When We Were Good
Subtitle: The Folk Revival
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: April 25, 1997
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 432
ISBN-13: 9780674951334
Subjects: Folk music; c 1945 to c 1960; c 1960 to c 1970; Music/Songbooks; Music; USA; Ethnic; Genres & Styles - Folk & Traditional; United States - 20th Century (1945 to 2000); Music / Folk & Traditional
First sentence: "I need a steamshovel, mama, to keep away the dead," Bob Dylan declared in 1965, having personally terminated the popular folksong revival, some thought, by picking up an electric guitar and sending his message around the world with it.