Bob Dylan : mixing up the medicine / written and edited by Mark Davidson and Parker Fishel ; with editorial assistance by Austin Short ; additional essays selected by Michael Chaiken and Robert Polito.
Material type:
TextPublisher: East Hampton, New York : Callaway, 2023Edition: First editionDescription: 607 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cmContent type: - text
- still image
- unmediated
- volume
- 1734537795
- 9781734537796
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Main Library | NonFiction | New | 782.4216 D253 | Checked out | 05/04/2024 | 33111011251283 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
BOB DYLAN: MIXING UP THE MEDICINE is an unprecedented glimpse into the creative life of one of America's most groundbreaking, influential and enduring artists.
'If there is anything new to be discovered about Bob Dylan, you can probably find it in The Bob Dylan Centre... Now the Bob Dylan Centre is publishing its first book, essentially the archive in miniature: Bob Dylan: Mixing up the Medicine . It is a 608-page tome examining over 1000 images and objects culled from the collection by archivists and curators Mark Davidson and Parker Fishel.' - The Telegraph
Several years ago, a treasure trove containing some 6,000 original Bob Dylan manuscripts was revealed to exist. Their destination? Tulsa, Oklahoma. The documents, as essential as they are intriguing-draft lyrics, notebooks, and diverse ephemera- comprise one of the most important cultural archives in the modern world. Along with countless still and moving images and thousands of hours of riveting studio and live recordings, this priceless collection now resides at The Bob Dylan Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma, just steps away from the archival home of Dylan's early hero, Woody Guthrie.
Nearly all the materials preserved at The Bob Dylan Center are unique, previously unavailable, and, in many cases, even previously unknown. As the official publication of The Bob Dylan Center, BOB DYLAN: MIXING UP THE MEDICINE is the first wide-angle look at the Dylan archive, a book that promises to be of vast interest to both the Nobel Laureate's many musical fans as well as a broader cultural audience.
Edited by Mark Davidson and Parker Fishel, BOB DYLAN: MIXING UP THE MEDICINE focuses a close look at the full scope of Dylan's working life, particularly from the dynamic perspective of his ongoing and shifting creative processes-his earliest home recordings in the mid-1950s right up through Rough and Rowdy Ways (2020), his most recent studio recording, and into the present day.
The centerpiece of BOB DYLAN: MIXING UP THE MEDICINE is a carefully curated selection of over 600 images including never-before-circulated draft lyrics, writings, photographs, drawings and other ephemera from the Dylan archive.
With an introductory essay by Sean Wilentz and epilogue by Douglas Brinkley, the book features a surprising range of distinguished writers, artists and musicians, including Joy Harjo, Greil Marcus, Michael Ondaatje, Gregory Pardlo, Amanda Petrusich, Tom Piazza, Lee Ranaldo, Alex Ross, Ed Ruscha, Lucy Sante, Greg Tate and many others. After experiencing the collection firsthand in Tulsa, each of the authors was asked to select a single item that beguiled or inspired them. The resulting essays, written specifically for this volume, shed new light on not only Dylan's creative process, but also their own.
BOB DYLAN: MIXING UP THE MEDICINE is the magnum opus every Bob Dylan fan has been waiting for since the 60s and will be a landmark publication for the ages.
"Treasures from the Bob Dylan Center, Tulsa, OK"--Page before title page.
Includes bibliographical references, indexes, and discography.
Preface. The perpetual motion of illusion / Mark Davidson and Parker Fishel -- Introduction. Endless highway / Sean Wilentz -- 1941-1960 : an accident of geography. I just wanna see it / Lee Ranaldo ; Every Wednesday at 2 P.M. / Marvin Karlins ; Madison, WI/fall-winter 1960/Bob Dylan, Danny kalb, Jeff Chase / Greil Marcus. -- 1960-1964 : a way of life. Collecting and connecting Woody and Bob / Barry Ollman ; On mojo / Jeff Gold ; A daily reminder of important matters / Lucy Sante -- 1965-1966 : the sound of the streets. American dream #115 / Tom Piazza ; Highway to the sea: Dylan, Conrad, and the "Tombstone blues" / Griffin Ondaatje ; Reflections on Tarantula / Amanda Petrusich ; Dear Paul / Clinton Heylin -- 1967-1973: everybody's song. Reflections on "As I went out one morning / John Doe ; Huey digs Dylan / Gregory Pardlo ; "Hi, Bob, it's Tony" : the Dylan/Glover interviews / Anne Margaret Daniel -- 1974-1978 : the constant state of becoming. Reflections on "Dirge" / Raymond Foye ; I'm learning it these days / Richard Hell ; Tangled / Joy Harjo -- 1979-1987 : surviving in a ruthless world. If you see her on Fannin Street / Alex Ross ; Widescreen / Terry Gans ; Two possible lies and the truth / Michael Ondaatje ; The Gunfighter's never ending tour / Robert M. Rubin ; It's hell time man! / Jeff Slate -- 1988-2000 : as natural as breathing ; Hendrix and Dylan / Greg Tate ; Is "Handy Dandy" another Bob Dylan alias? / Larry Sloman ; Reflections on "Not dark yet" / Allison Moorer -- 2001-2013 : themes, dreams, and schemes. Postcard from Tulsa / Peter Darey ; Get jailed, jump bail / Ed Ruscha -- 2014-2023 : the here and now. Tangled up in improv / Alan Licht -- Epilogue. Our wells are deep / Douglas Brinkley.
"Several years ago, a treasure trove containing some 6,000 original Bob Dylan manuscripts was revealed to exist. Their destination? Tulsa, Oklahoma. The documents, as essential as they are intriguing--draft lyrics, notebooks, and diverse ephemera--comprise one of the most important cultural archives in the modern world. Along with countless still and moving images and thousands of hours of riveting studio and live recordings, this priceless collection now resides at The Bob Dylan Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma, just steps away from the archival home of Dylan's early hero, Woody Guthrie. Nearly all the materials preserved at The Bob Dylan Center are unique, previously unavailable, and, in many cases, even previously unknown. As the official publication of The Bob Dylan Center, BOB DYLAN: MIXING UP THE MEDICINE is the first wide-angle look at the Dylan archive, a book that promises to be of vast interest to both the Nobel Laureate's many musical fans and to a broader national and international audience as well"--Amazon.