Folk Music: A Bob Dylan Biography In Seven Songs
Across seven decades, Bob Dylan has been the first singer of American song. As a writer and performer, he has rewritten the national songbook in a way that comes from his own vision and yet can feel as if it belongs to anyone who might listen.
In Folk Music, Greil Marcus tells Dylanās story through seven of his most transformative songs. Marcusās point of departure is Dylanās ability to āsee myself in others.ā Like Dylanās songs, this book is a work of implicit patriotism and creative skepticism. It illuminates Dylanās continuing presence and relevance through his empathyāhis imaginative identification with other people. This is not only a deeply felt telling of the life and times of Bob Dylan but a rich history of American folk songs and the new life they were given as Dylan sat down to write his own.