Críticas:
Fletcher's account [...] is enthralling and rigorously researched ... [A] captivating book. (Mark Ellen, The Sunday Times)
Descriptions of both process and the end product are exemplary and he analyses important recordings with a musicians ear. (Elijah Wald, New Statesman)
Fletcher's account of this fractious and extraordinary man is enthralling and rigorously researched ... captivating book. (Mark Ellen, The Sunday Times)
a captivating account of the wild, pugnacious and swaggering soul singer Wilson Pickett. (Must Reads, The Sunday Times)
Fletcher's analysis and descriptions of Pickett's music are enthralling ... he does what any good music biographer should, and sends the reader back to the records. (Monkey Picks)
261 enthralling pages ... a good account of his life. (Echoes)
Beautifully written, especially when describing the classic songs, and vividly underpinned by civil rights developments and enthralling insights into Pickett's sharecropping background, the Wicked's first biography is destined to be the definitive work. (Kris Needs, Record Collector)
we have the perfect match; the music biographer with an eye for the fine detail and a gift for making songs come to life on the page and the multi-million selling Soul legend ... an authoritative study of the development of one of the finest singers of any generation ... ony Fletcher has delivered a long overdue and forensic assessment of arguably the greatest of all soul singers. It is highly recommended as essential reading for anyone with an interest in not only the flawed genius himself, but also the society that made him and the developing music industry within which he carved out a unique niche. (Dave Jennings, Louder than War)
Compelling stuff. (Hot Press)
an assured and illuminating book on the great soul singer ... a lively and entertaining read (Just backdated)
Biografía del autor:
Tony Fletcher is the best-selling author of major biographies on Keith Moon, the Smiths, and R.E.M., as well as a memoir, a novel, and a history of the New York City music scene. Born in northern England, and raised in South London, where he started his own music magazine at the age of thirteen, he emigrated to New York City in the late 1980s. When not traveling with his family, he makes his home near Woodstock in the Catskill Mountains of upstate New York. (A contributor to Salon and the Wall Street Journal, his writing has also appeared in Mojo, Rolling Stone, the New York Times, Spin, Newsday and countless other publications.)
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