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* Read * Hammers & Nails: The Life and Music of Mark Heard by Matthew T Dickerson ↠ eBook or Kindle ePUB. Hammers & Nails: The Life and Music of Mark Heard David L. O'Hara said Treasure of the Broken Land. Even if you don't have the foggiest idea who Mark Heard was, you should read this book if you are haunted by beauty or if you struggle with the holy terror of trying to figure out how to live out your vocation in a world that has "packaged our virtues in cellulose dreams/ and sold us the remnants `till our pockets are clean." "Hammers and Nails", like Heard's music that inspired it, is by turns deeply probing, morally profound, gravely sad, and i
| Title | : | Hammers & Nails: The Life and Music of Mark Heard |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.46 (697 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0940895498 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 225 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
Artists such as Buddy and Julie Miller, Bruce Cockburn, Brooks Williams, and Pierce Pettis all acknowledge his legacy as a songwriter and impact on them personally. This book will highlight Mark's lyrics and photography and remember him through the words of his closest friends and family. This book is accompanied by a double CD set of previously unreleased music entitled 'All She Wanted Was Love'.. Mark Heard was an enigmatic singer/songwriter whose impact on Folk/Country Rock continues despite his death in 1992
David L. O'Hara said Treasure of the Broken Land. Even if you don't have the foggiest idea who Mark Heard was, you should read this book if you are haunted by beauty or if you struggle with the holy terror of trying to figure out how to live out your vocation in a world that has "packaged our virtues in cellulose dreams/ and sold us the remnants `till our pockets are clean." "Hammers and Nails", like Heard's music that inspired it, is by turns deeply probing, morally profound, gravely sad, and indefatigably and tenaciously joyful. Heard wrestled with a gift that was both a vocation to art and a cross to bear. Dickerson's book follows the "tric. Robert Taylor said Mark Heard a good biography for a great artist!. I have been an admirer of Mark Heard's music for several years now and was pleased to read about this book's release. It is much less a straightforward biography and much more a book of reflections from a long and distinguished group of friends (Pierce Pettis, Buddy and Julie Miller, Tonio K and T-Bone Burnette). I was very interested in the chapters dealing with Mark's opinions on popular culture, his dealings with the church, and "CCM" music industry. The only drawback to the book was the large amount of song lyrics presented, which after awhile seemed more and more like filler. I thought the. for mark heard fans only I bought this book hoping it would be like Christy Moore's superb autobiography, "One Voice: My Life In Song", in other words something that helps me look more closely at his lyrics and really understand logically what inspired each one and the story behind each one (along with learning about the author). It does not do that, and in fact is a very different sort of book: a tribute by some friends. If you don't count yourself a fan, don't buy this book; just listen to the music. But if you loved Mark Heard, this book will both drive you nuts for its lack of organization, and fascinate you for ho
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