| Description |
xvii, 270 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-251) and index. |
| Summary |
"Warren Zevon songs are like chapters in a great American novel. Its story lies in the heart of his and our psyche. The lines are blurred. We never seem to know if we are looking in a mirror or peering through a window; we only know that when we listen we see something . The music sets the scene his voice a striking baritone, its narrator our guide through a labyrinth of harrowing narratives. The plot unfolds without subtlety; each musical and lyrical arc awakens imagination. In Accidentally Like a Martyr: The Tortured Art of Warren Zevon , music journalist James Campion presents 13 essays on seminal Zevon songs and albums that provide context to the themes, inspirations, and influence of one of America's most literate songwriters. In-depth interviews with Zevon's friends and colleagues provide first-person accounts of how the music was lived, composed, recorded, and performed. Longtime fans of this most uniquely tortured artist, as well as those who want to discover his work for the first time, will get inside the mind, talent, and legacy of the wildly passionate Excitable Boy."--Back cover. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- "Desperados under the eaves" -- "Studebaker" -- "Poor poor pitiful me" -- Excitable boy -- "Bad luck streak in dancing school" (interludes and symphony -- "Mohammed's radio" (live) -- "Ain't that pretty at all" -- Sentimental hygiene -- "Splendid isolation" -- "Searching for a heart" -- "The indifference of heaven" -- "My ride's here" -- The wind -- Backs turned looking down the path. |
| Summary |
In Zevon's songs we never seem to know if we are looking in a mirror or peering through a window; we only know that when we listen we see something. The music sets the scene his voice a striking baritone, its narrator our guide through a labyrinth of harrowing narratives. Campion presents essays on seminal Zevon songs and albums that provide context to the themes, inspirations, and influence of one of America's most literate songwriters. In-depth interviews with Zevon's friends and colleagues provide first-person accounts of how the music was lived, composed, recorded, and performed. -- adapted from back cover |
| Subject |
Zevon, Warren.
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Zevon, Warren. (OCoLC)fst00041800
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Rock musicians -- United States -- Biography.
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Rock musicians. (OCoLC)fst01099238
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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| Genre/Form |
Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
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Biographies.
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| ISBN |
9781617136726 (paperback) |
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1617136727 (paperback) |
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