{"product_id":"together-through-life-a-personal-journey-with-the-music-of-bob-dylan-paperback","title":"Together Through Life: A Personal Journey with the Music of Bob Dylan - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eChris Morris\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVeteran journalist and critic Chris Morris looks back at his intense half-century-long relationship with the music of Bob Dylan, viewing the role the singer-songwriter's work has played in his own life. A candid album-by-album exploration of Dylan's catalog through 2016's \"Fallen Angels\" examines the powerful personal impact of the musician's art.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 2013, Morris - the former music editor of \u003cem\u003eThe Hollywood Reporter\u003c\/em\u003e and a longtime senior writer at \u003cem\u003eBillboard\u003c\/em\u003e - hit a psychological roadblock as he worked on his book \u003cem\u003eLos Lobos: Dream in Blue\u003c\/em\u003e (ultimately published in 2015 by the University of Texas Press). Hoping to get his writing flowing again, he turned to the music of Bob Dylan, whose album catalog had recently been collected in a boxed-set edition, and published his thoughts as posts on the blog site Tumblr.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt quickly became apparent to the writer and to his readers that the posts were something more than a critical reconsideration of Dylan's music.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMorris writes. \"The pieces were not about Dylan and they were not about me; they were about Dylan \u003cem\u003eand\u003c\/em\u003e me. I found myself reconsidering my past through these records. \u003cem\u003eWhere was I when this came out? How old was I? Where was I living? Who was I with? Was I in love? Was I happy? Miserable? Crazy? Was I high? Where was I working? What was my state of mind? How did the music affect me?\u003c\/em\u003e In some cases the pieces were coolly measured (though never impersonal); in others I found myself plunging into places within me that I hadn't visited for years. I was retrieving a portion of my life, which I had spent almost all of in the company of Bob Dylan's music.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHere, Dylan's music is explored album by album, from his 1962 debut as a folksinger to his 2015-16 explorations of the Classic American songbook; the creative highs and lows of his entire 37-title discography are examined.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut Morris' take on Dylan's music doesn't merely weigh the quality of the work - it reveals how a gifted artist's creations have the power to engage, incite, alter, and even rescue a listener over the course of a lifetime. \u003cem\u003eTogether Through Life\u003c\/em\u003e occupies a unique space in the vast bibliography of Bob Dylan books.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 176\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.38 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 16, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58180835180625,"sku":"9781941519998","price":12.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0620\/5023\/8545\/files\/YkFaNERVNWFDa3J2dDhvSHp2UWd5UT09.webp?v=1757242534","url":"https:\/\/apocalypsevinyl.com\/products\/together-through-life-a-personal-journey-with-the-music-of-bob-dylan-paperback","provider":"Apocalypse Vinyl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}