Twenty Thousand Roads

Name: Twenty Thousand Roads
SKU: 9780747565833
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Author: David N. Meyer
ISBN: 9780747565833

The Ballad of Gram Parsons and His Cosmic American Music

Häftad, Engelska, 2009

AvDavid N. Meyer

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Born to a wealthy Southern-Gothic family of alcoholics and suicides, Gram Parsons possessed a genius for the American sound. He led the Byrds to create the first country-rock album and taught the joys of American roots music to Mick Jagger. His album, Grievous Angel, remains a haunting masterpiece, but before it was released, Parsons, aged twenty-six, died from a lethal mix of morphine and barbiturates. Author David N. Meyer paints an unprecedented portrait of the man who brought together country music and rock and roll. Masterfully told, Twenty Thousand Roads is a dazzling evocation of an artist, his music and his times.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2009-08-03
Mått129 x 198 x 35 mm
Vikt388 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor592
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN9780747565833

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'A vivid, unravelling tragedy' The Times 'One of the best five rock books of 2008' Rolling Stone 'Meyer's definitive biography peels away the layers of myth to reveal the brief, bright life within' LA Times 20 Best Non-fiction Books of the Year 'Finally his life not only has a book to do it all justice, but possibly also a book that grabs the mantle of biography of the year - music-based or otherwise' Record Collector