Mother by Michael Gray
Frank Zappa was and remains one of the most popular figures in the history of rock music - but how much is known about this eccentric, multitalented musician? Written by rock critic Michael Gray, Mother! The Frank Zappa Story recounts the life of one of rock's most enigmatic personalities, from his childhood in Maryland through the formation of his cult band, The Mothers of Invention, to his tragic death from cancer in the winter of 1993.
MICHAEL GRAY is a distinguished critic, writer &broadcaster. He graduated in History &English Literature at York University, England, in the 1960s, where he studied under the controversial, brilliant critic Professor F. R. Leavis, and where as a student journalist he interviewed, among others, the eminent British historian A. J. P. Taylor and the legendary American guitarist Jimi Hendrix. His pioneering study of Bob Dylan's work, Song &Dance Man, first published in the 1970s in Britain, America and Japan, was the first full-length critical study of this crucial 20th Century cultural figure. It is now recognised as a classic in its field. A selection of pieces on Dylan, All Across The Telegraph: A Bob Dylan Handbook, published in 1987, was co-edited by Gray and included work by several distinguished academics in the fields of English &American Literature and Music. In 1996, Michael Gray co-authored The Elvis Atlas: A Journey Through Elvis Presley's America, published in hardback in New York by Henry Holt. The massive Song &Dance Man III: The Art of Bob Dylan was published by Continuum in March 2000. A special reprint appeared in the US in April 2001, when Gray delivered talks at a number of US universities; a fourth reprint was published in New York and London in 2002 and a fifth in 2004. Michael Gray is recognised as a world authority on the work of Bob Dylan and is an expert on rock'n'roll history and the blues, with a special interest in pre-war blues. Please visit his blog at http: //bobdylanencyclopedia.blogspot.com.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780859652179 |
| ISBN 10 | 0859652173 |
| Title | Mother |
| Author | Michael Gray |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Plexus Publishing Ltd |
| Year published | 1994-02-28 |
| Number of pages | 192 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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