Bob Dylan
Heirs
Just about every singer-songwriter who mixes politics and personal experience
with a direct, poetic language is an heir of Dylan. Those I've included here
are those who seem to capture his political nature, artistic independence, iconoclastic
spirit,and deep knowledge of the tradition while keeping their own inimitable
genius:
Sites to Check Out
- Dylan Central:
Dylan has spawned an intelligent and well-organized set of websites that are
keyed into his art. From this page, you can find it all, album by album, theme
by theme.
- Bobdylan.com: Official website. All
lyrics, plus sound clips from all the albums.
- Links: This site
boasts links to all other Dylan sites on the net, plus concert info and more.
- Lyrics, etc:
lyrics, poems, raps, liner notes and other writings. Boasts a nearly complete
archive.
- Chord charts for Dylan's
oeuvre.
- My Back Pages: This
Swedish fan has built a page with tabs for just about every recorded Dylan
song.
- Classicrock.
- Our own Classic Rock Guide, Patty Williams, has a tremendous collection
of well-organized Dylan links.
- Bob Dylan: A Portrait
of the Artist as a Young Man (Roots, Routes & Ramblings): A great
site, created by German enthusiast and scholar Manfred Helfert, explores Dylan's
musical roots and influences.
- Expecting Rain - your daily Dylan
news channel.
- Quirky: The Cambridge
Bob Dylan Society
- Nobody but nobody is as knowledgeable or snide as Greil Marcus. His take
on the absurdities of the hype surrounding Dylan's 60th Bday celebrating is
worth reading. Here's the article at Salon.com
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Hugh Blumenfeld, Editor
hugh@balladtree.com
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