Instead of returning to my office I went home and wrote a reply to be faxed straight back to him:
Danny,
Thanks for your fax of 10/02/90. I was beginning to give you up. Difficult questions Danny.
1) A question I’ve often asked myself. I operate a successful commercial and industrial photographic business here in Cambridge which was established 10 years ago. I am also a freelance photojournalist with a reputation to back it up. I am dedicated and determined to follow investigative journalism. It can be like ‘flogging a dead horse’ at times.
2) I am a 35 year old American without innate breeding and grateful for it. Therefore, I shall always remain an American. I have lived in many countries during my life and arrived in the UK late 1971. A somewhat boring story. I hope to return to the USA one day.
3) I am not responsible for that one.
4) Yes, recently returned from Paris. My interest there was not Alan Ronay or Agnes Varda, although it would be interesting to interview them. Hervé Muller is not on the top of my list. I am aware of his book and its contents. Prefer the pictures. My journey was to clear up the mystery surrounding Jim Morrison’s demise. My research is nearing completion but there are a number of details I am still awaiting confirmation on. What I do have however already contradicts what is known in the public domain. I have the documents.
With regard to an article or a book my options are open, but my talents are not for the written word. I appreciate good music and clever lyrics but I do not consider myself a “fan”.
I regret the ‘English trait of presumptuousness’ but you grow to be like the people you live and work with.
From the pubs of the Sydney Push to New York's legendary nightclubs, Lillian Roxon set the pace for an era that changed the world.
Audacious, independent and fiercely intelligent, by eighteen she was cutting her writing teeth in the colourful world of Sydney tabloid journalism. She moved to New York in 1959, just in time for a cultural revolution that celebrated youth, sexual freedom, women's liberation - and rock and roll.
Roxon quickly became the centre of a circle that included Andy Warhol, Lou Reed, Jim Morrison and David Bowie. Linda Eastman confided in her about her first dates with Paul McCartney. Germaine Greer dedicated The Female Eunuch to her. Roxon's Rock Encyclopedia, published in 1969, was the first book of its kind and established her as a leading chronicler of rock and youth culture. When she died suddenly in 1973, she left behind a collection of work full of the energy, irreverence and idealism of her times.
Drawing on Roxon's personal papers and extensive interviews with those who knew her, Mother of Rock is a riveting portrait of an Australian trailblazer. It also contains a generous selection of Roxon's own writing, including extracts from her Rock Encyclopedia, which revolutionised the way rock music was perceived.
'This book is dedicated to Lillian, who lives with nobody but a colony of New York roaches, whose energy has never failed despite her anxieties and her asthma and her overweight, who is always interested in everybody, often angry, sometimes bitchy, but always involved ...'-Germaine Greer, The Female Eunuch
'Germaine Greer in London has just written a book called The Female Eunuch with lots of four-letter words. She is seven feet tall and a bully and about the only female I know who is NOT a eunuch.'-Lillian Roxon, 1970
"Robert Milliken has taken this bright and shining life and allowed it to live again. The research is immaculate and the style and crafting of it a fitting tribute to someone of whom we should all be more aware." - Courier Mail
'I don't think I'd ever have written a song if it weren't for Lillian. I have to attribute to her my first awareness of the women's movement, and the fact that it might be OK to write something and show it to someone without being laughed off the planet.'-Helen Reddy
'Lillian represented Sydney. That very lucky, fearless kind of experimentation with everything, whether it was thoughts or style. It belonged to Sydney.'-David Malouf
Robert Milliken is a Sydney-based journalist and author.
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This collection of over fifty years of writing about the South and its music by Stanley Booth, one of the undisputedly great chroniclers of the subject, is a classic, essential read. Booth's close contacts with many of the musicians he writes about provide a gateway to truly understanding the music and culture of Memphis and other blues strongholds in the South. Subjects include Elvis Presley, Otis Redding, William Eggleston, Ma Rainey, Blind Willie McTell, Graceland, Beale Street and much more.
‘It was almost as if I was committing an unholy act’
Paul’s legal action was launched on New Year’s Eve 1970, in the Chancery division of the High Court in London. A writ issued in his name against the other three Beatles and Apple Corps sought ‘a declaration that the partnership business carried on by the plaintiff and the defendants under the name of the Beatles and Co., and constituted by a deed of partnership dated 19 April, 1967, ought to be dissolved and that accordingly the same be dissolved’.
