A Darker Shade of Pale: A Backdrop to Bob Dylan
A Criticism, Biography, History book. Mr Mellers disects American music to it's Celtic roots and traces the path...
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 Amercan folk, country and pop music. In this...
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- Pages: 255 pages
- ISBN: 9780195036220 / 195036220
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One of the wilder Dylan books out there (way beyond Marcus), and entertaining for that reason. The author lets his whimsy run wild, and makes some very out-there intuited hypotheses based on an admittedly deep knowledge of American musicology and culture (though he unfortunately devotes 1 part black music history to about 20 parts white,... Super useful social commentary, super dense musical commentary. Mr Mellers disects American music to it's Celtic roots and traces the path back through early American religious song all the way to Elvis. In Part II the same surgical examination takes place on Bob's first decade of recorded work.
