers' songs. Annotated entries concern subjects such as recording dates, co-writers, and Dylan's companies. Its appearance is meant to mimic the printed Catalog of Copyright Entries.

Author : Bob Batchelor
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 189 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2014-01-22
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780313381034

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Bob Dylan by Bob Batchelor Pdf

Bob Dylan transcends music. He has established himself as one of the most important figures in entertainment history. This biography examines the life and work of the iconic artist, including his groundbreaking achievements of the last two decades. In this thematically organized biography, cultural historian and prolific biographer Bob Batchelor examines one of the most important yet elusive figures in modern history. Rather than taking an exhaustive and cumbersome chronological approach to Bob Dylan's 50-plus year career, the author focuses on the most significant aspects of his life and accomplishments. This work examines the musician's life and career by placing him in the context of contemporary American history and culture. Dylan's music and lyrics are at the center of the analysis, while attention is also paid to how his image transformed as he moved from being the "voice of a generation" during the 1960s to becoming a bonafide rock and roll icon. Readers will appreciate the book for its in-depth, scholarly coverage that remains readable and engaging, and gain a full appreciation for Dylan's place in American history and cultural evolution.

Author : Steve Redhead
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2011-06-29
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780748688975

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We Have Never Been Postmodern by Steve Redhead Pdf

This book sets out a variety of reasons why we should move away from seeing the recent era as 'postmodern' and our culture as 'postmodernist' through a series of analyses of contemporary culture.

Author : Jim Beviglia
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2013-07-11
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780810888241

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Counting Down Bob Dylan by Jim Beviglia Pdf

For fifty years, Bob Dylan’s music has been a source of wonder to his fans and endless fodder for analysis by music critics. In Counting Down Bob Dylan, rock journalist Jim Beviglia dares to rank these songs in descending order from Dylan’s 100th best to his #1 song.

Author : Donald Brown
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 309 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2023-06-14
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780810884212

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Bob Dylan by Donald Brown Pdf

With Bob Dylan’s receipt of the Nobel Prize in Literature, his iconic status as an American musical, cultural, and poetic giant has never been more apparent. Bob Dylan: American Troubadour is the first book to look at Dylan’s career, from his first album to his late masterpiece Tempest. Donald Brown provides insightful critical commentary on Dylan’s prolific body of work, placing Dylan’s career in the context of its time in order to assess the relationship of Dylan’s music to contemporary American culture. Each chapter follows the shifting versions of Dylan, from his songs of conscientious social involvement to more personal exploratory songs; from his influential rock albums of the mid-1960s to his adaptations of country music; from his three very different tours in the 1970s to his “born again” period as a proselytizer for Christ and his frustrations as a recording and performing artist in the 1980s; from his retrospective importance in the 1990s to the refreshingly vital albums he has been producing in

Author : John Nogowski
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 331 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2022-07-29
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781476643625

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Bob Dylan by John Nogowski Pdf

When Columbia Records finally decided to open up the voluminous Bob Dylan vaults, unleashing thousands of hours of long-sought-after, oft-rumored, unreleased material, it was hard to keep up. Included in the release were six CDs of Blood On The Tracks outtakes, six CDs of the complete Basement Tapes, 10 CDs of Rolling Thunder Revue live material, the six extraordinary CDs of The Cutting Edge from Dylan's game-changing 1965-66 sessions, and a stunning 36 CD release of Dylan's stormy 1966 world tour that some say changed the face of popular music. It is all explored here. This updated examination of Dylan's five-decade career provides a comprehensively analyzes his writing and recording history and the historical impact of Dylan's prolific creative output. It features critical commentary on every song and album, including many rare bootleg recordings and the recent new discoveries from Columbia Records. Later chapters also list and discuss Dylan's numerous appearances in film, in literature, on radio, and on television. Including his Nobel Prize speech and lecture, an extensive bibliography of books on Dylan old and new, and a brand-new introduction with updated Billboard charts, this is the ultimate book on Bob.

Author : Michael J. Gilmour
Publisher : Westminster John Knox Press
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2011-02-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781611640861

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The Gospel according to Bob Dylan by Michael J. Gilmour Pdf

Since the early 1960s, music fans have found Bob Dylan's spirituality fascinating, and many of them have identified Dylan as a kind of spiritual guru. This book, written by a scholar who is a longtime fan, examines Dylan's mystique, asking why audiences respond to him as a spiritual guide. This book reveals Bob Dylan as a major twentieth- and twenty-first-century religious thinker with a body of relevant work that goes far beyond a handful of gospel albums.