In an accompanying personal affidavit, Paul said he’d been ‘driven to make this application because (a) the Beatles have long since ceased to perform as a group, (b) the defendants have sought to impose on me a manager who is unacceptable to me, (c) my artistic freedom is liable to be interfered with as long as the partnership continues and (d) no partnership accounts have been prepared since the Deed of Partnership was entered into’.
His writ further sought the appointment of an official receiver – a measure normally adopted in bankruptcy cases – to take charge of the Beatles’ finances pending a final resolution of the case. The implication, therefore, was that Apple was insolvent and Allen Klein unfit to handle the Beatles’ finances. ‘It was the only way to get the money out of Klein’s hands,’ John Eastman says. ‘Dissolving the partnership, I knew, would be pretty straightforward, but getting a receiver in a case like that was a very rare and extreme measure. At the beginning, no British lawyer I approached would take the case.’
Eastman rose to the challenge, feeling more than his brother-in-law’s finances to be at stake. ‘I knew that if I failed, it would be the end of my career . . . this preppy journeyman lawyer from New York had been seen off by the British establishment. So I set out to get us the imprimatur of the British establishment.’
Though Paul’s resources at this point were anything but bottomless, Eastman persuaded one of the City of London’s most powerful and exclusive merchant banks, N.M. Rothschild, to act as his bankers in the case. ‘They agreed to do it on the basis of £1.5 million in loan stock Paul held that wasn’t due to mature for five years.’ With that unbeatable imprimatur, Eastman began to assemble a legal team headed by a newly-qualified Queen’s Counsel, or ‘silk’, named David Hirst, a libel specialist who’d never taken on a commercial brief before.
The six months the case took to prepare seemed to confirm that the Beatles’ creative partnership was no more. In that time, each of the others released an album under his own name which seemed as much a declaration of independence as McCartney had been – but enjoyed notably greater critical success.
September had brought Ringo’s second solo album, Beaucoups of Blues, actually a collection of country songs which one American critic ranked with Bob Dylan’s Nashville Skyline. In November came George’s monumental triple-disc All Things Must Pass,
Although not lucrative, our south-of-England residencies proved a success for us in other ways as we built up loyal followings in both Bournemouth and on the Isle of Wight, much as we had at the Marquee. Again, this was encouraging as we knew we were always welcome, unlike some of the out-of-the-way places we played where we may as well have come from Mars for all the audience knew (though we probably didn’t play them ‘Mars’, being out-of-town folk and all).
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All the groups travelled with their equipment on the ferry, the gear having been loaded in to a removal van. We then all piled in the back of this removal van at the other end for the ride to the gig (often both bands and crew together). Bouncing about in the back, it was not unusual to see my drum cases used as a makeshift table to roll makeshift joints.
The man whose removal van it was (a company called Mews and based on the island) became our regular Mr Shifter and got to know us quite well in a bemused sort of way, for example calling me ‘the vicar’ because of the stand up collar on a ‘shorty-mac’ that I always wore at the time.
Our removal van man was not always so jocular, though, and wasn’t averse to creating a bit of drama. Around this time Dave was becoming more aloof and it had become his habit not to join in manhandling the equipment on to the van. On one particular hot Sunday morning it was time to load the van up to catch the ferry back to Bournemouth, and Dave was doing his latest not-doing-anything-to-help type of thing. I took exception to this and decided that, if that was how it was going to be, I wouldn’t do anything either. It was a sort of childish protest, but I felt I had to make a stand. As it turned out, I wasn’t very good at it.
The bloke whose responsibility it was to get us and his van on to the ferry before it sailed was slogging away, loading amps and shouting at me to get my arse in gear. When I didn’t respond, he flew at me, literally picking me up by my shirtfront to shake me into action. That did the trick. I’m pretty sure that Dave still didn’t join in, it didn’t register with him at all, and I lost half of my shirt buttons.
One of the greats of blues music, Willie Dixon was a recording artist whose abilities extended beyond that of bass player. A singer, songwriter, arranger, and producer, Dixon's work influenced countless artists across the music spectrum. In Willie Dixon: Preacher of the Blues, Mitsutoshi Inaba examines Dixon's career, from his earliest recordings with the Five Breezes through his major work with Chess Records and Cobra Records.
