BOOK OF THE YEAR 2017 - MOJO MAGAZINE & UNCUT MAGAZINE "In early '77 I asked Grant if he'd form a band with me. `No,' was his blunt reply." Grant McLennan didn't want to be in a band. He couldn't play an instrument; Charlie Chaplin was his hero du jour. And yet, when Robert Forster wrote Hemingway, Genet, Chandler and Joyce into his lyrics, McLennan couldn't resist a second invitation to become 80s indie sensation The Go Betweens. The friends would collaborate for three decades, until Grant's premature death in 2006. Beautifully written - like lyrics, like prose - Grant & I is a rock memoir akin to no other. Part `making of', part music industry expose, part buddy-book, this is a delicate and perceptive celebration of creative endeavour. With wit and candour, Robert Forster pays tribute to a band who found huge success in the margins, having friendship at its heart.
Format: Paperback / softback
CONTRIBUTORS: Robert Forster
EAN: 9781785589683
COUNTRY: United Kingdom
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WEIGHT: 0 g
HEIGHT: 198 cm
PUBLISHED BY: Omnibus Press
DATE PUBLISHED: 2018-03-29
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GENRE: BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Entertainment & Performing Arts, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Rock
WIDTH: 129 cm
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Book Themes:
Pop music, Rock, Popular music, Composers and songwriters, Musicians, singers, bands and groups, Autobiography: arts and entertainment
