Long Ago And Far Away James Taylor His Life And Music

Author : Timothy White
Publisher : Omnibus Press
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2009-10-28
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780857120069

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Long Ago and Far Away: James Taylor - His Life and Music by Timothy White Pdf

From The Beatles' patronage of his 1968 debut album to his Grammy awards for Hourglass, James Taylor has remained a universally acclaimed songwriter of effortless eloquence and power. In this major biography, the late Timothy White explores the myths and reality behind the personal journey of legendary singer. White examines the roots of Taylor's anguish, and his recurring problems with heroin and alcohol. There is an epic family history, an exploration of the stories behind Fire And Rain, and a frank account of the artist's time spent at Apple Records and Warner Brothers. With contributions from Paul McCartney, Carly Simon, Sting, the Taylor family and many other key figures, this edition is destined to become the definitive biography of the troubled hero. There is also an epilogue concerning the memorial concerts arranged by Taylor for the late author White, as well as an extensive discography and bibliography.

Author : Timothy White,Mitch Glazer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Guitarists
ISBN : 1849387737

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Long Ago & Far Away by Timothy White,Mitch Glazer Pdf

In this major biography, the late Timothy White explores both the career and the troubled personal journey of the legendary singer-songwriter.Rich with insights from Paul McCartney, Carly Simon, Sting, Danny "Kootch" Kortchmar, the entire Taylor family and many other key figures around James Taylor and his music.Dispelling myth and rumour, Long Ago and Far Away examines the roots of Taylor's mental anguish and his recurring battles with heroin and alcohol. This is an epic family history, an exploration of the real stories behind Fire and Rain and the rest of the songs, as well as a frank account of Taylor's days on the Apple record label, the financial disaster of his Greatest Hits album deal and the deaths and divorces that have haunted his life.This edition has been updated by his friend and former Rolling Stone comrade Mitch Glazer and includes an epilogue about the memorial concerts for Timothy that James Taylor helped organise.The book includes many rare photos and an extensive discography and bibliography.

Author : Dave Thompson
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2012-02-01
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781458471406

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Hearts of Darkness by Dave Thompson Pdf

HEARTS OF DARKNESS: JAMES TAYLOR JACKSON BROWNE CAT STEVENS AND THE UNLIKELY RISE OF

Author : Micah Issitt
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2009-10-22
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9798216096238

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Hippies by Micah Issitt Pdf

An insightful introduction to hippie culture and how its revolutionary principles in the 1960s helped shape modern culture. This title explores how hippies, and 1960s counterculture in general, developed and influenced popular culture in America. Covering the years between 1961 and 1972, this is the first volume focused exclusively on the emergence, growth, and lasting legacy of hippie culture, on everything from clothing, hair styles, and music to attitudes toward sex and drugs, and anti-war, anti-establishment activism. Hippies includes a chronology, topical chapters on hippie culture, biographies, primary documents, and a glossary. Coverage ranges from an examination of hippie involvement in drug use, politics, sexual behavior, and music, and a contemporary perspective on lasting impact of hippies on modern American life. Readers will encounter famous icons of the era, from Abbie Hoffman to Timothy Leary, while getting a real sense of what life inside the hippie counterculture was like.

Author : Mark Ribowsky
Publisher : Chicago Review Press
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2016-06-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781613733790

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Sweet Dreams and Flying Machines by Mark Ribowsky Pdf

In 1970 a scraggly, antiheroic young man from North Carolina by way of Massachusetts began presenting a comforting new sound, a kind never heard before. Within a year, when young ears sought a new sound, there was "Fire and Rain" and "You've Got a Friend," and a new Southern California-fed branch of pop music. Taylor was its reluctant leader. Remarkably, Taylor has survived: his 2015 release, Before This World, edged out Taylor Swift and went to #1 on the charts. Today he is in better physical and probably mental condition than during the whirlwind when he influenced music so heavily, the decade when magazines and newspapers printed feverish stories about his gawky hunkiness, his love affair with Joni Mitchell, his glittery marriage to Carly Simon, his endlessly carried-out heroin habit, and sometimes even his music. Despite it all, Taylor has become the nearest thing to rock royalty in America. Based on fresh interviews with musicians, producers, record company people, and music journalists, as well as previously published interviews, reviews, and profiles, Sweet Dreams and Flying Machines is the definitive biography of an elusive superstar.

Author : Colin Larkin
Publisher : Omnibus Press
Page : 1600 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2011-05-27
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780857125958

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The Encyclopedia of Popular Music by Colin Larkin Pdf

This text presents a comprehensive and up-to-date reference work on popular music, from the early 20th century to the present day.

Author : Wikipedia contributors
Publisher : e-artnow sro
Page : 2397 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2024-06-02
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Focus On: 100 Most Popular American Male Guitarists by Wikipedia contributors Pdf

Author : Wikipedia contributors
Publisher : e-artnow sro
Page : 1826 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2024-06-02
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Focus On: 100 Most Popular American Singer-songwriters by Wikipedia contributors Pdf

Author : Wikipedia contributors
Publisher : e-artnow sro
Page : 2015 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2024-06-02
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9784057664149

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Focus On: 100 Most Popular United States National Medal of Arts Recipients by Wikipedia contributors Pdf

Author : Sheila Weller
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 593 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2008-04-08
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780743491471

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Girls Like Us by Sheila Weller Pdf

"Girls Like Us" is a groundbreaking and irresistible biography of three of America's most important musical artists--Carly Simon, Carole King, and Joni Mitchell--and offers an epic treatment of these mid-century women who dared to break tradition.

