Listen to full audiobooks for free on :#adhttps://amzn.to/499CVn8Title: Bob Dylan in AmericaAuthor: Sean WilentzNarrator: Sean WilentzFormat: UnabridgedLength: 11 hrs and 49 minsLanguage: EnglishRelease date: 09-07-10Publisher: Random House AudioGenres: Arts & Entertainment, Celebrity BiosSummary:One of Americas finest historians shows us how Bob Dylan, one of the countrys greatest and most enduring artists, still surprises and moves us after all these years.Growing up in Greenwich Village, Sean Wilentz discovered the music of Bob Dylan as a young teenager; almost half a century later, he revisits Dylans work with the skills of an eminent American historian as well as the passion of a fan. Drawn in part from Wilentzs essays as historian in residence of Dylans official website, Bob Dylan in America is a unique blend of fact, interpretation, and affinity - a book that, much like its subject, shifts gears and changes shape as the occasion warrants.Beginning with his explosion onto the scene in 1961, this book follows Dylan as he continues to develop a body of musical and literary work unique in our cultural history. Wilentzs approach places Dylans music in the context of its time, including the early influences of Popular Front ideology and Beat aesthetics, and offers a larger critical appreciation of Dylan as both a songwriter and performer down to the present. Wilentz has had unprecedented access to studio tapes, recording notes, rare photographs, and other materials, all of which allow him to tell Dylans story and that of such masterpieces as Blonde on Blonde with an unprecedented authenticity and richness.Bob Dylan in America - groundbreaking, comprehensive, totally absorbing - is the result of an author and a subject brilliantly met.Disclosure: As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

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