Focusing on Dixon's work on the Chicago blues from the 1940s to the early 1970s, this book details the development of Dixon's songwriting techniques from his early professional career to his mature period and compares the compositions he provided for different artists. This volume also explores Dixon's philosophy of songwriting and its social, historical, and cultural background. This is the first study to discuss his compositions in an African American cultural context, drawing upon interviews with his family and former band members. This volume also includes a detailed list of Dixon's session work, in which his compositions are chronologically organized.
An in-depth biography of Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page by the acclaimed biographer of Bob Marley and Joe Strummer, based upon the author's extensive research and interviews
The original enigmatic rock star, Jimmy Page is a mass of contradictions. A towering presence in the guitar world and one of the most revered rock guitarists of all time, in private he is reclusive and mysterious, retiring and given to esoteric interests. Over the decades he has exchanged few words to the press given the level of his fame, and an abiding interest in the demonic and supernatural has only made the myth more potent.
But in the midst of this maelstrom, who was Jimmy Page? Rock journalist Chris Salewicz has conducted numerous interviews with Page over the years and has created the first portrait of the guitarist that can be called definitive, penetrating the shadows that surround him to reveal the fascinating man who dwells within the rock legend.
“A must for CSNY fans.” —Kirkus Reviews, starred review
The first ever biography focused on the formative and highly influential early years of “rock’s first supergroup” (Rolling Stone) Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young—when they were the most successful, influential, and politically potent band in America—in honor of the fiftieth anniversary of Woodstock and the formation of the band itself.
1969 to 1974 were true golden years of rock n’ roll, bookmarking an era of arguably unparalleled musical power and innovation. But even more than any of their eminent peers, David Crosby, Stephen Stills, Graham Nash, and Neil Young channeled and broadcast all the radical anger, romantic idealism, and generational angst of their time. Each of the members had already made their marks in huge bands (The Hollies, Buffalo Springfield, The Byrds), but together, their harmonies were transcendent.
The vast emotional range of their music, from delicate acoustic confessionals to raucous counter-culture anthems, was mirrored in the turbulence of their personal lives. Their trademark may have been vocal harmony, but few—if any—of their contemporaries could match the recklessness of their hedonistic and often combative lifestyles, when the four tenacious, volatile, and prodigal songwriters pursued chemical and sexual pleasure to life-threatening extremes.
Including full color photographs, CSNY chronicles these four iconic musicians and the movement they came to represent, concentrating on their prime as a collective unit and a cultural force: the years between 1969, when Woodstock telegraphed their arrival to the world, and 1974, when their arch-enemy Richard Nixon was driven from office, and the band (to quote Graham Nash himself) “lost it on the highway.”
Even fifty years later, there are plenty of stories left to be told about Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young—and music historian Peter Doggett is here to bring them to light in the meticulously researched CSNY, a quintessential and illuminative account of rock’s first supergroup in their golden hour for die-hard fans, nostalgic flower-children, and music history aficionados alike.
On the twenty-fifth anniversary of Kurt Cobain’s death comes a new perspective on one of the most compelling icons of our time
In early 1991, top music manager Danny Goldberg agreed to take on Nirvana, a critically acclaimed new band from the underground music scene in Seattle. He had no idea that the band’s leader, Kurt Cobain, would become a pop-culture icon with a legacy arguably at the level of that of John Lennon, Michael Jackson, or Elvis Presley. Danny worked with Kurt from 1990 to 1994, the most impactful period of Kurt’s life. This key time saw the stratospheric success of Nevermind, which turned Nirvana into the most successful rock band in the world and made punk and grunge household terms; Kurt’s meeting and marriage to the brilliant but mercurial Courtney Love and their relationship that became a lightning rod for critics; the birth of their daughter, Frances Bean; and, finally, Kurt’s public struggles with addiction, which ended in a devastating suicide that would alter the course of rock history. Throughout, Danny stood by Kurt’s side as manager, and close friend.
Drawing on Goldberg’s own memories of Kurt, files that previously have not been made public, and interviews with, among others, Kurt’s close family, friends, and former bandmates, Serving the Servants sheds an entirely new light on these critical years. Casting aside the common obsession with the angst and depression that seemingly drove Kurt, Serving the Servants is an exploration of his brilliance in every aspect of rock and roll, his compassion, his ambition, and the legacy he wrought—one that has lasted decades longer than his career did. Danny Goldberg explores what it is about Kurt Cobain that still resonates today, even with a generation who wasn’t alive until after Kurt’s death. In the process, he provides a portrait of an icon unlike any that has come before.
