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Bob Dylan: American Troubadour

Bob Dylan: American Troubadour

Brown, Donald

Paperback

Series: Tempo: A Rowman & Littlefield Music Rock, Pop, and Culture

MusiciansCountry & FolkPop/Rock

ISBN10: 1442279532
ISBN13: 9781442279537
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Published: Dec 6 2016
Pages: 308
Weight: 1.00
Height: 1.10 Width: 6.00 Depth: 8.90
Language: English

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 the twenty-first century.

Bob Dylan: American Troubadour will engage not only Dylan fans and students of his work but also those interested in American popular music, history, and culture. Anyone who has been touched, challenged, or surprised by a Dylan song will enjoy this concise and informed critical exploration of Dylan's music and his place in the American musical landscape.

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