Billy Joel: The Definitive Biography - Rilegato

Schruers, Fred

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ISBN 10: 0804140197 ISBN 13: 9780804140195

Casa editrice: Crown Pub, 2014

Riassunto

Draws on exclusive interviews to profile the acclaimed music artist's life and career, discussing such topics as his Long Island suburb upbringing, entry into the 1970s music scene and relationships with his closest associates. 100,000 first printing.

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Recensione:

"If you call yourself a Joel fan, you'll be reading this." –Newsday

"[T]he rollicking story of a Hicksville boy made good." –Maura Johnston, Newsday

"Schruers clearly realizes he has gold in his interviews with Joel, his friends, paramours and confidants... [He delivers] insights on individual songs that will surprise even the most studied Joel fan.... [and] has given us the most complete look at Joel’s life and career to date." –Dallas Morning News

[Billy Joel] not only lives up to its subtitle, but has the strengths of both an autobiography and biography.... [It] will likely end up as the most complete tome on the Bard of Long Island, with the most access to its subject." –Houston Press

"[A] funny, revealing, and poignant look at [Joel's] long career." –Boston Globe

"Schruers' account of Joel's 1970s rise is fantastic, rich in anecdotes about the origins of different songs." –Billboard

"[A] funny and revealing account of one of the most popular songwriters of our time.” –New York Daily News

"Schruers uses interviews to great effect, allowing to emerge the everyman persona that resonates with Joel's fans...a fair, thorough assessment of Joel's celebrity." –Publishers Weekly

L'autore:

FRED SCHRUERS enjoyed a successful high-profile career as a writer atRolling Stone, chronicling an impressive body of musicians and actors, including Fleetwood Mac, Bruce Springsteen, Jack Nicholson, Sheryl Crow, Matthew McConaughey, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, and Chris Rock. His writing has also appeared inPremiere, Entertainment Weekly, Men’s Journal, GQ, the Los Angeles Times, andColumbia Journalism Review.

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• Editore: Crown Pub
• Data di pubblicazione: 2014
• ISBN 10: 0804140197
• ISBN 13: 9780804140195
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 387