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(More customer reviews)Once again, noted author (and fine musician in his own right), Sid Griffin, has delivered another gripping take on the curious but celebrated Rolling Thunder Revue, Bob Dylan's brief but historic journey with his traveling music troupe back in 1975/1976. Sid has a knack for telling the tale as if he and the reader were right there on the bus and on the various stages in the Northeast US, Florida and Colorado with such luminaries as Joan Baez, Ramblin' Jack Elliott, Roger McGuinn, Mick Ronson and the rest of Dylan's rag-tag gypsy gang. It is factual and well-researched and is another jewel in the Jawbone Press collection, as was Sid's previous novel Million Dollar Bash about Dylan, The Band and The Basement Tapes. I HIGHLY recommend this book as a fascinating artifact of the times and yet another critical glimpse into the life of one of the most gifted, yet enigmatic poets and musicians of our generation. Included are revelatory takes on Dylan's strange and spooky Renaldo & Clara movie and the two (different) US and Japanese Hard Rain televison specials during that brief period. You will not be disappointed and Shelter From The Storm would make a wonderful gift for the Bob-ophile in your life!
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In the fall of 1975 and spring of 1976Bob Dylan led a travelling retinue of musicians around America on the two legs of the Rolling Thunder tour. Along for the ride were Joan BaezRoger McGuinnRamblin' Jack ElliottDavid BlueKinky FriedmanT-Bone BurnettAllen GinsbergSam SheppardMick Ronsonand dozens more musiciansfriendsfamily and hangers-on. The circus was documented in the film ÊRenaldo and ClaraÊthe live album ÊHard RainÊand a TV concert special of the same namewhile in between the two legs of the tour Dylan released the classic ÊDesireÊ album. It is this period of heightened creativity and personal drama that Dylan-authorityauthorand musician Sid Griffin examines in ÊShelter from the StormÊ. Interviewing many of the tour's participantsincluding musicians Roger McGuinnT-Bone BurnettArlo Guthrieand Ramblin' Jack Elliottand tour manager Louie KempGriffin mixes meticulous musical analysis into a gripping narrative in this definitive account of the Rolling Thunder years.
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