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Beeswing: Fairport, Folk Rock and Finding My Voice, 1967-75 by Richard Thompson (Hardcover, 2021)

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'Thompson could be said to be an English Dylan - only in some ways he's even better than that.' - GUARDIAN 'I've been in love with the ballads of Richard's since I first heard him.' - BONNIE RAITT The memoir of international music icon Richard Thompson, co-founder of the legendary folk rock group Fairport Convention. Guitarist and songwriter Richard Thompson came of age during an extraordinary moment in British culture: it was 1967 and popular music was reflecting a great cultural awakening. In the midst of this, eighteen-year-old Thompson co-founded Fairport Convention and helped invent a new genre of music. Thompson packed more than a lifetime of experiences into his late teens and twenties. From the pivotal years of 1967 to 1975, he matured into a major musician, survived a devasting car crash and departed Fairport Convention for a duo act with his wife, Linda, at the height of the band's popularity. His discovery and ultimate embrace of Sufism profoundly reshaped his approach to everything in his life and, of course, the music he wrote thereafter. In Beeswing, Thompson goes back to his childhood, recreates the spirit of the sixties and takes us inside life on the road in the UK and the US, crossing paths - and occasionally sharing the stage - with the likes of Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Nick Drake, Jimi Hendrix and more. An intimate memoir of musical discovery, personal history and social revelation, Beeswing - like Patti Smith's Just Kids or Marianne Faithfull's Faithfull - vividly captures the life of one of Britain's most significant artists during a heady period of creative intensity, in a world on the cusp of change.

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PublisherFaber & Faber

ISBN-139780571348169

eBay Product ID (ePID)3046588474

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Publication Year2021

TopicMemorials, Music, Traditional Folk Music

Book TitleBeeswing: Fairport, Folk Rock and Finding My Voice, 1967-75

Number of Pages272 Pages

LanguageEnglish

AuthorRichard Thompson

FormatHardcover

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Item Height234 mm

Item Weight504 g

Item Width153 mm

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Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom

Title_AuthorRichard Thompson

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by rhum3215
26 May, 2021
Highly Recommended
A long awaited book, but worth the wait. As a long time fan of Richard Thompson I was unable to put the book down; so many facts that filled up a larger story. Highly Recommended
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by great_khan
14 Dec, 2024
Essential reading for music fans of any ...
Essential reading for music fans of any genre. Plenty of amusing anecdotes to leaven the moments of darkness related here.
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by gar_753
18 Jan, 2025
The book, a hardback, is in very good co...
The book, a hardback, is in very good condition. I'm looking forward to reading it and very pleased. Thanks.
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by guitarvids100
23 Feb, 2024
great biography
great story and hardback -
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by toshach
22 Oct, 2021
A good read
If you're a fan, this is a good read.
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06 Oct, 2023
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Wonderful book, Great condition
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by richamiddl
23 Mar, 2022
Recommended for anyone interested in an important era of British music
Well written. Evokes an era when things were simpler.
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