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Duluth, Minnesota. 1934. A community living on a knife-edge. Lost
and lonely people huddle together in the local guesthouse. The
owner, Nick, owes more money than he can ever repay, his wife
Elizabeth is losing her mind, and their daughter Marianne is
carrying a child no one will account for. So, when a preacher
selling bibles and a boxer looking for a comeback turn up in the
middle of the night, things spiral beyond the point of no return...
In Girl from the North Country, Conor McPherson beautifully weaves
the iconic songbook of Bob Dylan into a show full of hope,
heartbreak and soul. It premiered at The Old Vic, London, in July
2017, in a production directed by Conor McPherson, and later
transferred to the West End, Broadway, Australia, Ireland and
toured the UK.
WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE Music legend Bob Dylan's
only work of fiction--a combination of stream of consciousness
prose, lyrics, and poetry that gives fans insight into one of the
most influential singer-songwriters of our time.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. It captures Bob Dylan's
preoccupations at a crucial juncture in his artistic development,
showcasing the imagination of a folk poet laureate who was able to
combine the humanity and compassion of his country roots with the
playful surrealism of modern art. Angry, funny, and strange, the
poems and prose in this collection reflect the concerns found in
Dylan's most seminal music: a sense of protest, a verbal
playfulness and spontaneity, and a belief in the artistic
legitimacy of chronicling everyday life and eccentricity on the
street.
""I'd come from a long ways off and had started a long ways down.
But now destiny was about to manifest itself. I felt like it was
looking right at me and nobody else.""
So writes Bob Dylan in "Chronicles: Volume One, " his remarkable
book exploring critical junctures in his life and career. Through
Dylan's eyes and open mind, we see Greenwich Village, circa 1961,
when he first arrives in Manhattan. Dylan's New York is a magical
city of possibilities -- smoky, nightlong parties; literary
awakenings; transient loves and unbreakable friendships. Elegiac
observations are punctuated by jabs of memories, penetrating and
tough. With the book's side trips to New Orleans, Woodstock,
Minnesota and points west, "Chronicles: Volume One" is an intimate
and intensely personal recollection of extraordinary times.
By turns revealing, poetical, passionate and witty, "Chronicles:
Volume One" is a mesmerizing window on Bob Dylan's thoughts and
influences. Dylan's voice is distinctively American: generous of
spirit, engaged, fanciful and rhythmic. Utilizing his unparalleled
gifts of storytelling and the exquisite expressiveness that are the
hallmarks of his music, Bob Dylan turns "Chronicles: Volume One"
into a poignant reflection on life, and the people and places that
helped shape the man and the art.
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. 'The
good samaritan coming in with the words "round & round we go"
tattoed on his cheek / he tells the senator to stop insulting the
lawyer.' 'Tarantula' captures Bob Dylan's preoccupations at a
crucial juncture in his artistic development, showcasing the antic
imagination of a folk poet laureate who was able to combine the
humanity and compassion of his country roots with the playful
surrealism of modern art. Angry, funny and strange, the poems and
prose in this collection reflect the concerns we find in Dylan's
most seminal music: a sense of protest, a verbal playfulness and
spontaneity, and a belief in the artistic legitimacy of chronicling
everyday life and eccentricity on the street. 'Tarantula' never
made its publication date in Autumn 1966. To the delays added by
Dylan's constant revisions was added the greater complication of
his motorcyle accident - which left him with still undisclosed
injuries and kept the book from publication until 1971. In the
interim, it became a cult phenomenon, with 'bookleg' editions
photocopied from reviewer proofs circulating throughout the musical
and literary demi-mondes. Reissued to coincide with the paperback
release of 'Chronicles Volume 1', 'Tarantula' will finally find the
wider audience it deserves.
WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE The celebrated first memoir
from arguably the most influential singer-songwriter in the
country, Bob Dylan. 'I'd come from a long ways off and had started
a long ways down. But now destiny was about to manifest itself. I
felt like it was looking right at me and nobody else.' So writes
Bob Dylan in Chronicles: Volume One, his remarkable book exploring
critical junctures in his life and career. Through Dylan's eyes and
open mind, we see Greenwich Village, circa 1961, when he first
arrives in Manhattan. Dylan's New York is a magical city of
possibilities - smoky, nightlong parties; literary awakenings;
transient loves and unbreakable friendships. Elegiac observations
are punctuated by jabs of memories, penetrating and tough. With the
book's side trips to New Orleans, Woodstock, Minnesota, and points
west, Chronicles: Volume One is an intimate and intensely personal
recollection of extraordinary times. By turns revealing, poetical,
passionate, and witty, Chronicles: Volume One is a mesmerizing
window on Bob Dylan's thoughts and influences. Dylan's voice is
distinctively American: generous of spirit, engaged, fanciful, and
rhythmic. Utilizing his unparalleled gifts of storytelling and the
exquisite expressiveness that are the hallmarks of his music, Bob
Dylan turns Chronicles: Volume One into a poignant reflection on
life, and the people and places that helped shape the man and the
art. 'Chronicles stunned everyone . . . [it's] clear, apparently
frank, unremittingly serious about his musical influences and
exquisitely written. It is, in fact, a masterpiece' Sunday Times
'Entertaining and surprisingly deprecating... The book's structure
is elegant . . . Chronicles is tautly written, vividly cinematic,
and funny . . . a courageous little book' Financial Times 'There is
something on every page, in every paragraph, that demands attention
. . . In rock and roll terms, this book is like discovering the
lost diaries of Shakespeare. It may be the most extraordinarily
intimate autobiography by a 20th-century legend' Daily Telegraph
Thirty all-time great songs arranged for harmonica. The first 24
tunes are for both diatonic and chromatic harmonicas and the rest
can only be played on 12-hole chromatic harmonicas. Contents: All
Along the Watchtower * Blowin' in the Wind * Gotta Serve Somebody *
Idiot Wind * Shelter from the Storm * Shenandoah * Shot of Love *
Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands * I Want You * Is Your Love in Vain?
* If Not for You * Something There Is About You * Stuck Inside of
Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again * I Shall Be Released * Simple
Twist of Fate * Brownsville Girl * Lay, Lady, Lay * Jokerman *
Knockin' on Heaven's Door * Hurricane * Tangled up in Blue * Sara *
Just like a Woman * Quinn the Eskimo (The Mighty Quinn) *
Everything Is Broken * I'll Be Your Baby Tonight * In the Garden *
Rainy Day Women No. 12 and 35 * Silvio * Under Your Spell.
The Philosophy of Modern Song is Bob Dylan’s first book of new writing since 2004’s Chronicles: Volume One — and since winning the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2016.
Dylan, who began working on the book in 2010, offers his extraordinary insight into the nature of popular music. He writes over 60 essays focusing on songs by other artists, spanning from Stephen Foster to Elvis Costello, and in between ranging from Hank Williams to Nina Simone. He analyses what he calls the trap of easy rhymes, breaks down how the addition of a single syllable can diminish a song and even explains how bluegrass relates to heavy metal. These essays are written in Dylan’s unique prose. They are mysterious and mercurial, poignant and profound, and often laugh-out-loud funny. And while they are ostensibly about music, they are really meditations and reflections on the human condition. Running throughout the book are nearly 150 carefully curated photos as well as a series of dream-like riffs that, taken together, resemble an epic poem and add to the work’s transcendence.
In 2020, with the release of his outstanding album Rough and Rowdy Ways, Dylan became the first artist to have an album hit the Billboard Top 40 in each decade since the 1960s. The Philosophy of Modern Song contains much of what he has learned about his craft in all those years and, like everything that Dylan does, it is a momentous artistic achievement.
(Guitar Chord Songbook). From the folk troubadour to electric
iconoclast, born-again preacher to elder statesman, Bob Dylan has
sound-tracked the last 50 years in an unparalleled catalog of song.
