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Read [William Todd Schultz Book] * Torment Saint: The Life of Elliott Smith Online ! PDF eBook or Kindle ePUB free. Torment Saint: The Life of Elliott Smith By this time fame had found him, and record-buyers who shared the listening experience felt he spoke directly to them from beyond: astute, damaged, lovelorn, fighting until he could fight no more. In Torment Saint, William Todd Schultz gives us the definitive biography of the rock star, imbued with affection, authority, sensitivity, and long-awaited clarity.Torment Saint draws on Schultz's careful, deeply knowledgeable readings and insights, as well as on more than 150 hours of int
| Title | : | Torment Saint: The Life of Elliott Smith |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.46 (660 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1620407841 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 368 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-05-30 |
| Language | : | English |
By this time fame had found him, and record-buyers who shared the listening experience felt he spoke directly to them from beyond: astute, damaged, lovelorn, fighting until he could fight no more. In Torment Saint, William Todd Schultz gives us the definitive biography of the rock star, imbued with affection, authority, sensitivity, and long-awaited clarity.Torment Saint draws on Schultz's careful, deeply knowledgeable readings and insights, as well as on more than 150 hours of interviews with close friends from Texas to Los Angeles, lovers, bandmates, music peers, managers, label owners, and recording engineers and producers. This book unravels the remaining mysteries of Smith's life and his shocking, too early end. And yet Smith remained unknowable. He di
brightnight said A solid swing but a tragic miss. It seems to me that there are a lot of slanted reviews on here for this book so I'm going to preface mine by admitting that I have no connection to Elliott Smith other than simply being a big fan. And to be fair, I've been a fan since about 1998 and I love his music but that's my only connection to the musician himself. I've no connection to anyone in his life, his circle, his family or to the author. So for what it's worth, this review is coming from a fan of the music and that's where my interests begin and end.My first impression of this book was the unbearable way Elliott's lyrics were woven into the n. A devoted but flawed biography. William Todd Schultz biography of Elliott Smith is not particularly definitive, though it at least attempts to fill an obvious void in well-researched accounts of his life; many readers having been unsated by Benjamin Nugent's previous attempt that seemed rushed to publication shortly after Smith's death. One of the key strengths of this book is its supremely fine focus on Smith's early years growing up in Dallas, followed by the move to Portland and his time with Heatmiser. The detail and insight in this first half of the book is captivating, with regard to both the development of the man and his music.Th. THE NAGGING MYSTERIES OF ELLIOTT SMITH As any biographer will tell you, we'll never know everything there is to know about a person. For one thing, human nature is ultimately mysterious. We never know ourselves fully, much less someone else. The problem is compounded when that person is only recently deceased, and most of those who knew him are still here. There are so many reasons sources do not come forward to offer what they know. It's lawsuit bait. It's personal, and it was their life too. If the subject was in any way controversial, the sources are diving right into that charming little hornet's nest.Then there's that pesky issue of memory
Agent: Betsy Lerner, Dunow, Carlson & Lerner. Schultz—editor of the Handbook of Psychobiography and author of books on Truman Capote and Diane Arbus—brings to his work a deep understanding of how inner and outer landscapes can affect unique and sensitive artists. From Publishers Weekly Starred Review. But no matter how dark Smith's story gets, Schultz never loses sight of the beauty of his music. In this detailed biography of Elliott Smith, the gifted singer-songwriter who was beloved by the ind
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