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Still on the Road

Still on the Road

The Songs of Bob Dylan, 1974-2008

by Clinton Heylin
Age range: + years old Publication Date: 21/04/2011

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This is the second volume in Clinton Heylin's magisterial survey of the songs of Bob Dylan. The first volume - Revolution in the Air which is now available in paperback - charted the rise of Bob Dylan from his first jottings to the full expression of genius in songs such as 'Hard Rain Gonna Fall' and 'The Times They Are a Changin''.

Still on the Road begins in 1974 with "Blood on the Tracks", the album filled with masterworks such as 'Tangled Up in Blue' and 'Simple Twist of Fate' that heralded a watershed in Dylan's creative journey, and continues to chart his never-ending fascination with music and the art of song up to 2006's "Modern Times".

Praise for Revolution in the Air:

'Beg, steal, borrow ... a compelling history of Dylan's mercurial song writing.' Mojo, 5-star review

'Better than any biography could ever be, and a crucial Dylan book' Jonathan Letham

'Valuable resource' Observer

'A gripping new book by Dylan scholar Clinton Heylin so is so far in the deep end that its borderline insane . . [yet] has been devoured with a ravenous, insatiable appetite, and I have even made notes in the margin.' Mark Ellen, Word.

'Terrifically interesting for Dylan nuts' Sunday Herald

'Manna for completists' Metro

'True to form, Heylin digs deep-way deep-into the songs, mixing cold hard facts with illuminating anecdotes.' - Mark Smith, managing editor, Acoustic Guitar

ISBN:
9781849015981
9781849015981
Category:
Biography: arts & entertainment
Age range:
+ years old
Publication Date:
21-04-2011
Language:
English
Publisher:
Little, Brown Book Group Limited
Country of origin:
United Kingdom
Dimensions (mm):
197x130x43mm
Weight:
0.48kg
Clinton Heylin

Described by the New York Times as 'the only the Dylanologist worth reading', Clinton Heylin is the author of the acclaimed Bob Dylan- Behind the Shades (1991; revised 2001) and over two dozen other books on music and popular culture, including biographies of Sandy Denny, Van Morrison and Orson Welles, and the two classic studies of punk's origins, From The Velvets to The Voidoids and Anarchy in the Year Zero.

An ex-pupil of Manchester Grammar School, and with two degrees in History, he has been a full-time historian and critic for over three decades. He lives in Somerset.

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