The Politics and Power of Bob Dylan’s Live Performances: Play a Song for Me

The Politics and Power of Bob Dylan’s Live Performances: Play a Song for Me
ISBN-10
1003802095
ISBN-13
9781003802099
Category
Music
Pages
242
Language
English
Published
2023-11-17
Publisher
Taylor & Francis
Authors
Court Carney, Erin C. Callahan

Description

Ephemeral by nature, the concert setlist is a rich, if underexplored, text for scholarly research. How an artist curates a show is a significant aspect of any concert’s appeal. Through the placement of songs, variations in order, or the omission of material, Bob Dylan’s setlists form a meta-narrative speaking to the power and significance of his music. These essays use the setlists from concerts throughout Dylan’s career to study his approach to his material from the 1960s to the 2020s. These chapters, from various disciplinary perspectives, illustrate how the concert setlist can be used as a source to explore many aspects of Dylan’s public life. Finally, this collection provides a new method to examine other musicians across genres with an interdisciplinary approach to setlists and the selectivity of performance. Unique in its approach and wide-ranging scholarly methodology, this book deepens our understanding of Bob Dylan, the performer.

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