Like A Rolling Stone: Bob Dylan at the Crossroads
 

Like A Rolling Stone: Bob Dylan at the Crossroads

by Greil Marcus

For the fortieth anniversary of the recording of"Like a Rolling Stone," the definitive biography of the song that caught the questing spirit of its time and overnight changed the rules of the possible in popular music for all time
Greil Marcus saw Bob Dylan for the first time in a New Jersey field in 1963. He didn't know the name of the scruffy singer who had a bit part in a Joan Baez... (more)

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  • AlteraQueen
    • Rated 5 stars

    Meandering and irrelevant at times, Geeil Marcus manages to weave a narrative that is both refreshing, mind-boggling and endearing to music fans everywhere. He clearly has his heart in all the right places, and although i found myself going back and forth flipping the pges to read and understand "how the hell did he come to talk of this??", I think that overall, he's got a good grip on Dylan's psychology. A must-read for all Dylan fans.

    AlteraQueen wrote this review Friday, January 25 2008. ( reply | permalink )
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