Greil Marcus

Acclaimed cultural critic Greil Marcus tells the story of Bob Dylan through the lens of seven penetrating songs   “The most interesting writer on Dylan over the years has been the cultural critic Greil Marcus. . . . No one alive knows the music that fueled Dylan’s imagination better. . . . Folk Music . […]

The book begins in Berkeley in 1968, and ends with a piece on Dylan’s show at the University of Minnesota on election night 2008. In between are moments of euphoric discovery: from Marcus’…..

Greil Marcus saw Bob Dylan for the first time in a New Jersey field in 1963. He didn’t know the name of the scruffy singer who had a bit part in….