Steve Goodman: Facing the Music [With Access Code] - Softcover

Eals, Clay

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1550227327 ISBN 13: 9781550227321

Verlag: ECW PR, 2007

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Book by Eals Clay

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"Goodman fans-- there are many in Canada, where he often performed-- will enjoy the tales here." -- "Globe and Mail"

"Goodman fans--there are many in Canada, where he often performed--will enjoy the tales here." --"Globe and Mail"

"Goodman fans-there are many in Canada, where he often performed-will enjoy the tales here." -"Globe and Mail"

"He was just an irrepressible impish jukebox of songs and energy." --Bonnie Raitt

"More than a biography,"" "Facing the Music" is a labor of love." --The Associated Press

"The definitive biography of the beloved Chicago singer-songwriter." --"Chicago Sun-Times"

"More complete and detailed than anyone could have expected. . . . Exhilarating and enlightening." --"Sing Out!"
"Nineteen chapters containing over seven hundred pages of detailed and informative, nay, jaw-dropping biographical text." --FolkWax
"This loving biography . . . becomes so interesting that you want to slow down and savour every scene." "--Winnipeg Free Press"

"Eals . . . conducted more than 1,000 interviews, including . . . Goodman's high school classmate and friend Hillary Clinton." --OregonLive.com

Reseña del editor:

?Steve Goodman wrote Good mornin’ America, how are ya” into the nation’s consciousness, becoming one of the most respected singer/songwriters of the 1970s and early 80s. With warmth and wit, he charmed better-known peers, top critics, and countless fans. Yet this 5-foot-2 troubadour nearly lost his chance at adult life. Diagnosed with leukemia at age 20, Goodman kept it a secret for 16 years as he sang for a generation that assumed it would live forever. This biography scrutinizes a theme that Goodman knew all too well: when death is imminent, we grasp that life is about connecting with others. Goodman’s childhood, the untold full story of City of New Orleans,” his launching by the unlikely duo of Kris Kristofferson and Paul Anka, his teaming with wild and crazy” Steve Martin for more than 200 shows, his landmark recordings and two Grammy awards all get extensive attention in this biography. The book delves into his personal and professional life, drawing on over 850 original interviews with Goodman’s family, childhood and adult friends, and a diversity of celebrities. From the cradle to the crypt, it’s a mighty short trip,” Goodman wrote in a song shortly before his 1984 death. This biography verifies that the universality of his work hilarious, political, romantic, or all three rolled into one resonates deeply in today’s musical firmament.

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• Verlag: ECW PR
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2007
• ISBN 10: 1550227327
• ISBN 13: 9781550227321
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 778
• Herausgeber: Terkel Studs