In the early 1960s, Bob Dylan set about changing the face of popular music with little more than a forceful personality and a talent for writing songs that popularized folk music without watering it down. But he was also a songwriter trying to make a buck. The Witmark Demos: 1962-1964 collects 47 demos Dylan recorded of his original material before age 24. The set opens with a session cut just eight weeks after the recording of his first album, which was largely a collection of other people’s songs.
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Bob Dylan: The Bootleg Series Vol. 8: Tell Tale Signs The eighth installment of Bob Dylan's official bootleg series outlines his career from Oh Mercy up to his latest studio album Modern Times.Tell Tale Signs covers 17 years but rea... Read Post
Free MP3 of the DaySpinner.com: Bob Dylan releases 'The Bootleg Series Vol. 8 - Tell Tale Signs: Rare and Unreleased 1989-2006 today. The latest in rock icon's unofficial bootleg series comes as a double-disc -- or, for Dylan devote... Read Post
Congrats to Bob Dylan for winning a special honorary Pulitzer Prize yesterday, a citation for "his profound impact on popular music and American culture, marked by lyrical compositions of extraordinary poetic power." Dylan's hono... Read Post