Hard Rain: A Dylan Commentary (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780679745273)

An in-depth look at over thirty years of Nobel Prize winner Bob Dylan's recordings including analysis of "The Times They Are A-Changing," "Like a Rolling Stone," and "Tangled Up in Blue."

Examinging over thirty years of Dylan's recordings, films, and live concerts to deliver fresh, and sometimes heretical, judgements of his work, Tim Riley persuasively demonstrates that Bob Dylan is the most important American rock 'n' roller since Elvis. He charts the mercurial shifts of the Dylan persona, from acoustic to electric, and assesses the singer's debt to earlier muscians aw well as his influence on such performers as the Byrds, Bruce Springsteen, and Elvis Costello.

Includes a new epilogue that examines Dylan's 30th anniversary celebration and his 1998 Grammy Award comeback.

Author: Tim Riley
ISBN-10: 0679745270
ISBN-13: 9780679745273
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Language: English
Published: 07/27/1993
Pages: 368
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 7.98h x 5.26w x 0.86d

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 07/12/1993