Bob Dylan - Keith Negus
Traditions
Bob Dylan - Keith Negus
Keith Negus [+]
University of London United Kingdom
Keith Negus is Professor in the Department of Music at Goldsmiths College, University of London. His books include Producing Pop, Popular Music in Theory, Music Genres and Corporate Cultures, and Popular Music Studies (edited with David Hesmondhalgh). He lives in London, England.
Description
This chapter is about the most significant musical traditions through which Dylan has moved, the sounds he has inhabited and used to shape his songs – blues, country and folk. The author starts, however, with a brief detour through the legacies of childhood.