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24%OFFClinton Heylin - Revolution in the Air: The Songs of Bob Dylan 1957-1973 - 9781849012966 - V9781849012966
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Revolution in the Air: The Songs of Bob Dylan 1957-1973

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Description for Revolution in the Air: The Songs of Bob Dylan 1957-1973 Paperback. New in paperback - the definitive history of the songs of Bob Dylan. Every song Dylan wrote from his first poetic scribbles to the height of his fame in 1973 including some of his best loved and revolutionary songs: A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall, Subterranean Homesick Blues and Maggie's Farm Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: AVGP; AVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 39. Weight in Grams: 496.

Bob Dylan has always regarded himself as a songwriter: 'I am my words,' he wrote in 1964.

Distilling a lifetime's passion and study, leading Dylan author, Clinton Heylin charts the development and first moments of genius of this unique artist whose songs changed the world.

From his first attempts at writing, Song to Bridget, in 1957, (apparently for Brigitte Bardot) Bob Dylan always aspired to poetry, yet his role as a writer rather than a performer of his own songs is often overlooked. In over fifty years of creativity he had penned some of the most iconic, and ... Read more

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Product Details

Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
Weight
477g
Number of Pages
608
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781849012966
SKU
V9781849012966
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-50

About Clinton Heylin
Clinton Heylin is the most distinguished writer on Bob Dylan in the world. He is the author of Bob Dylan: Behind the Shades - Take Two and Bob Dylan Day by Day. He has also written on all aspects of popular culture, including The Act You've Known For All These Years: A Year in the Life of Sgt. Pepper and ... Read more

Reviews for Revolution in the Air: The Songs of Bob Dylan 1957-1973
Beg, steal, borrow ... a compelling history of Dylan's mercurial song writing.
Mojo
Better than any biography could ever be, and a crucial Dylan book.
Jonathan Lethem 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, ... Read more

Goodreads reviews for Revolution in the Air: The Songs of Bob Dylan 1957-1973


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