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A darker shade of pale : a backdrop to Bob Dylan / Wilfrid Mellers.
| Author/creator | Mellers, Wilfrid |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | New York : Oxford University Press, 1985, ©1984. |
| Description | 255 pages, 16 pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 21 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Introduction -- Foreword: White, red and black in the American experience -- Part I. The backdrop: From the Appalachians to Nashville. The word and the body: The legacy of the old world -- The old heritage in the American Grain. The monody of deprivation ; Poor white folk and homophony for worship -- The white euphoria. The monody of innocence ; A therapy of corporeal assent: music for scraped and plucked strings -- The liquidation of tragedy and guilt. Blue grass music ; Cowboy music and western swing -- The family, the loner and the radio networks. The Carter family, and Jimmie Rodgers, the lonesome cowboy ; Hank Williams, Elvis Presley and the road to rock -- Part II. Bob Dylan: freedom, belief and responsibility. Grass roots -- Protest and affirmation -- Between vision and nightmare -- The country dream: the private and the public life -- Love and loss, redemption and the myth of the wild west -- Towards rebirth in a legal street -- Born again -- Dylan as Jewish Amerindian and white Negro -- Afterword: Folk song, art and technology. |
| Abstract | 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. This book examines Dylan's musical heritage, from the British folk ballads that influenced his lyrics to the American folk-singers who influence his music. The author 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 musical legacy, and how he made these musical forms his own. The author offers illuminating commentary on virtually every song recorded by Dylan, and shows why his individual contribution has spoken so powerfully to millions of people. |
| Local note | Little-250483 |
| General note | Includes index. |
| Bibliography note | Discography: pages 237-242. |
| Bibliography note | Bibliography: pages 243-244. |
| LCCN | 85000272 |
| ISBN | 0195036220 (pbk.) : |
| ISBN | 0195036212 (hard) : |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Music | Closed Stacks - Ask at Circulation Desk | ML420.D98 M4 1985 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |