When Zainab McCoy, visual and performing artist from Philadelphia who is currently living in Oslo contacted me, I was immediately astonished by the unique item she had to offer: Her late husband Hans Marius Stormoen translated Dylan’s “Chronicles, Volume 1″ into Norwegian. After his work was finished, Zainab asked him what to do with the …
65 years old Suze Rotolo is going to release her book “A Freewheelin’ Time: A Memoir of Greenwich Village in the Sixties” in May. The official release date is May 13, 2008 but it can already be pre-ordered on Amazon.com. Rotolo is perhaps best known from the 1963 cover photography of “The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan”, …
“The Producer: John Hammond and the Soul of American Music” is the ultimate guide to one of America’s key figures in popular music, John Hammond.- The man who recognized and supported the talents of Bob Dylan and Bruce Springsteen among many others at the earliest stage of their careers. Author Dunstan Prial, a freelance journalist, …
On June 15, 1965 Bob Dylan, Al Kooper, Mike Bloomfield, bass player Russ Savakus, drummer Bobby Gregg and producer Tom Wilson recorded only one complete take of “Like A Rolling Stone” (after four false starts). On the following afternoon they recorded another three complete takes (11 attempts in all). And it should be take 4 …
Bob Dylan surprises his audience once again. What seemed so unlikely, finally happened: During the past three years Dylan has written his (first) autobiography, entitled “Chronicles, Volume One”. It was released on October 5, and is also available as an audio book (CD and cassette) read by actor Sean Penn. There’s two important facts that …