Author : James E. Perone
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 235 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2017-11-10
Category : Music
ISBN : 9798216167907

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The Words and Music of James Taylor by James E. Perone Pdf

A valuable resource for James Taylor fans and a fascinating read for anyone interested in autobiographical popular music of the past 50 years. What kinds of unusual musical forms and lyrical structures did American singer-songwriter James Taylor incorporate into his songs? What role did Taylor play in the introspective singer-songwriter movement of the 1970s? How did Taylor write and record songs that were inspired from his own experiences in life that touched so many other people? The Words and Music of James Taylor explores these specific topics and provides detailed critical analysis of the songs and recordings of this well-known musical icon, examining his melodic writing, his use of harmony, and his often-unappreciated tailoring of musical form to enhance his lyrical messages. The book is organized chronologically, primarily around Taylor's studio albums from 1968 to 2015, and offers an introduction, a summary of Taylor's career and importance, as well as an annotated bibliography and discography. The final section of the book presents an overview of Taylor's importance and lasting impact, an analysis of themes that run through his songs, and an explanation of how Taylor's treatment of these themes changed over the years as he matured and as the world around him changed.

Author : Mitchell K. Hall
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 245 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2014-05-09
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781135053574

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The Emergence of Rock and Roll by Mitchell K. Hall Pdf

Rock and roll music evolved in the United States during the late 1940s and 1950s, as a combination of African American blues, country, pop, and gospel music produced a new musical genre. Even as it captured the ears of the nation, rock and roll was the subject of controversy and contention. The music intertwined with the social, political, and economic changes reshaping America and contributed to the rise of the youth culture that remains a potent cultural force today. A comprehensive understanding of post-World War II U.S. history would be incomplete without a basic knowledge of this cultural phenomenon and its widespread impact. In this short book, bolstered by primary source documents, Mitchell K. Hall explores the change in musical style represented by rock and roll, changes in technology and business practices, regional and racial implications of this new music, and the global influences of the music. The Emergence of Rock and Roll explains the huge influence that one cultural moment can have in the history of a nation.

Author : Andrekos Varnava,Michael J.K. Walsh
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2022-12-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000806083

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Popular Culture and Its Relationship to Conflict in the UK and Australia since the Great War by Andrekos Varnava,Michael J.K. Walsh Pdf

This book shows how cultural production derived from, or in anticipation of, conflict can be used to create specific social identities, national histories, and contemporary concepts of memory in Britain and Australia. Studies on the politics of cultural production have usually focussed on one conflict, or on one particular cultural medium, at a time. This volume, however, presents a broader horizon to draw attention to more popular forms of cultural production from the Great War up to and including its Centenary. The chapters in this volume interrogate the contentious philosophical notion that culture thrives in times of war, and expires in peace, and asks whether ‘art’, as a form of social barometer, can anticipate conflict rather than merely respond to it. This is a fascinating read for students, researchers, and academics interested in British and Australian History and its relationship with Popular Culture. The chapters in this book were originally published as a special issue of Contemporary British History.

Author : Dave Thompson
Publisher : Backbeat Books
Page : 445 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2012-02-01
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781458471390

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Hearts of Darkness by Dave Thompson Pdf

(Book). Hearts of Darkness is the story of a generation's coming of age through the experiences of its three most atypical pop stars. James Taylor, Jackson Browne, and Cat Stevens could never have been considered your typical late-sixties songwriters self-absorbed and self-composed, all three eschewed the traditional means of delivering their songs, instead turning its process inward. The result was a body of work that stands among the most profoundly personal art ever to translate into an international language, and a sequence of songs from "Sweet Baby James" and "Carolina in My Mind," to "Jamaica Say You Will" and "These Days," to "Peace Train" and "Wild World" that remain archetypes not only of what the critics called the singer-songwriter movement, but of the human condition itself. Author Dave Thompson, himself a legend among rock biographers, takes on his subjects with his usual brio and candor, leaving no stone unturned in his quest to shine a light on the dark side of this profoundly earnest era in popular music. Penetrating, pointed, and laced with vivid insight and detail, Hearts of Darkness is the story of rock when it no longer felt the need to roll.

Author : Albin J. Zak
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 469 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2022-01-01
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781438487540

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Rock on Record by Albin J. Zak Pdf

An introductory textbook for Rock Music Appreciation and History courses, Rock on Record traces the story of rock from the late 1940s through the pre-rock styles of the 1950s to rock in its heyday in the 1960s and, then follows its continued growth in the 1970s and early 1980s. Rock on Record puts listening first, teaching students how to listen to key recordings in the rock repertoire. The book opens with general guidance on how to listen to a recording as well as an overview of the song structures commonly used by rock songwriters. Then, in twenty-two chronological sections, Albin J. Zak provides historical context for each new genre or style, discussing its key recordings and performers and its impact on the artists who followed. Zak analyzes seventy-three recordings using easy-to-follow listening guides, giving students the tools they will need to enhance their enjoyment and understanding while also highlighting a wide range of examples that illustrate the richness of the rock repertory. Rock on Record examines how rock changed American culture and encourages students to explore further on their own.