We’ve known for years that Bob Dylan borrowed melodies from older songs, and that particular songs and poems inspired him to write his own lyrics. In a nearly 12,000 word essay in the just published book, “Kerouac On Record: A Literary Soundtrack,” I detail just how extensively Dylan ...
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Complete Bob Dylan Song Lyrics Book Due Oct. 28; Dylan Sings ‘Do Re Mi’ With Ry Cooder, Van Dyke Parks October 9, 2014 Eight Questions: Interview With ‘True Love Scars’ Author Michael Goldberg October 8, 2014 Photo Gallery + Music: The Great Woody Guthrie In New York October 8,...
Complete Bob Dylan Song Lyrics Book Due Oct. 28; Dylan Sings ‘Do Re Mi’ With Ry Cooder, Van Dyke Parks October 9, 2014 Eight Questions: Interview With ‘True Love Scars’ Author Michael Goldberg October 8, 2014 Photo Gallery + Music: The Great Woody Guthrie In New York October 8,...
“‘True Love Scars’ reads like a fever dream from the dying days of the Summer of Love. Keyed to a soundtrack of love and apocalypse, Writerman pitches headlong into a haze of drugs, sex and confusion in search of what no high can bring: his own redemption. Read it and be transfor...
Complete Bob Dylan Song Lyrics Book Due Oct. 28; Dylan Sings ‘Do Re Mi’ With Ry Cooder, Van Dyke Parks October 9, 2014 Eight Questions: Interview With ‘True Love Scars’ Author Michael Goldberg October 8, 2014 Photo Gallery + Music: The Great Woody Guthrie In New York October 8,...
“Liberty Street” was one of the last songs I put together for the record. We didn’t see the lyrics for this song until we got into the studio. Bob Dylan has a way of saying lines like ‘Six months in Kansas City down on Liberty Street’ and it having an immediate, ye...
Complete Bob Dylan Song Lyrics Book Due Oct. 28; Dylan Sings ‘Do Re Mi’ With Ry Cooder, Van Dyke Parks October 9, 2014 Eight Questions: Interview With ‘True Love Scars’ Author Michael Goldberg October 8, 2014 Photo Gallery + Music: The Great Woody Guthrie In New York October 8,...
PopMatters Gives ‘True Love Scars’ a Rave Review –‘a whirlwind tale of a young music fanatic’s quest’ October 29, 2014 Exclusive! Bob Dylan’s Handwritten Lyrics For ‘New Basement Tapes’ Song, ‘Liberty Street’ October 28, 2014 Video: Stream Another Bob Dylan ‘New Basement Tap...
PopMatters Gives ‘True Love Scars’ a Rave Review –‘a whirlwind tale of a young music fanatic’s quest’ October 29, 2014 Exclusive! Bob Dylan’s Handwritten Lyrics For ‘New Basement Tapes’ Song, ‘Liberty Street’ October 28, 2014 Video: Stream Another Bob Dylan ‘New Basement Tap...