Bob Dylan - American Troubadour

Donald Brown follows shifting versions of Dylan, from songs of social involvement to more personal songs, exploring his influential albums, tours, and personas. In an engaging adventure, Brown provides insightful critical commentary on Dylan's entire career in the context of its times to assess the relationship of Dylan's music to American culture.

List of contents

Chapter 1: Becoming Bob Dylan (1960-64)
Chapter 2: Electric Dylan (1965-66)
Chapter 3: Rural Glory (1967)
Chapter 4: Take Me As I Am (1968-73)
Chapter 5: Back in the Rain (1974-78)
Chapter 6: The Changing of the Guard (1978-81)
Chapter 7: Rock 'n' Roll Dreams (1983-90)
Chapter 8: Good Enough for Now (1989-97)
Chapter 9: Bob Dylan Revisited (2000-12)
Epilogue
Further Reading
Further Listening

About the author

Donald Brown is an editor, theater critic, and book reviewer at The New Haven Review. He teaches at Yale and since 2006 has commented on music, movies, and books on blogocentrism. He has a degree in Art History and Comparative Literature from the University of Delaware and a doctorate in Comparative Literature from Princeton University, where he studied as a Mellon fellow.

Summary

Donald Brown follows shifting versions of Dylan, from songs of social involvement to more personal songs, exploring his influential albums, tours, and personas. In an engaging adventure, Brown provides insightful critical commentary on Dylan’s entire career in the context of its times to assess the relationship of Dylan's music to American culture.

Product details

• Authors: Brown, Donald Brown
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 06.12.2016
• EAN: 9781442279537
• ISBN: 978-1-4422-7953-7
• No. of pages: 308
• Series: Tempo: A Rowman & Littlefield Music Series on Rock, Pop, and Culture; Tempo: A Rowman & Littlefield; Tempo: A Rowman & Littlefield Music Series on Rock, Pop, and Culture
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Music > Miscellaneous; Rock, Rock & Pop music, Individual composers & musicians, specific bands & groups, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / General, MUSIC / Individual Composer & Musician, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Rock, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Folk & Traditional, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Pop Vocal, Biography: arts & entertainment, Pop Music, Folk & traditional music, Popular Music, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Music, Musicians, singers, bands and groups, Composers and songwriters, Biography: arts and entertainment, Folk, Folkloric styles, Traditional and folk music