Bob Dylan: Performing Artist - The Middle Years, 1974-1986

Bob Dylan: Performing Artist - The Middle Years, 1974-1986
ISBN-10
1844490963
ISBN-13
9781844490967
Series
Bob Dylan
Category
Music
Pages
334
Language
English
Published
2004
Publisher
Omnibus Press& Schirmer Trade Books
Author
Paul Williams

Description

Bd 1. : An in-depth analysis of Dylan's groudbreaking and often controversial work on stage and in the studio

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