On the road with Bob Dylan. Storia del Rolling Thunder Revue (1975)
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Nel 1975 Bob Dylan, nel pieno del fermento creativo di "Blood on the Tracks" e "Desire", tornò a calcare le scene allestendo una spettacolare tournée che coinvolse artisti come Joan Baez, Joni Mitchell, Arlo Guthrie, Allen Ginsberg, Ramblin' Jack Elliott, e che toccò ogni angolo del Nordest americano. Larry "Ratso" Sloman, allora giovane inviato di "Rolling Stone", seguì e documentò ogni tappa di quello che si chiamò "Rolling Thunder Revue" e che sarebbe diventato il più celebre tour di tutta la storia del rock. Tra descrizioni dei concerti e interviste ai musicisti, chiacchierate con i fan e litigi con il management iperprotettivo e paranoico di Dylan, scene commoventi come una visita alla tomba di Kerouac o bizzarre come un saluto al sole in compagnia di un sedicente capo indiano, Sloman racconta da testimone e protagonista un momento epocale dell'autunno del rock, in cui per un attimo sembrò che intorno a Dylan potesse rinascere il sogno psichedelico e collettivo degli anni Sessanta.
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- Pagine: 552
- Data di uscita: 14-11-2013
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A speed freak's EXHAUSTIVELY detailed account of life on the road with Dylan's mid-70s Rolling Thunder Revue. This is the phase of Desire and Rubin "Hurricane" Carter, etc. By this point in his career Dylan had learned to insulate himself from hangers-on like the author, so much of the book is bogge Leggi tutto
As a person who has traveled to see Dylan, many parts of this book rang true. The lost souls who always seem to be around are still there. The feeling of being disconnected, always a new town, travel, lack of sleep, but lots of the same faces. This book put me back on the road and while it had many
The tour must have been fun, but it is not very interesting to read about. The author wrote for Rolling Stone and expanded his articles into the rather massive paperback reissued in 2002. It's difficult to read straight through, as there are many gonzo detours into the author's search for significan Leggi tutto
This was a book that I had a very difficult time finishing. I am not a fan of Dylan singing, but I love the artistry and poetic structure of his songs. I tried not to bring that bias into my reading and hopefully I did not account his singing as in this review. In the end, it was also ordinary book a Leggi tutto
This account by a rock journalist was annoying because he often drifted into the third person and was obviously way too much of a fan of Dylan to be objective (funny for me to say). He came off like an over-eager teen, but maybe he wanted to. It was interesting to get the behind the scenes on the to Leggi tutto
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