Studio A [Hardcover]

Benjamin Hedin (Author)

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Hardcover: 288 pages
Publisher: WW Norton; 1 edition (Oct 10 2004)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0393058441
ISBN-13: 978-0393058444
Product Dimensions: 23.8 x 16.6 x 3 cm
Shipping Weight: 522 g

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Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #971,752 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #81 in Books > Biographies & Memoirs > People, A-Z > ( D ) > Dylan, Bob

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As a pop culture icon, a literary figure and perhaps even the physical and spiritual embodiment of the tumultuous 1960s, Bob Dylan has taken on more roles and shapes than any other musician. Dylan, according to Hunter S. Thompson, became "the voice of an anguished and half-desperate generation." Now, 43 years after Dylan recorded his first album, Hedin has gathered together not only the best writing on the ever-changing folk singer, but also some of the best writing about any musician around. More than just a hagiography of a celebrated musician, his well-balanced collection mixes harsh criticism and unabashed enthusiasm, drawing from the works of great writers and artists—like Greil Marcus, Sam Shepard, Allen Ginsburg, Joyce Carol Oates, David Gates, Nat Hentoff, Robert Christgau, Anne Waldman, David Hajdu and Barry Hannah, to name just a few. The breadth and depth of Hedin’s selection is wonderful, but the book’s greatest coup may be its elegant chronological structure, which allows for a sweeping view of both Dylan and the changing times he so eloquently captured in his music. In his introduction, Hedin points out that in 1961, when Dylan’s first record debuted, "Elvis was at the movies, Buddy Holiday was dead, Chuck Berry had been out of the Top 40" for two years, and the Beatles still hadn’t come to New York. In those days, rock n’ roll didn’t reflect life’s complexities, Dylan once told an interviewer, it was all "put on a happy face and ride Sally ride." How things have changed since then. Photos.
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Bob Dylan has written many of the most significant songs and recorded many of the most lasting albums of the past 40 years, and they have inspired a wealth of equally inspired writing. This valuable collection gathers nearly 50 pieces--critical essays, reviews, interviews, book excerpts, poems, and even a Sam Shepard one-act. Hedin presents them in rough chronology, tracing Dylan from his 1961 debut on the folk scene through his transformation into a rock innovator to his latest comeback with the acclaimed Love and Theft. Among the more notable contributors are Allen Ginsberg, Johnny Cash, Joyce Carol Oates, and Hunter S. Thompson. Altogether, the pieces form a collage illustrating and illuminating Dylan's career and strongly attesting his enduring legacy and continued relevance. As Bruce Springsteen said on Dylan's induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, "To this day, wherever great rock music is being made, there is the shadow of Bob Dylan." Libraries' Dylan shelves may already be groaning, but Studio A must be added to them. Gordon Flagg
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3.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic, Feb 11 2006

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This review is from: Studio A (Paperback)

This book is a fairly good read. It chronicles Bob's journey through his career, album by album; the story comprised of mostly a collection of album reviews, press articles and interviews.

The beginning is interesting but the reviews start becoming annoying and repetitive as his career goes on.

Buy it to read once, then hand it off to a friend.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Dylan Resource, July 2 2009

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Studio A: The Bob Dylan Reader is all you could really ask for in terms of a Bob Dylan reader. As a music writer myself, I checked this book out for some Dylan research. It has proved much more helpful to me than other Dylan resources, even the 1,000 page Bob Dylan Encyclopedia. The materials you'll find inside range from interviews to reviews to poetry to literary analysis. I would have liked to have read more analysis, but that is just personal taste. I would say that Hedin chose the pieces very well, skirting the line between an actual college-level "reader" and something that is entertaining to read. It reminds me of the Popular Philosophy series that is out now (like Battlestar Galactica & Philosophy, Seinfeld & Philosophy, Radiohead & Philosophy, etc.), but it is more extensive and more interdisciplinary.

I recommend it.

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