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(More customer reviews)Keith Negus has written a very short but very informative book about Dylan. Hard core Dylan fans won't learn anything from it. It's just not THAT kind of book. For that, you want Michael Gray, Clinton Heylin, Greil Marcus, etc.
But given its modest ambitions, it's probably the best book available for someone who's just getting into Dylan's music and wants a complete overview without investing in a college course. The best thing about it is that Negus is interested as Dylan the MUSICIAN, rather than Dylan the poet or Dylan as the voice of his generation. If you've wondered why anyone would take Bobby Zimmerman seriously as a musician, here's the book to read.
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Keith Negus addresses both the novice Dylan fan and the longtime listenerin his new book, Bob Dylan. Negus first approaches the man as a mythical culturalfigure before situating the music within the larger folk and blues tradition. Hethen examines the beginning of Dylan's career as a protest singer, his role as aperformer, and his impact on popular music, concluding with an overall assessment ofDylan as an artist. Chapters titled "Surroundings," "Chronologies," "Traditions,""Lyrics," and "Music" take up the various aspects of Dylan's career, making for asmooth exploration of its overall yet unfinished trajectory. Negus also includes acomplete discography as of 2007.
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