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11/04/2006

Invisible Republic – Greil Marcus on Dylan’s old, weird America

I always had mixed feelings about Invisible Republic, Greil Marcus’s study of the Basement Tapes. Enviably well-informed: yes. Well-researched scholarship: check. But, because of some overwritten, impenetrable prose, I didn’t really get into it until the third attempt. Then I finally got it, and it revealed itself as one of the great Dylan books.

Checking out Marcus’s chapter on Harry Smith’s Anthology Of American Folk Music, covered yesterday, sealed it – it has all you’ll ever need (except a track list).

Kudos Greil Marcus’s Invisible Republic: its riches repay the effort.


Gerry Smith

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