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This is the second volume in Clinton Heylin's magisterial survey of the songs of Bob Dylan. The first volume - Revolution in the Air which is now available in paperback - charted the rise of Bob Dylan from his first jottings to the full expression of genius in songs such asHard Rain Gonna Fall and The Times They Are a Changin. Still on the Road begins in 1974 with Blood on the Tracks, the album filled with masterworks such as Tangled Up in Blue and Simple Twist of Fate that heralded a watershed in Dylan's creative journey, and continues to chart his never-ending fascination with music and the art of song up to 2006's Modern Times. Praise for Revolution in the Air: 'Beg, steal, borrow ...a compelling history of Dylan's mercurial song writing.' Mojo, 5-star review 'Better than any biography could ever be, and a crucial Dylan book' - Jonathan Letham. 'Valuable resource' - "Observer". '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, insatiable appetite, and I have even made notes in the margin' - Mark Ellen, "Word". 'Already has the critics singing its praises' - "The Herald". 'Terrifically interesting for Dylan nuts' - "Sunday Herald". 'Manna for completists' - "Metro (nationwide)". 'Another epic work from Heylin' Ham & High 'True to form, Heylin digs deep way deep into the songs, mixing cold hard facts with illuminating anecdotes' - Mark Smith, managing editor, "Acoustic Guitar". 'A magnum opus that anyone curious about, fascinated by, and devoted to His Master's Voice will want to read and ponder' - Jonathan Cott, author, "Dylan", and editor, "Bob Dylan: The Essential Interviews".
About the Author
Clinton Heylin is the most distinguished writer on Bob Dylan in the world. He is the author of the Bob Dylan: Behind the Shades Revisited and Bob Dylan Day by Day as well as Revolution in the Air for Constable. 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 Friends; Despite the System: Orson Welles versus the Hollywood Studios; and Babylon's Burning: From Punk to Grunge. He lives in Somerset.
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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
As Clinton Heylin points out in his introduction, Bob Dylan wrote his first 300 songs in the space of only 13 years, but it took him 33 years to write the next 300. And it is also the case that far more attention has been paid to those early songs than the one that followed,with many column inches of over-analysis spent on them. So it is great to have a book which which deals fully with the diverse and surprising songs written between 1974-2008, not only because critics up to now have dealt cursorily with them but because, as Heylin shows,so many are real gems.
This book brings out Heylin's strengths, which are that he is a researcher, with a real eye for detail, who finds out new things about Dylan's songs and how they were written (and rewritten!), recorded and transformed in live performance. The book is full of insightful details. On the other hand , it does display Heylin's weaknesses as a writer - particularly a clunky style and an urge to be judgemental when it come to Dylan the human being as opposed to the artist. That said, this is a really fascinating and much needed account of Bob Dylan's ability to continue to develop his art over the last four decades. Recommended.
This book brings out Heylin's strengths, which are that he is a researcher, with a real eye for detail, who finds out new things about Dylan's songs and how they were written (and rewritten!), recorded and transformed in live performance. The book is full of insightful details. On the other hand , it does display Heylin's weaknesses as a writer - particularly a clunky style and an urge to be judgemental when it come to Dylan the human being as opposed to the artist. That said, this is a really fascinating and much needed account of Bob Dylan's ability to continue to develop his art over the last four decades. Recommended.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Having read Volume 1 - Revolution in the air, I knew pretty much what to expect. Mr Heylin's slightly eccentric, very assured style with his opinions stated at every opportunity, leaving very little room for any else's. However, as a reference work this book is indespensible, a must for the shelf of every true Dylan afficionado. The research and detail included is sometimes overwhelming and I know that having read the book from cover to cover, I will return to return to it many times in future to look up this or that. On the whole a good addition to the long list of Dylan books, a lot of which are not worth the paper they are written on, but this one certainly is.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Heylin's 2nd volume on Dylan's songs is a fascinating read, but it is not comprehensive -- it somehow omits the album and songs of "Down In The Groove"! It is as if Heylin had a massive amnesia attack in the middle of writing. Yes, it is not a major work, but I'm shocked that a mistake of that magnitude could happen!
If he fixes this for the paperback edition, buy that instead. And if not... somebody needs to e-mail the author and the publisher.
If he fixes this for the paperback edition, buy that instead. And if not... somebody needs to e-mail the author and the publisher.
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Still On the Road
A great piece of research and a brilliant companion to the music itself. Clinton Heylin is opinionated, and this tends to divide readers, but there's no doubting how perceptive his... Read more
Published 6 months ago by Dave Gilmour's cat
Fascinating but flawed
Clinton Heylin is the Marmite of Dylan authors but he is also one of the most steeped in all things Zimmerman. In some ways this lends a faux academic tone to this book. Read more
Published 11 months ago by A. D. Crysell
just as i thought
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