In tracing the various phases of a career that has lasted almost half a century, Negus stresses the centrality of performance to Dylan's life as a musician and songwriter, as well as detailing the way Dylan has treated his songs as continually open to change and re-arrangement in concert.
172 pages, published in 2008, in the collection 'Icons Of Pop Music':
UK: Equinox Publishing Ltd, SW11, ISBN 9781904768258,
USA: Indiana University Press, softcover, ISBN 9780253220059.
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