Bob Dylan

Sinopse

Dylan moved East at the beginning of the ’60s and translated the energy he found there into a series of moving and articulate protest songs. Later, he would astound the folk world by taking up the acoustic guitar and writing the rock and country rhythms with which he felt more comfortable. Yet despite any objections within the tight musical community, he developed an increasingly strong following: people listened, and followed his lead, and began to hail him as the poet of their generation. Many still do.
This informal, in-depth portrait brings Dylan’s whole life into focus. In a sensitive, thorough text, Michael Gross covers Dylan’s childhood and early wanderings, his concert debut, his protest period, his love affair with rock and subsequent musical development and his many American and European tours. Here, too, are the people of his world-Joan Baez, Phil Ochs, Woody Guthrie and Pete Seeger-and a painful, sharply-drawn reconstruction of the entire Dylan era. From those who have known Dylan’s music from his very first album to those who have only recently discovered the talent behind songs like ‘Rainy Day Woman, ‘Mr. Tambourine Man, ‘Lay Lady Lay’ and ‘The Times They Are A’Changing this book will be welcomed and treasured as an evocative record of a remarkable star.