This collection contains 70 Dylan classics from every part of his
career. Arrangements are in the same keys as the original
recordings and include chord symbols, guitar chord frames, and
complete lyrics. Songs include: All Along the Watchtower * Blowin'
in the Wind * Forever Young * Hurricane * It Ain't Me Babe * Just
like a Woman * Knockin' on Heaven's Door * Lay Lady Lay * Like a
Rolling Stone * Mr. Tambourine Man * Rainy Day Women #12 & 35 *
Tangled Up in Blue * The Times They Are A'Changin' * and more.
(Easy Piano Personality). Easy arrangements of 13 Dylan classics:
All Along the Watchtower * Blowin' in the Wind * Forever Young *
Hurricane * It Ain't Me Babe * Knockin' on Heaven's Door * Lay Lady
Lay * Like a Rolling Stone * Mr. Tambourine Man * Rainy Day Women
#12 & 35 * Shelter from the Storm * Tangled Up in Blue * The
Times They Are A-Changin'.
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Forever Young (Hardcover)
Bob Dylan; Illustrated by Paul Rogers
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Since it first appeared on the 1974 album "Planet Waves," "Forever
Young" has been one of Bob Dylan's most beloved songs. Now
award-winning artist Paul Rogers gives us a new interpretation of
the lyrics. With images inspired by classic Dylan songs and pieces
of his life, this is a bold and touching tribute to an anthem whose
message will always stay forever young.
(Harmonica Play-Along). The Harmonica Play-Along Series will help
you play your favorite songs quickly and easily. Just follow the
notation, listen to the CD to hear how the harmonica should sound,
and then play along using the separate backing tracks. The melody
and lyrics are also included in the book in case you want to sing,
or to simply help you follow along. The audio CD is playable on any
CD player, and also enhanced so PC and Mac users can adjust the
recording to any tempo without changing pitch 8 songs, including:
All Along the Watchtower * Blowin' in the Wind * It Ain't Me Babe *
Just like a Woman * Mr. Tambourine Man * Shelter from the Storm *
Tangled Up in Blue * The Times They Are A-Changin'.
The portrait of a very young Bob Dylan on the cover of "The Times
They Are a Changin" is probably one of the most recognizable and
famous album covers of all time. Photographer Barry Feinstein took
that photo, as well as many more of Dylan throughout his career.
His images have been published throughout the world many times
over, and have become synonymous with our perceptions of that place
and time in rock and folk music history.
Inspired by a series of photographs that Feinstein took in
Hollywood during the 1950s and 60s, Bob Dylan wrote an
extraordinary series of poems that have remained unpublished for
decades. They are thought-provoking, witty and erudite observations
of the world; through the lens of Feinstein's photographs, they
speak volumes about the anonymous faces and places of Los Angeles,
and offer wry commentary on images of stars and legends in the
neighbourhood at the time. Photos of Frank Sinatra, Marlene
Dietrich, Judy Garland float through the book, as do poignant
images of starlets, casting couches, employment agencies and palm
tree'd boulevards. Feinstein was there with a camera to capture
some world-famous events, such as Marilyn Monroe's memorial
service, and he photographed the forgettable moments, preserving
them perfectly and timelessly. Bob Dylan's unsettling and
distinctly unique perspective informs and enlivens every page, an
irresistible interpretive voice narrating the visual images from
photo to photo.
May you build a ladder to the stars And climb on every rung May you
stay forever young Since he first released his self-titled debut in
1962, Bob Dylan has been one of the most celebrated artists of our
time. And perhaps nowhere is he more affecting than in his 1974
hit, Forever Young. It's an antem to youth, to doing the right
thing, to cherishing the spirit of being young. Re-imagined by
award-winning illustrator, Paul Rogers, the lyrics tell the story
of a young boy who travels through his life, living in the
footsteps of the man who gave the world the greatest gift he had:
music.
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