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Grown-up Anger
Coming June 13th : GROWN-UP ANGER: The Connected Mysteries of Bob Dylan, Woody Guthrie, and the Calumet Massacre of 1913. Pre-order at http://bit.ly/2o2ISNI
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Grown-Up Anger: The Connected Mysteries of Bob Dylan, Woody Guthrie, and the Calumet Massacre of 1913
More soon.....
Grown-Up Anger: The Connected Mysteries of Bob Dylan, Woody Guthrie, and the Calumet Massacre of 1913
Grown-up Anger
GROWN-UP ANGER [STARRED REVIEW!]
The Connected Mysteries of Bob Dylan, Woody Guthrie, and the Calumet Massacre of 1913
Author: Daniel Wolff
Publication Date: June 13, 2017
ISBN ( Hardcover ): 978-0-06-245169-9
Grown-Up Anger: The Connected Mysteries of Bob Dylan, Woody Guthrie, and the Calumet Massacre of 1913Grown-Up Anger: The Connected Mysteries of Bob Dylan, Woody Guthrie, and the Calumet Massacre of 1913Grown-Up Anger: The Connected Mysteries of Bob Dylan, Woody Guthrie, and the Calumet Massacre of 1913Grown-Up Anger: The Connected Mysteries of Bob Dylan, Woody Guthrie, and the Calumet Massacre of 1913A masterful tale of music, social, and economic history.In 1965, when poet and essayist Wolff (The Names of Birds, 2015, etc.) was 13, he first heard Bob Dylan's "sound of anger" on the radio. "Like a Rolling Stone" impressed him mightily. He sought out his earlier albums, and on Dylan's first, there were two original songs. One was "Song to Woody," which was "the sound of someone looking back in order to tell the truth." This led the author find out more about Woody Guthrie and to hear his music. He discovered a great singer/songwriter and political activist. That search then led him to Arlo Guthrie and his album, "Hobo's Lullaby," which included one of his father's songs, "1913 Massacre." In Calumet, Michigan, mostly striking mine workers, their wives, and children were having a crowded Christmas party in a large hall when someone falsely yelled "Fire!" In the desperate crush to escape, 73 people died. Listening to the song, Wolff realized Dylan had used the very same melody for his song about Guthrie. The pieces were falling into place: "Follow that darkish vein back to find…what? The history of anger. Hope. The truth." The author takes us on a stunning, riveting journey as we learn about the young Dylan, Woody, Joe Hill, the famous singer/songwriter and union leader, the small town of Calumet, with its copper-mining operations in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, and the unions and miners who were constantly taken advantage of by management and the mine owners. Along the way, Wolff introduces us to Woody's fellow activist musician Pete Seeger and noted song collector Alan Lomax. He also tells the story of union organizer Ella Reeve "Mother" Bloor, who first told Woody the Calumet story, and Alexander Agassiz, son of the famous scientist, who hired James MacNaughton as the union-busting manager of the Calumet mine in 1901. Wolff's elegantly intertwined historical drama is consistently revelatory. A dazzling, richly researched story impeccably told.
