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This most comprehensive, up-to-date work examination of the music of Bob Dylan ever published, included the stories behind the writing and recording of every song, every album, and every single ever released during his 60-year career.Bob Dylan: All the Songs focuses on Dylan's creative process and his organic, unencumbered style of recording. It is the only book to tell the stories, many unfamiliar even to his most fervent fans, behind the more than 500 songs he has released over the span of his career. Organized chronologically by album, and updated to include all of his most recent work including the 2020 release of his 39th album
, Rough and Rowdy Ways, Margotin and Guesdon detail the origins of his melodies and lyrics, his process in the recording studio, the instruments he used, and the contribution of a myriad of musicians and producers to his canon.
About the author
Jean-Michel Guesdon is a musician, composer, and sound engineer. Together with Philippe Margotin, he has written
All the Songs books about the Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, and Pink Floyd.
In addition to writing multiple titles in the All the Songs series,
Philippe Margotin has written several other books on music, including biographies of U2 and Radiohead.
Summary
This most comprehensive, up-to-date work examination of the music of Bob Dylan ever published, included the stories behind the writing and recording of every song, every album, and every single ever released during his 60-year career.
Bob Dylan: All the Songs focuses on Dylan's creative process and his organic, unencumbered style of recording. It is the only book to tell the stories, many unfamiliar even to his most fervent fans, behind the more than 500 songs he has released over the span of his career. Organized chronologically by album, and updated to include all of his most recent work including the 2020 release of his 39th album, Rough and Rowdy Ways, Margotin and Guesdon detail the origins of his melodies and lyrics, his process in the recording studio, the instruments he used, and the contribution of a myriad of musicians and producers to his canon.
