Hard Rain: A Dylan Commentary

By Tim Riley

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0679745270
• ISBN13: 9780679745273
• Release Date: July 1993
• Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 2.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.3" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

ignore all previous reviews of this book.....

ouch! i can't believe the other reviews of this brilliant book. riley is right on target with most of what he says here, and he even manages to make a few old favorites sound new again due to his bold insights. (did you know that "visions of johanna" was about heroin? you do now!) if you're a serious dylan buff, you really need give this book a chance -- it's truly excellent.