A Simple Twist of Fate: Bob Dylan and the Making of Blood on the Tracks

A Simple Twist of Fate: Bob Dylan and the Making of Blood on the Tracks
ISBN-10
0306814137
ISBN-13
9780306814136
Category
Music
Language
English
Published
2005-03-02
Publisher
Da Capo Press
Authors
Andy Gill, Kevin Odegard

Description

"So fascinatingly behind-the-scenes that it will make you listen to the album as if you've never heard it before."--Esquire In 1974 Bob Dylan wrote, recorded, reconsidered, and then re-recorded the best-selling studio album of his career. Blood on the Tracks was composed as Dylan's twelve-year marriage began to unravel, and songs like "Tangled Up in Blue" and "Shelter from the Storm" have become templates for multidimensional, adult songs of love and loss. Yet the story behind the creation of this album has never been fully told; even the credits on the present-day album sleeve are inaccurate. Dylan recorded the album twice-once in New York City and again in Minneapolis, with a rag-tag gang of local musicians, quickly rewriting many of the songs in the process. For A Simple Twist of Fate, the authors have interviewed the musicians and producers, industry insiders, and others, creating an engaging chronicle of how one musician channeled his pain and confusion into great art.

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