A college drop-out, Sam Shepard became involved in fringe theatre and won plaudits for his high-octane plays. Rock 'n' roll, drugs and the explosive tensions of life on the American edge are his themes and he has been hailed as the cowboy laureate, while as a Hollywood actor he has been compared to Gary Cooper.In Rolling Thunder Logbook (1977), his chronicle of Bob Dylan's 1975 US tour, Sam Shepard writes: "Myth is a…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:48PM on July 31, 2017