The Connected Mysteries of Bob Dylan, Woody Guthrie, and the Calumet Massacre of 1913
Author: Daniel Wolff
Publication Date: June 13, 2017
ISBN ( Hardcover ): 978-0-06-245169-9
Grown-Up Anger: The Connected Mysteries of Bob Dylan, Woody Guthrie, and the Calumet Massacre of 1913Grown-Up Anger: The Connected Mysteries of Bob Dylan, Woody Guthrie, and the Calumet Massacre of 1913Grown-Up Anger: The Connected Mysteries of Bob Dylan, Woody Guthrie, and the Calumet Massacre of 1913Grown-Up Anger: The Connected Mysteries of Bob Dylan, Woody Guthrie, and the Calumet Massacre of 1913A masterful tale of music, social, and economic history.In 1965, when poet and essayist Wolff (The Names of Birds, 2015, etc.) was 13, he first heard Bob Dylan's "sound of anger" on the radio. "Like a Rolling Stone" impressed him mightily. He sought out his earlier albums, and on Dylan's first, there were two original songs. One was "Song to Woody," which was "the sound of someone looking back in order to tell the truth." This led the author find out more about Woody Guthrie and to hear his music. He discovered a great singer/songwriter and political activist. That search then led him to Arlo Guthrie and his album, "Hobo's Lullaby," which included one of his father's songs, "1913 Massacre." In Calumet, Michigan, mostly striking mine workers, their wives, and children were having a crowded Christmas party in a large hall when someone falsely yelled "Fire!" In the desperate crush to escape, 73 people died. Listening to the song, Wolff realized Dylan had used the very same melody for his song about Guthrie. The pieces were falling into place: "Follow that darkish vein back to find…what? The history of anger. Hope. The truth." The author takes us on a stunning, riveting journey as we learn about the young Dylan, Woody, Joe Hill, the famous singer/songwriter and union leader, the small town of Calumet, with its copper-mining operations in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, and the unions and miners who were constantly taken advantage of by management and the mine owners. Along the way, Wolff introduces us to Woody's fellow activist musician Pete Seeger and noted song collector Alan Lomax. He also tells the story of union organizer Ella Reeve "Mother" Bloor, who first told Woody the Calumet story, and Alexander Agassiz, son of the famous scientist, who hired James MacNaughton as the union-busting manager of the Calumet mine in 1901. Wolff's elegantly intertwined historical drama is consistently revelatory. A dazzling, richly researched story impeccably told.
Dave Marsh on "Grown-up Anger"
No matter how much you think you know about Bob Dylan and Woody Guthrie, you're wrong. Who could imagine that there was still so much to discover about both of them, let alone each of them? This is the best sense anyone has ever made about the connection between them, and the best reappraisal either has had in a couple of decades. -- Dave Marsh, author “Born to Run” "The Beatles' Second Album,"and others.Grown-Up Anger: The Connected Mysteries of Bob Dylan, Woody Guthrie, and the Calumet Massacre of 1913
Published on May 01, 2017 04:22
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calumet, dave-marsh, dylan, folk-music, guthrie, rock-roll
Werner on Grown-up Anger
Grown-Up Anger: The Connected Mysteries of Bob Dylan, Woody Guthrie, and the Calumet Massacre of 1913
Whether you came to Bob Dylan and Woody Guthrie in 1965 or 2016, Grown-Up Anger will change the way you hear "This Land Is Your Land" and "Like a Rolling Stone." Beginning with the 1913 Calumet Massacre, Daniel Wolff provides a primer on the complicated history of anger, political and personal in American music, one that's never been more needed than it is today. There aren't many cultural histories that read like they've been written for activists and fans. Grown-Up Anger moves to the head of that list. --Craig Werner, Evjue-Bascom Professor of Afro-American Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison, author of “A Change Is Gonna Come.”
Coming June 13th : GROWN-UP ANGER: The Connected Mysteries of Bob Dylan, Woody Guthrie, and the Calumet Massacre of 1913. Pre-order at http://bit.ly/2o2ISNI
Whether you came to Bob Dylan and Woody Guthrie in 1965 or 2016, Grown-Up Anger will change the way you hear "This Land Is Your Land" and "Like a Rolling Stone." Beginning with the 1913 Calumet Massacre, Daniel Wolff provides a primer on the complicated history of anger, political and personal in American music, one that's never been more needed than it is today. There aren't many cultural histories that read like they've been written for activists and fans. Grown-Up Anger moves to the head of that list. --Craig Werner, Evjue-Bascom Professor of Afro-American Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison, author of “A Change Is Gonna Come.”
