| 120 Songs Contributor(s): Russell, Tom (Author) |
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ISBN: 098286017X ISBN-13: 9780982860175 Publisher: Bangtail Press OUR PRICE: $18.95 Product Type: Paperback Published: October 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | American - General - Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs - Music | Lyrics |
| Physical Information: 0.68" H x 7.5" W x 9.25" (1.24 lbs) 326 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Singer, songwriter, painter, essayist...Tom Russell is known as one of the most compelling performers in the world, and is recognized as a master American lyricist. And now, with 120 Songs, Russell presents his first-ever collection of lyrics, handpicked and individually introduced, and complemented by a set of his original woodcut illustrations. From classics like Blue Wing, Gallo del Cielo, Navajo Rug, and Outbound Plane, to newer songs like Guadalupe, and Who s Gonna Build Your Wall this volume is the only available anthology, in print, of all of Russell s finest songs and unpublished rarities. Each song includes an introduction and guitar chords, and the main introduction also includes details of Russell s brief encounters with Bob Dylan and the Beatles. Tom Russell is Johnny Cash, Jim Harrison and Charles Bukowski rolled into one. I feel a great affinity with Tom Russell s songs, for he is writing out of the wounded heart of America. The best songwriter of my generation raises and sets the bar for contemporary singer-songwriters. Tom Russell is an original, a brilliant songwriter with a restless curiosity and an almost violent imagination. I so admire his work. It s fine craft, and posey, none of which dwarfs its embracing humanity and urgings. The most powerful voice on the contemporary folk circuit The greatest living country songwriter he s written songs that capture the essence of America. A trait that can only be matched by the country s greatest novelists . The lyrics are jewels. |