Ebook: Revolution in the air: the songs of Bob Dylan Vol. 1, 1957-73

The first of two volumes, this companion to every song that Bob Dylan ever wrote is by far the most comprehensive book on the words of Americas greatest songwriter. Here youll find not just opinionated commentary or literary interpretation, but facts, first and foremost. Clinton Heylin is the worlds leading Dylan biographer and expert, and he has arranged the songs--including a number that have never been performed--in a continually surprising chronology of when they were actually written rather than when they appeared on albums. Using newly discovered manuscripts, anecdotal evidence, and a seemingly limitless knowledge of every Bob Dylan live performance, he has uncovered a wealth of information about the songs, leaving no stone unturned in his research.

Here we learn that the middle verse of Blowin in the Wind was written much later than the first and third verses; that The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll was based on a complete distortion of the facts of the case; that Mixed Up Confusion, despite being Dylans first single, was composed later than many of his early masterpieces; that Fourth Time Around was a direct response to John Lennons Norwegian Wood; and much more.

Reading this volume will fundamentally change how you hear Dylans songs and will make you want to revisit the mans lesser-known masterpieces. This is an essential purchase for every true Bob Dylan fan--and perhaps your most essential purchase, for, as a guide to the mans work, it will never be surpassed.