Hard Rain A Dylan Commentary

by Riley, Tim

• ISBN13: 9780679745273
• ISBN10: 0679745270
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1993-07-27
• Publisher: Vintage

Summary

Ranging over 30 years of Bob Dylan recordings, films, and concerts, this updated edition includes a new epilogue that examines his 30th anniversary celebration and his 1998 Grammy Award comeback.

Author Biography

Tim Riley is the author of Tell Me Why: A Beatles Commentary, Hard Rain, Fever, and John Ono Lennon: The Music and the Life. He has written for Slate and Newsweek, and reviews music for NPR. A professor of journalism at Emerson College, he lives in Concord, Massachusetts.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 3
Talking New York	p. 29
Bob Dylan (1962)	p. 35
The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan (1963)	p. 52
The Times They Are A-Changin' (1964)	p. 67
Down the Highway	p. 80
Another Side of Bob Dylan (1964)	p. 82
Bringing It All Back Home (1965)	p. 95
Don't Look Back (1967)	p. 110
Highway 61 Revisited (1965)	p. 118
Mona Lisa's Highway Blues	p. 126
Blonde on Blonde (1966)	p. 127
1966 Tour	p. 144
Clothesline Sagas	p. 155
The Basement Tapes (recorded 1967-68, released 1975)	p. 156
Retro Man	p. 170
John Wesley Harding (1967)	p. 171
Nashville Skyline (1969)	p. 185
Sign on the Window	p. 191
Self-Portait (1970)	p. 192
Dylan (1973)	p. 192
New Morning (1970)	p. 201
Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits, Volume 2 (1971)	p. 201
The Concert for Bangla Desh (1971) (1971)	p. 201
Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid (1973)	p. 201
Napoleon in Rags	p. 212
Planet Waves (1974)	p. 213
Before the Flood (1974)	p. 219
Back in the Rain	p. 228
Blood on the Tracks (1975)	p. 229
Idiot Wind	p. 244
Desire (1973)	p. 245
Hard Rain (1976)	p. 251
Rolling Thunder Revue tour, including the film Ronaldo and Clara (1978)	p. 251
The Last Waltz (1978)	p. 251
Temporary Like Achilles	p. 261
Epilogue: 1992-1998	p. 297
Discography	p. 307
Selected Bibliography	p. 335
Acknowledgments	p. 341
Index	p. 343
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