Joy Division emerged in the mid-70s at the start of a two-decades long Manchester scene that was to become much mythologised. It was then a city still labouring in the wake of the war and entering a phase of huge social and physical change, and something of this spirit made its way into the DNA of the band. Over the course of two albums, a handful of other seminal releases, and some legendary gigs, Joy Division became the most successful and exciting underground band of their generation. Then, on the brink of a tour to America, Ian Curtis took his own life. In This searing light, the sun and everything else, Jon Savage has assembled three decades worth of interviews with the principle players in the Joy Division story: Bernard Sumner, Peter Hook, Stephen Morris, Deborah Curtis, Peter Saville, Tony Wilson, Paul Morley, Alan Hempsall, Lesley Gilbert, Terry Mason, Anik Honore, and many more. It is the story of how a band resurrected a city, how they came together in circumstances that are both accidental and extraordinary, and how their music galvanised a generation of fans, artists and musicians. It is a classic story of how young men armed with electric guitars and good taste in literature can change the world with four chords and three-and-a-half minutes of music. And it is the story of how illness and demons can rob the world of a shamanic lead singer and visionary lyricist. This searing light, the sun and everything else presents the history of Joy Division in an intimate and candid way, as orchestrated by the lodestar of British music writing, Jon Savage.
In the late 1970s and early 1980s a new phenomenon emerged in UK popular music female guitarists, bass-players, keyboard-players and drummers began playing in bands. Before this time, womens presence in rock bands, with a few notable exceptions, had always been as vocalists. This sudden influx of female musicians into the male domain of rock music was brought about by the enabling ethic of punk rock (anybody can do it!) and by the impact of the Sex Discrimination Act. With the demise of the punk scene, interest in these musicians evaporated and other priorities became important to music audiences. This book investigates the social and commercial reasons why these women became lost from the rock music record, and rewrites this period of popular music history. In addition to a wealth of original interview material with key protagonists, including the late John Peel, Geoff Travis, The Raincoats and Poison Girls, this new edition has been updated to include interviews with members of Birmingham-based band The Au Pairs, Leeds-based band Delta 5 and Viv Albertine of The Slits. Lucy Whitman (aka Lucy Toothpaste), who started the fanzine Jolt and later wrote for Spare Rib, also provides enlightening words on the relationship between female punk band members and feminism. The author also draws on her own experience as bass-player in a punk band. https://k2s.cc/file/eeb6c354c11a6/1845539575_The.pdf
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The story of the notorious rock and roll manager, revealing new, behind-the-scenes details about some of the biggest bands in music history.
Allen Klein was like no one the music industry had seen before. Though he became infamous for allegedly causing the Beatles breakup and robbing the Rolling Stones, the truth is both more complex and more fascinating. As the manager of both groupsnot to mention Sam Cooke, Pete Townshend, Donovan, The Kinks, and numerous othershe taught young soon-to-be legends how to be businessmen as well as rock stars.
While Klein made millions for his clients, he was as merciless with them as he was with anyone, earning himself an outsize reputation for villainy that has gone unchallenged until now. Through unique, unprecedented access to Kleins archives, veteran music journalist Fred Goodman tells the full story of how the Beatles broke up, the Stones achieved the greatest commercial success in rock history, and the music business became what it is today.
Few albums in the canon of popular music have had the influence, resonance, and endurance of John Coltrane's 1965 classic A Love Supreme-a record that proved jazz was a fitting medium for spiritual exploration and for the expression of the sublime. Bringing the same fresh and engaging approach that characterized his critically acclaimed Kind of Blue: The Making of the Miles Davis Masterpiece, Ashley Kahn tells the story of the genesis, creation, and aftermath of this classic recording. Featuring interviews with more than one hundred musicians, producers, friends, and family members unpublished interviews with Coltrane and bassist Jimmy Garrison and scores of never-before-seen photographs, A Love Supreme balances biography, cultural context, and musical analysis in a passionate and revealing portrait.