Coming June 13th : GROWN-UP ANGER: The Connected Mysteries of Bob Dylan, Woody Guthrie, and the Calumet Massacre of 1913. Pre-order at http://bit.ly/2o2ISNI
Published on May 29, 2017 05:03
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calumet, craig-werner, dylan, folk, grown-up-anger, guthrie, rock
PASTE magazine on "Grown-Up Anger"
Stephen Nathans-Kelly on "Grown-up Anger" with a play list he created that ranges from Dylan to Guthrie to the deep past.
https://www.pastemagazine.com/article...
https://www.pastemagazine.com/article...
Published on June 14, 2017 05:27
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calumet, dylan, folk-music, guthrie, nathans-kelly, rock-roll
Music to read "Grown-Up Anger" with
An hour of music exploring how Woody Guthrie became Woody Guthrie. A playlist to go with "Grown-up Anger." http://bit.ly/2o2ISNI
Early Woody (from "Grown-up Anger: Bob Dylan, Woody Guthrie, and the Calumet Massacre of 1913"), a playlist by Daniel Wolff on Spotify
https://open.spotify.com/user/1261687...
Grown-Up Anger: The Connected Mysteries of Bob Dylan, Woody Guthrie, and the Calumet Massacre of 1913
Early Woody (from "Grown-up Anger: Bob Dylan, Woody Guthrie, and the Calumet Massacre of 1913"), a playlist by Daniel Wolff on Spotify
https://open.spotify.com/user/1261687...
Grown-Up Anger: The Connected Mysteries of Bob Dylan, Woody Guthrie, and the Calumet Massacre of 1913
Published on June 17, 2017 05:09
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anger, dylan, playlist, woody-gutrhie
How it begins
Published on July 01, 2017 04:31
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barnes-noble, calumet, dylan, folk-music, guthrie, rock-roll
Woody Fest
Back from a visit to Okemah and the WoodyFest. Great festival with wonderful music, 95 degree days, and heat lightening nights. One result of trip is GROWN-UP ANGER now available on Woody's website (if you want to get it at the source):
Grown-Up Anger: The Connected Mysteries of Bob Dylan, Woody Guthrie, and the Calumet Massacre of 1913
https://store.woodyguthrie.org/produc...
Grown-Up Anger: The Connected Mysteries of Bob Dylan, Woody Guthrie, and the Calumet Massacre of 1913
https://store.woodyguthrie.org/produc...
Philosophical Anger
from the blog of the American Philosophical Association, interview with James South, Professor of Philosophy, Associate Dean for Faculty in the Klingler College of Arts and Sciences at Marquette University, and Director of its Center for the Advancement of Humanities)
What are you reading right now? Would you recommend it?
"I just finished Daniel Wolff’s Grown-Up Anger: The Connected Mysteries of Bob Dylan, Woody Guthrie, and the Calumet Massacre of 1913. I would recommend it very highly. I learned more about American labor movement, the violence perpetrated on American Indians, the failure of organized labor in the U.S. and the pernicious tentacles of corporations than I could have expected. It is a book that any philosopher could read for insight into the present circumstances in the U.S. from which philosophy needs to proceed."Grown-Up Anger: The Connected Mysteries of Bob Dylan, Woody Guthrie, and the Calumet Massacre of 1913
What are you reading right now? Would you recommend it?
"I just finished Daniel Wolff’s Grown-Up Anger: The Connected Mysteries of Bob Dylan, Woody Guthrie, and the Calumet Massacre of 1913. I would recommend it very highly. I learned more about American labor movement, the violence perpetrated on American Indians, the failure of organized labor in the U.S. and the pernicious tentacles of corporations than I could have expected. It is a book that any philosopher could read for insight into the present circumstances in the U.S. from which philosophy needs to proceed."Grown-Up Anger: The Connected Mysteries of Bob Dylan, Woody Guthrie, and the Calumet Massacre of 1913
Published on October 17, 2017 06:47
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calumet, dylan, folk-music, guthrie, philosophy