Bob Dylan: Behind the Shades Revisited Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Clinton Heylin's revised edition of Behind the Shades is, at this point, the definitive Dylan biography, and is not likely to be surpassed anytime soon. In spite of it's comparative neglect in relation to Sounes' Down the Highway (published almost simultaneously, to coincide with Dylan's 60th birthday),...

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Pete Seeger: The Power of Song (2007) Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)This is an incredible, must-see movie that rekindled my love for the music of pete seeger and painted a beautiful portrait of his amazing life and legacy. This movie is about an individual artist, but even more a living example of the power of music generally to evoke change. We need people like Pete...

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Edie: American Girl Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)The oral history form is perfect for "Edie" little-girl-lost, who streaked across the '60's horizon like a falling star. Despite her grace, fragile beauty and charisma; Edie Sedgewick was almost born to be doomed even before the drugs did her in.She was born into a wealthy old family that had a history...

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And Forget My Name : A Speculative Biography of Bob Dylan Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)This is an excellent companion to Dylan's new autobiographny. A brilliantly written and imagistic volume on Dylan's formative years, when he is a teenager and first finding his voice as an artist. The reader feels as though they are growing up in Hibbing with Robert Zimmerman who was to become Bob Dylan....

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Bob Dylan Live in Australia Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)This DVD is made up of performances from Dylan's tour of Australia in 1986. Songs in order of appearance are: In The Garden; Just Like A Woman; Like A Rolling Stone; It's Allright Ma (I'm Only Bleeding); Girl From The North Country; Lenny Bruce; When The Night Comes Falling; Ballad Of A Thin Man; I'll...

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Nate LaPointe: Learn to Play the Songs of Bob Dylan Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)This DVD has a good selection of Dylan's different guitar styles, and the instructor does a good job of breaking them down and walking you through them step by step. My only complaint is that he goes a little too fast sometimes, and there is no guitar tab displayed on the screen, which a lot of other...

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Rock Odyssey: A Chronicle of the Sixties (1960's) Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)This book was...well, it was a great read. Mr. Whitcomb describes His 1960s odyssey in great detail, with the honesty and ignorance of an outsider. It has heartbreaks and troubles, and miniature and near triumphs, at least that seems to be how the author sees some episodes in His life. I would recommend...

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