| Lives of the Poets (with Guitars): Thirteen Outsiders Who Changed Modern Music Contributor(s): Robertson, Ray (Author) |
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ISBN: 1771960728 ISBN-13: 9781771960724 Publisher: Biblioasis OUR PRICE: $13.46 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Music | History & Criticism - General - Biography & Autobiography |
| Dewey: 780.92 |
| LCCN: 2019393757 |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.3" W x 8.2" (0.80 lbs) 224 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: "The days of poets moping around castle steps wearing black capes is over. The poets of today are amplified." Picking up where Samuel Johnson left off more than two centuries ago, Ray Robertson's Lives of the Poets (with Guitars) offers up an amplified gathering of thirteen portraits of rock & roll, blues, folk, and alt-country's most inimitable artists. Irreverent and riotous, Robertson explores the "greater or lesser heat" with which each musician shaped their genre, while offering absorbing insight into their often tumultuous lives. Includes essays on Gene Clark, Ronnie Lane, The Ramones, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Townes Van Zandt, Little Richard, Alan Wilson, Willie P. Bennett, Gram Parsons, Hound Dog Taylor, Paul Siebel, Willis Alan Ramsey, and John Hartford. |