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A Darker Shade of Pale: A Backdrop to Bob Dylan

Categorie	Popmuziek & Modern
Boeknummer	#413006-XX7
Titel	A Darker Shade of Pale: A Backdrop to Bob Dylan
Auteur	Mellers, Wilfrid
Boektype	Paperback
Uitgeverij	London : Faber and Faber
Jaar van uitgave	1985
ISBN10	0571133452
ISBN13	9780571133451
Taal	Engels
Beschrijving	Paperback, illustrated with (full page) photographs in b/w, 8vo.
Samenvatting	With the Beatles, Bob Dylan is one of the most talented performers to emerge from the sixties. For more than twenty years Dylan has been a spokesman for the young--a representative of a generation and a way of life. While Dylan's originality is his strength, his art has roots in American folk, country and pop music. In this exciting new book, Wilfrid Mellers, author of the acclaimed study of the Beatles, Twilight of the Gods, examines Dylan's musical heritage, from the British folk ballads that influenced his lyrics to the American folk-singers who influence his music. Mellers looks at how Dylan's vocal and instrumental style was affected by such greats as the Carter family, Hank Williams, Jimmie Rodgers, Elvis Presley and Woody Guthrie. He goes on to consider what Dylan did with this musi... (Lees verder)cal legacy, and how he made these musical forms his own. Mellers offers illuminating commentary on virtually every song recorded by Dylan, and shows why his individual contribution has spoken so powerfully to millions of people [Publisher description].
Pagina's	255
Conditie	Goed — Cover partly slightly discoloured.
Prijs	€ 8,00

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