The first volume in a series of memoirs by an influential musician and songwriter.

This work celebrates the grandeur of Dylan's artistic achievement and reveals the life story of the man who has been an enigma for so long. It is based on a mountain of research conducted over three years, including interviews with more than 250 people in Dylan's life.

Argues that there can be found in American folk a community as deep, as electric, as perverse and as conflicted as all America, and that the songs Bob Dylan recorded out of the public eye, in a basement in Woodstock with the group who would later become The Band, are where that community as a whole gets to speak.

Sardonic, bitter, threatening, compassionate, gleeful, and most of all loud, Like a Rolling Stone is much more than a song. Six minutes and six seconds in length, it was released by Dylan despite the received wisdom of the day as to what constituted a single. Published on the 40th anniversary of its release and recording, Greil Marcus's extraordinary book reconstructs the context in which the ...

Written in 1966, 'Tarantula' is a collection of poems and prose that evokes the turbulence of the times in which it was written, and gives a unique insight into Dylan's creative evolution.

A collection of the lyrics of music legend and poet, Bob Dylan. This book contains his writings in addition to the beloved songs of the early Dylan canon. Bob dylan's songs have spoken to generations, and have had a huge influence on such artists as John Lennon, Lou Reed and Mark Knopfler.

An examination of the music and performances of Bob Dylan, from 1974 to 1986. This analysis provides an in-depth look at Dylan as a performer, exploring his work on stage and in the studio, and looks at the evolution of his style and concerns.

The third book in the series of critical studies of Bob Dylan by Paul Williams once again turns the microscope on the continuing evolution of rock's master singer and songwriter.

An illustrated scrapbook covering the years 1956-66, that has been authorised by Bob Dylan himself.

A 4-way biography of Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, her sister Mimi and Richard Farina and how these beatniks made folk the new rock.

* The paperback edition of the classic EARLY DYLAN - behind-the-scenes photographs of a young Bob Dylan at the beginning of his fantastic career.

A collection of Dylan-related essays by Paul Williams, a US editor and critic, opening with his 1966 review of Blonde on Blonde and closing with his observations about Dylan's 1995 tour with Patti Smith. The book traces Dylan's career development and includes a comprehensive discography.

The Politics of Bob Dylan's Art. This book makes clear that behind the anarchy and playfulness of Dylan's imagery lie meanings that are often highly charged with political and social concerns. Illustrated throughout with an extensive discography, 'Chimes of Freedom' is the only book that deals with the politics of Bob Dylan.

Michael Gray's 'Song and Dance Man III', on Bob Dylan's life and work, offers studies of Dylan's' entire oeuvre, and the ever-popular album-by-album guide has also been extensively updated and extended.

Bob Dylan, the Band, and the Basement Tapes. 'Million Dollar Bash' tells the story of 'the Basement Tapes', a sequence of recordings made by Bob Dylan and his associates during the psychedelic summer of 1967. Remarkably, these casual sessions kick-started the entire Americana genre and produced some of the most revered and misunderstood songs in Dylan's catalogue. The musicians he worked with ...

Includes biographies of singers, musicians, songwriters and composers who have influenced Bob Dylan and/or worked with him; critical assessments and factual details for Dylan's albums and for a number of individual songs from decades of work; and, Dylan's career and biographical moments.

Bob Dylan and the 1960s Chimes of Freedom. How Dylan responded to the political and social forces that shook 1960s America. Revised and expanded.