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Read [Barney Hoskyns, The Band Book] # Across the Great Divide: The Band and America Online ^ PDF eBook or Kindle ePUB free. Across the Great Divide: The Band and America Spanning the history of American rock and boasting a supporting cast that includes Dylan, Janis Joplin, and U2, the book brilliantly captures the raw magic and complex personalities of a group George Harrison called "the best band in the history of the universe." This revised U.S. (Book). edition includes a postscript, together with an obituary of Rick Danko and a brand-new interview with Robbie Robertson.. This is a vivid and rollicking account of The Band's journey across three decades]
| Title | : | Across the Great Divide: The Band and America |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.16 (930 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 142341442X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 468 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-11-20 |
| Language | : | English |
Where-are-they-now final chapters investigate the years after the Band's 1976 split: Robertson pursued Hollywood interests, Manuel committed suicide in 1986 and the others continued solo work. Known as the Hawks, they backed up Bob Dylan after his notorious acoustic-to-electric switch; later, they perfected a style of their own at a Woodstock, N.Y., house dubbed "Big Pink." In 1968, their first album as the Band was released, and subsequent hits included "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down." This account relies heavily on quotations from the likes of critic Greil Marcus, performer Eric Clapton and late promoter Bill Graham. . Of the Band's lineup, Robertson proves by far
This is a hack job, with most of the This is a hack job, with most of the information lifted from other writers' work rather than from actual research. The author comes across as bitter and scornful. His statements about Rick Danko in particular were demeaning.. Terrible book that should be in a gossip section. This book is full of blatant and unacceptable inaccuracies. For instance, it has the wrong year for Robbie Robertson's birthday. It plagarizes a quote out of Levon Helm's book (a quote by Levon Helm), paraphrases it inaccurately and attributes it to Robertson. (pg Terrible book that should be in a gossip section. Mark Cohen This book is full of blatant and unacceptable inaccuracies. For instance, it has the wrong year for Robbie Robertson's birthday. It plagarizes a quote out of Levon Helm's book (a quote by Levon Helm), paraphrases it inaccurately and attributes it to Robertson. (pg 401). It misstates the name of F.S. Walcotts Rabits Foot Minstrels etc. etc. Quotes are taken from the interviews in the Last Waltz and deceptively placed here as if they were obtained by some research done by the author and again they're not 100% verbatim despite the quotation marks. There is an immense amount of conjecture and unwarranted personal opinion interjected. 01). It misstates the name of F.S. Walcotts Rabits Foot Minstrels etc. etc. Quotes are taken from the interviews in the Last Waltz and deceptively placed here as if they were obtained by some research done by the author and again they're not 100% verbatim despite the quotation marks. There is an immense amount of conjecture and unwarranted personal opinion interjected. Great Biography Finally read this book as it was out of print for a long time. 5 very distinct characters that made up the Band made this an enthralling read. Though I felt that Robbie Robertson was cast as a bit of a villian. The one thing that did come out was that the world is screaming for a biography on Richard Manuel.
Spanning the history of American rock and boasting a supporting cast that includes Dylan, Janis Joplin, and U2, the book brilliantly captures the raw magic and complex personalities of a group George Harrison called "the best band in the history of the universe." This revised U.S. (Book). edition includes a postscript, together with an obituary of Rick Danko and a brand-new interview with Robbie Robertson.. This is a vivid and rollicking account of The Band's journey across three decades
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