Bob Dylan: Performing Artist 1974-1986: The Middle Years

by Paul Williams

Overview

"The most infectiously enthusiastic introduction to Dylan yet. A chronological study of Dylan's recorded performances, rather than just his music or lyrics, it convincingly argues that this is where his true genius lies".--David Sexton, "Times Literary Supplement".

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780934558396
Publisher:	Entwhistle Books
Publication date:	03/01/2000
Edition description:	2nd ed.
Pages:	368
Product dimensions:	6.42(w) x 9.31(h) x 1.12(d)

About the Author

Paul Williams is an Oscar, Grammy, and Golden Globe winning Hall of Fame songwriter ("Rainbow Connection," "Evergreen," and "We've Only Just Begun") and President of the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP). He is a major public force in the recovery movement, a graduate of UCLA's Drug and Alcohol Counseling Certification Program and has served as a member of the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence Board of Directors. He was a founding board member and counselor for the Musicians Assistance Program (MAP), now the treatment wing of MusiCares.

Table of Contents

	Preface	xiii
I	Hero 1/74 - 2/74
1	(tour '74; Before the Flood)	3
II	Poet 3/74 - 10/75
2	(Blood on the Tracks; outtakes)	21
3	(Desire; John Hammond tribute)	39
III	Troubador 10/75 - 5/76
4	(Rolling Thunder Revue, part one)	59
5	(Rolling Thunder Revue, part two; Hard Rain)	75
IV	Alchemist 6/76 - 12/77
6	(Renaldo & Clara)	93
V	Entertainer 12/77 - 12/78
7	(tour '78: Far East; Bob Dylan at Budokan; Street Legal)	109
8	(tour '78: Los Angeles, Europe, North America)	119
VI	Disciple 12/78 - 10/79
9	(Slow Train Coming)	137
VII	Evangelist 11/79 - 11/81
10	(the Warfield concerts; tour '79-'80; Saved)	151
11	(tour spring '80; tour fall '80)	171
12	(Shot of Love and outtakes)	195
13	(tour '81)	209
VIII	Loner 12/81 - 4/84
14	(Infidels and outtakes; David Letterman Show)	231
IX	Survivor 5/84 - 8/86
15	(tour '84; Real Live)	251
16	(Empire Burlesque; Biograph; Live Aid; Farm Aid)	261
17	(True Confessions tour; Hard to Handle; Knocked Out Loaded)	283
	Discography	309
	Filmography	318
	Bibliography	321
	Credits	325
	Index	327