Bob Dylan in America, a new book by the historian Sean Wilentz, will be published in September. The following excerpt is Chapter 2 of the book. Once I went to a movie At midnight, 1940, Mice And Men, the name of it, The Red Block Boxcars Rolling by (on the Screen) Yessir life finally gets tired [...]
Every now and then I can’t help but getting lost in Bob Dylan’s world. Yes, it can be quite a lonely world. A lot of people either hate or barely tolerate Dylan: “That voice, that wretched harmonica…” Well, i’m a sucker for 2 things: music and history. If there’s anything that brings those 2 things [...]
Every now and then I can’t help but getting lost in Bob Dylan’s world. Yes, it can be quite a lonely world. A lot of people either hate or barely tolerate Dylan: “That voice, that wretched harmonica…” Well, i’m a sucker for 2 things: music and history. If there’s anything that brings those 2 things [...]