All About History – Iconic Moments of the Sixties 2018
All About History – Iconic Moments of the Sixties 2018
Overview: The Sixties was a decade unlike any other. Some look back nostalgically at the counterculture and revolution in social norms about dress, drugs, sexuality and formalities, while others only see irresponsible excess and the decay of social order. We can only imagine how different the world would be today if the Berlin Wall had never been built, the first human heart transplant was never undertaken, or the contraceptive pill never made available to the public. Throughout Iconic Moments of the Sixties you’ll see some of the most important political and social events in history brought to life through evocative imagery and expertly written features. Discover the pop culture sensations that gave the Sixties a swinging soundtrack and drove the crowds wild, from The Beatles to the The Beach Boys. From the elections of John F Kennedy and the Cuban Missile Crisis, to the progression of the Civil Rights movement under Martin Luther King Jr. and the climax of the Space Race, we’ve collected a wealth of important entries that span both continents and cultures.
nglish | March 19th, 2019 | ISBN: 1947856901 | 312 pages | EPUB | 1.76 MB Thirty years ago, Chuck Berry starred in the seminal music documentary Chuck Berry: Hail! Hail! Rock 'N' Roll, which profiled the legend during a star-studded concert celebrating his sixtieth birthday. Now, on the heels of Berry's death, comes the complete story behind one of America's most enduring and embattled icons.
Compiled as an oral history by the film's producer, Stephanie Bennett, Johnny B. Bad combines interviews from the film's participants, including its music director— Keith Richards. These unique interviews and accounts paint a vivid and multifaceted picture of the artist. Berry was at once a witty, articulate genius, now widely considered the godfather of rock and roll; a shrewd businessman, who had no trouble endlessly renegotiating contracts and refusing to perform until additional cash was gathered up; and also a convicted criminal, who in addition to serving time in prison for transporting a minor across state lines for "immoral purposes" had also been accused of sexual assault and sued in civil court for installing cameras in the restroom of the Southern Air, a restaurant he owned in Wentzville, Missouri.
The Fender Stratocaster: The Life & Times of the World's Greatest Guitar & Its Players
2013 | English | ISBN-10: 0760344841, ISBN-13: 978-0760344842 | 240 pages | True PDF | 95.12 MB Fender’s Stratocaster is arguably the number-one instrument icon of the guitar world. When introduced in 1954, its offset space-age lines, contoured body, and three-pickup configuration set the music world on its ear—it was truly unlike any guitar that had come before. In the hands of the world’s most beloved players, the Stratocaster has since become a popular weapon of choice among rock, blues, jazz, and country players and, not coincidentally, is also one of the most copied electric guitars of all time.
In this authoritatively written, painstakingly curated, and gloriously presented tribute to the 60-year-old Fender Stratocaster, author Dave Hunter covers the guitar’s history from concept, design, and model launch through its numerous variations and right up to the present. The story is illustrated with archival images of Stratocasters and their players in action, studio shots of Stratocasters of varied vintage and provenance, memorabilia associated with famous players, and profiles of over 30 noted Strat slingers through the ages. Influential rock’n’ rollers like Buddy Holly, Hank Marvin, Ike Turner, and Dick Dale; blues players like Buddy Guy, Eric Clapton, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Robert Cray, Bonnie Raitt, and John Mayer; metal gods Richie Blackmore, Yngwie Malmsteen, and Dave Murray; esteemed rockers Jeff Beck, David Gilmour, Ronnie Wood, Robbie Robertson, Rory Gallagher, Mark Knopfler, and Wayne Kramer; and post-punk heroes The Edge, John Frusciante, and Billy Corgan are all included. And so, of course, is Jimi Hendrix. With its unprecedented level of detail and stunning visuals, The Fender Stratocaster is the only book tribute worthy of the world’s greatest guitar.
"A tremendously insightful biography of the man who helmed the Velvet Underground and single-handedly created alternative rock This book covers not only the highlights of Reed's career, but explores lesser-known facets of his work, such as his first recordings with doo-wop group the Jades, his key literary influences, the impact of Judaism upon his work, and his engagement with the LGBT movement. Drawing from original interviews with many of his artistic collaborators, friends, and romantic partners, as well as from archival material, concert footage, and unreleased bootlegs of live performances, Dirty Blvd. exposes the man behind the myth, the notoriously uncompromising rock poet who wrote songs that transcended their genre and established himself as one of the most influential and engmatic American artists of the past half century"
Пролистывая ролик, случайно оказался в месте, где автор говорит, что всю жизнь свою он мечтал оказаться на Беверли Хиллз. По одной этой причине можно не смотреть. Да и сам фестиваль - музыкальное приложение к макдональдсам и прочему фаст-фуду. Гумпомощь в страну аборигенов.