Bob Dylan in America
By Sean Wilentz
Publisher: Random House Audio; Unabridged edition (September 7, 2010)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0307714977
ISBN-13: 978-0307714978
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Sean Wilentz discovered Bob Dylan’s music as a teenager growing up in Greenwich Village. Now, almost half a century later, he revisits Dylan’s work with the skills of an eminent American historian as well as the passion of a fan.
Beginning with Dylan’s explosion onto the scene in 1961, Wilentz follows the emerging artist as he develops a body of work unique in America’s cultural history. Using his unprecedented access to studio tapes, recording notes, and rare photographs, he places Dylan’s music in the context of its time and offers a stunning critical appreciation of Dylan both as a songwriter and performer.
Sean Wilentz grew up in Greenwich Village at the height of its bohemian influence in the 1950s and 60s. At 13, he attended his first concert performed by a young Bob Dylan. Part of the generation first shaped by the influence of Dylan's music, Wilentz went on became a Professor of History at Princeton, the official historian of Bob Dylan's website, and now, the author of a new non-fiction book, "Bob Dylan in America," which combines biography, social history and cultural commentary about the musician.
