# Books about a single song?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/books-about-a-single-song/605251>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [December 6, 2011, 9:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/books-about-a-single-song/605251 "2011-12-06T09:12:58Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2011, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/books-about-a-single-song/605251/22 "2011-12-09T22:01:39Z")

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> [@WordMan](#):
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> \*\*Al Kooper’s \*\*Backstage Passes and Backstabbing Bastards has a number of song-specific stories, e.g., not about the writing of Like a Rolling Stone, but a great story about recording it (and Al talking his way into playing organ and contributing that legendary part completely at random…)

The recording process is also a big part in “Like a Rolling Stone: Bob Dylan at the Crossroads” that I posted above, including a track by track protocol of the whole session. Damn interesting stuff for someone like me who has never been inside a recording studio, and fascinating in revealing the way in which Dylan records his music. The casual development of the organ part is also documented.

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**Author:** ![Beatrice88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e56c9b/32.png) [@Beatrice88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beatrice88)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2011, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/books-about-a-single-song/605251/23 "2011-12-11T13:35:41Z")

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I recently heard the best song I’ve heard in a while. Good stuff.

[Deprimerad test](http://deprimerad.eu/deprimerad-test).

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