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Where the music had to go : how Bob Dylan and the Beatles changed each other -- and the world / Jim Windolf.

Van Pelt - New Book Display ML420.D98 W56 2026
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Windolf, Jim, author.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Dylan, Bob, 1941---Influence.
Dylan, Bob.
Beatles--Influence.
Beatles.
Dylan, Bob, Influence, 1941---Biography.
Rock music--History and criticism--Biography.
Rock music.
Musicians--United States--Biography.
Musicians.
Musicians--Great Britain--Biography.
Beatles--Biography.
Genre:
Biographies.
Physical Description:
xvii, 374 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of unnumbered plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Edition:
First Scribner hardcover edition.
Other Title:
How Bob Dylan and the Beatles changed each other -- and the world
Place of Publication:
New York, NY : Scribner, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, LLC, 2026.
Summary:
"From Dylan's initial dismissal of the Beatles as being for "teenyboppers" to his realization that they were "pointing the direction where music had to go"--and from the Beatles' obsessive spinning of early Dylan records to their impromptu renditions of fifteen Dylan songs during the 1969 Get Back sessions--the book captures the moments that pushed Dylan to "go electric" and inspired the Beatles to deepen their lyrics. Highly entertaining and packed with backstage anecdotes, Where the Music Had to Go is a deep-focus portrait of a heretofore unexamined relationship, one full of camaraderie, competition, and mutual evolution. More than a music biography, this is a front-row seat to the forces that shaped an era--an unmissable experience for music lovers, pop-culture buffs, and anyone curious about the magic that happens when legends collide."--Amazon.
Contents:
SIDE ONE. Pilgrimage
Disciples of Little Richard
The names
Picture imperfect
It'll never happen
Ego equals
Beatlemania here
Hide your love
The Savoy
How does it feel
SIDE TWO. Number one
Northern songs
Costars
Retreat
Penny Lane and Bourbon Street
Everybody's song
Beatles & Co.
Serve yourself
Rolling on
Coda: McCartney on Dylan.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 323-349) and index.
ISBN:
9781668075562
1668075563
OCLC:
1523196288

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