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Robert Greenfield is an award-winning journalist, novelist, playwright, and screenwriter. The former associate editor of Rolling Stone, magazine's London bureau, he is the author of nine books, among them acclaimed biographies of Bill Graham, Jerry Garcia, and Timothy Leary.

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Excellent book by a very amazing and unique individual. He was a poet who wrote lyrics for Bob Weir and the Grateful Dead, a politician, helped start the internet and more. He became friends with a unique blend of people that makes for a very interesting life. He died two days after finishing this book. Recommended for Deadheads of course, but also for anyone who wants to read about someone with an extraordinary view on life.
 
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CRChapin | 4 altre recensioni | Jul 8, 2023 |
Ever since the days of such musical artists as Cole Porter and Hoagy Carmichael, there have been a plethora of very fine American songwriters, and of course everyone has their favorites. But in my lifetime, the two giants, who have truly delighted me and enriched the soundtrack of my life, have been Burt Bacharach (and his lyricist, Hal David) and Jimmy Webb, the greatest of them all. (I consider Bob Dylan a poet, more than a songwriter.) From my adolescence, when Bacharach was just getting his start with such singers as the great Dionne Warwick, his music has been a constant joy. I admired him.

Until I read this book. His music will always soar, somewhere in the more shallow recesses of my heart, and still occupy a large part of my personal "playlist." But Bacharach the man, as described in this autobiography, is a scoundrel, an egomaniac, and a roué. It is not for me to list his shortcomings; he does that quite well himself, although he seems to view them as strengths. Even in the face of a personal tragedy which I will not describe, Bacharach was primarily devoted to sexual conquests and personal disloyalties. This book is testament to the sad fact that even the most talented people can be utterly wretched human beings. Hence, my rating.

Not recommended.
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WilliamMelden | Oct 17, 2022 |
Before adding this autobiography, told chronologically through the unusual method of discrete quotes from the subject and the people in his life (including co-author Robert Greenfield), to my GR to-read shelf, I had heard the name of Bill Graham but had never known what this remarkable man looked like. A grandson of Russian Jews born in Germany during the rise of Nazism, Graham's story is quintessential immigrant comes to USA and makes good. For any fan of rock and roll, this is essential reading about one of its greatest promoters ever.… (altro)
 
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Jimbookbuff1963 | 2 altre recensioni | Jun 5, 2021 |
> A TRAVERS L'AMÉRIQUE AVEC LES ROLLING STONES, par Robert Greenfield, (Editions Speed 17). — Je me méfie toujours d'un livre qui se veut des Rolling Stones, d’abord parce qu’il s’en est fait déjà beaucoup et qu’ils finissent toujours par se recouper; ensuite, qu’écrire Rolling Stones sur la couverture glacée d’un livre, équivaut à en vendre 100.000 exemplaires automatiquement.
Publié par les Humanoïdes Associés, l’équipe de métal Hurlant, bonne référence en partant - celui-ci a d’original qu’il n'est pas un livre sur les Stones, mais sur leur tournée américaine de 1972. Deux mois de tournée avec l’équipe spéciale S.T.P, comme si vous y étiez: insensé !
Les sauteries, la drogue, les groupies qui tentent de se frayer un chemin jusqu’au lit de monsieur Jagger. Les party dans la chambre d'hôtel de Keith Richard, se faire inviter dans le palace de hugh hefner le magnat de playboy ou appeler Trudeau pour qu’il nous arrange un attérissage à Vancouver; tout est permis quand on est les rois du rock and roll, quand on s’appelle les Rolling Stones ! Quelques longueurs et inutilités de certains dialogues, mais Greenfield nous reprend facilement, on fait partie de la tournée, on doit aller jusqu’au bout, la tournée passe par Montréal, la métropole souhaitent la bienvenue aux stones: trois bâtons de dynamite dans un camion de matériel, “les séparatistes québécois, c’est bien connu, sont complètement dingues” (hic!). Et bien sûr, partout l’hystérie collective, affrontements policiers-fans, les Stones sont de ce côté-ci de l’atlantique faut fêter ça ! Le meilleur coup d’envoi, un fan réussi à s’infiltrer dans les coulisses avant un spectacle, il a-perçoit Jagger:
— Hé Mick, comment tu fais pour pas craquer?
- Je craque ! (Michel DUMAS)
In: Mainmise, (72), Septembre-Octobre 1977

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