Michael Gray è un distinto critico, scrittore e radiodiffusore riconosciuto come autorità mondiale sull'opera di Bob Dylan. La sua esperienza si estende profondamente nella storia del rock'n'roll, con un interesse particolare per il blues prebellico e le narrazioni di viaggio. L'approccio di Gray è analitico, concentrandosi sullo sviluppo artistico, le preoccupazioni tematiche e le innovazioni stilistiche all'interno della musica che studia. Offre profonde intuizioni sull'arte e sul significato culturale dei musicisti, fornendo un esame accademico ma accessibile della loro produzione creativa.
1st edn (Special edition 287 of 550). 8vo. Original gilt lettered black cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (Fine in protective cover, not price clipped). Pp. 351, illus with b&w photos (previous owner's neat annotation on title page).
"The Bob Dylan Encyclopedia is the culmination of over thirty years of dedicated research and scholarship by Michael Gray." "Inside these pages, you'll find a world of ideas, facts, and opinions. It's a world in which Baudelaire flows on from the Basement Tapes and A.S. Byatt looks out at the Byrds: in which Far from the Madding Crowd follows Ezekiel and Bob Geldof introduced Jean Genet: and in which Hank and William Carlos Williams stand side by side while J.R.R. Tolkien trails Titanic. Most of all, of course, it's a world in which everyone and everything interconnects with one of our greatest living artists: Bob Dylan."--Jacket
Provides a definitive retrospective appraisal of almost 40 years of work by one of the 20th centuries most significant artists. The author provides in this new edition fresh material and analysis. The material both updates the book through 1999 and offers major new studies of Dylan's entire oeuvre.
When Frank Zappa died of cancer in 1993, the world lost a talent with a memorably irreverent, intelligent personality. Here Michael Gray follows the trajectory of Zappa’s career, documenting his move to California and the formation of The Mothers of Invention. The short but remarkable life of one of rock’s most un-compromising figures is updated here to include a reassessment of Zappa’s continued influence on a new generation of artists and fans. 60 black-and-white photographs are included.