Author : Spencer Leigh
Publisher : McNidder & Grace
Page : 901 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2020-05-24
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780857162069

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Bob Dylan by Spencer Leigh Pdf

Bob Dylan: Outlaw Blues by Spencer Leigh is a fresh take on this famous yet elusive personality, a one-man hall of mirrors who continues to intrigue his followers worldwide. It is an in-depth account with new information and fascinating opinions, both from the author and his interviewees. Whether you are a Dylan fan or not, you will be gripped by this remarkable tale. Most performers create their work for public approval, but at the centre of this book is a mercurial man who doesn't trust his own audience. If he feels he is getting too much acclaim, he tends to veer off in another direction. Despite his age, Bob Dylan still tours extensively. Famously known for not looking happy, the author looks at what motivates him. 'Journalists are very fond of saying Bob Dylan is an enigma,' says Spencer Leigh, 'but that word is flawed. It's as good as saying you don't know... I have not called Bob Dylan an enigma at any point in the book as I have tried to find answers.' Spencer Leigh has spoken to over 300 musicians, friends and acquaintances of Bob Dylan in his research for this book.

Author : Anthony Varesi
Publisher : Guernica Editions
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Music
ISBN : 1550711393

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The Bob Dylan Albums by Anthony Varesi Pdf

In the process Varesi unearths new meaning in both Dylan's most famous works and in songs that have received less attention."--BOOK JACKET.

Author : Nina Blackwood,Mark Goodman,Alan Hunter,Martha Quinn
Publisher : Atria Books
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2019-05-14
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781451678130

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VJ by Nina Blackwood,Mark Goodman,Alan Hunter,Martha Quinn Pdf

In this “highly entertaining snapshot of a wild-frontier moment in pop culture” (Rolling Stone), discover the wild and explosive true story of the early years of MTV directly from the original VJs. Nina Blackwood, Mark Goodman, Alan Hunter, and Martha Quinn (along with the late J. J. Jackson) had front-row seats to a cultural revolution—and the hijinks of pop music icons like Adam Ant, Cyndi Lauper, Madonna, and Duran Duran—as the first VJs on the fledgling network MTV. From partying with David Lee Roth to flying on Bob Dylan’s private jet, they were on a breakneck journey through a music revolution. Boing beyond the compelling behind the scenes tales of this unforgettable era, VJ is also a coming-of-age story about the 1980s, its excesses, controversies, and everything in between. “At last—the real inside story of the MTV explosion that rocked the world, in all its giddy excess, from the video pioneers who saw all the hair, drugs and guitars up close. VJ is the wild, hilarious, addictive tale of how one crazy moment changed pop culture forever” (Rob Sheffield, New York Times bestselling author).

Author : David Boucher,Gary Browning
Publisher : Springer
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2004-10-31
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780230522541

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The Political Art of Bob Dylan by David Boucher,Gary Browning Pdf

David Boucher and Gary Browning provide a multi-faceted analysis of the political art of Bob Dylan. The contributions cover Dylan's career as a whole, dealing with such themes as alienation, protest, non-conformity and the American Dream. Dylan's work is examined from a variety of perspectives including the aesthetic theory of Kant, Adorno, Lyotard and Collingwood. The assembled authors are notable specialists in political theory, literary criticism and popular culture. They do not tackle Dylan from a single standpoint but collectively question how Dylan's work relates to the theory and practice of politics.

Author : Elijah Wald
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2015-07-14
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780062366702

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Dylan Goes Electric! by Elijah Wald Pdf

One of the music world’s pre-eminent critics takes a fresh and much-needed look at the day Dylan “went electric” at the Newport Folk Festival, timed to coincide with the event’s fiftieth anniversary. On the evening of July 25, 1965, Bob Dylan took the stage at Newport Folk Festival, backed by an electric band, and roared into his new rock hit, Like a Rolling Stone. The audience of committed folk purists and political activists who had hailed him as their acoustic prophet reacted with a mix of shock, booing, and scattered cheers. It was the shot heard round the world—Dylan’s declaration of musical independence, the end of the folk revival, and the birth of rock as the voice of a generation—and one of the defining moments in twentieth-century music. In Dylan Goes Electric!, Elijah Wald explores the cultural, political and historical context of this seminal event that embodies the transformative decade that was the sixties. Wald delves deep into the folk revival, the rise of rock, and the tensions between traditional and groundbreaking music to provide new insights into Dylan’s artistic evolution, his special affinity to blues, his complex relationship to the folk establishment and his sometime mentor Pete Seeger, and the ways he reshaped popular music forever. Breaking new ground on a story we think we know, Dylan Goes Electric! is a thoughtful, sharp appraisal of the controversial event at Newport and a nuanced, provocative, analysis of why it matters.

Author : Jeff Taylor,Chad Israelson
Publisher : Springer
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2015-07-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781137477477

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The Political World of Bob Dylan by Jeff Taylor,Chad Israelson Pdf

This work illuminates, identifies, and characterizes the influences and expressions of Bob Dylan's Political World throughout his life and career. An approach nearly as unique as the singer himself, the authors attempt to remove Dylan from the typical Left/Right paradigm and place him into a broader and deeper context.