Million dollar bash : Bob Dylan, the band, and the basement tapes / [Sid Griffin ; editor, Tony Bacon].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Griffin, Sid.

Contributor:

Bacon, Tony, 1954-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dylan, Bob, 1941---Criticism and interpretation.

Dylan, Bob.

Dylan, Bob, 1941---Discography.

Dylan, Bob, 1941-.

Rock music--1961-1970--History and criticism.

Rock music.

Criticism and interpretation.

Genre:

Discographies.

Physical Description:

336 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

London : Jawbone, [2007]

Summary:

Million Dollar Bash tells for the first time the whole story of the Basement Tapes, recorded in summer 1967 when Bob Dylan's career was at a crossroads. Recovering from a mysterious motorcycle crash, he gathered together a few musician friends in Woodstock, New York, and informally recorded a bunch of songs intended to be heard by no one but themselves. Instead, they changed music forever.

Dylan declined to release the songs commercially, and they became hits for The Byrds, Manfred Mann, Peter Paul & Mary, and others. Since then, Dylan's own versions of the songs - including 'I Shall Be Released,' 'This Wheel's On Fire,' 'You Ain't Goin' Nowhere,' and 'Tears Of Rage' - have been the subject of myth, mystery, rumor, and a good dose of fiction. Never has a group of recordings been so discussed - and so misunderstood.

In this new book, musician and author Sid Griffin examines the recordings in detail, demonstrating on every page a musician's insight into the Basement Tapes, the men who recorded them, and the times in which they were made. Every Dylan fan needs this book. New interviews with Robbie Robertson, Roger McGuinn, Chris Hillman, Peter Yarrow, Manfred Mann, and others. Full details of musicians and recording locations for every known Basement Tapes recording. Exhaustive listings of Basement Tapes cover versions. A map of the Woodstock area, identifying the Big Pink house and other key locations.

Contents:

Picture montage 1 Before the Basement Tapes 4

Map of key locations 6

Picture montage 2 After the Basement Tapes 8

A - Z Basement Tapes songs 12

Ampex tape recorder 13

The story of the Basement Tapes

1 The Beginning Of The Beginning: Background to the Woodstock area 14

2 Backbeat: Bob Dylan, 1941-1966 26

3 Rolling Down The Road: Bob Dylan's motorcycle crash 42

4 You Are What You Eat The Document: Shooting and editing two movies 58

5 The Summer Of Family Love: Gathering and setting-up in Woodstock 78

6 Clouds So Swift: Establishing the working day 102

7 Now You Must Provide Some Answers: Recordings in the Red Room at Hi Lo Ha 118

8 Lost Time Is Not Found Again: The recording gear they used 136

9 Building Big Ships And Boats: Moving to Big Pink 148

10 Tiny Montgomery Says Hello: Recordings in the Big Pink basement 156

11 Another Best Friend, Somehow: The move to Wittenberg Road 222

12 Giving Back All Of What You Owe: Recordings at Wittenberg Road 234

13 Go Down, Miss Moses: The Hawks/Band-only recordings 242

14 That Million Dollar Bash: The cover versions 266

15 Deep In Number And Heavy In Toil: The official 1975 two-LP release 286

16 And Life Is Brief: Some views, within and without 306

Basement Tapes cover versions 318.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references, discography and index.

ISBN:

9781906002053

1906002053

OCLC:

154673988