"Chasing the Rising Sun" is the story of an American musical Journey told by a prize-winning writer who traced one Song in its many incarnations as it was carried across the world by some of the most famous singers of the twentieth century.
Bob Dylan.
Most people know the Song "House of the Rising Sun" as 1960s rock by the British Invasion group the Animals, a ballad about a place in New Orleans -- a whorehouse or a prison or gambling joint that\'s been the ruin of many poor girls or boys. "Chasing the Rising Sun" is the story of an American musical Journey told by a prize-winning writer who traced one Song in its many incarnations as it was carried across the world by some of the most famous singers of the twentieth century
