Hearts of darkness : James Taylor, Jackson Browne, Cat Stevens, and the unlikely rise of the singer-songwriter

Thompson, Dave, 1960 January 3-

Book 2012

Hearts of Darkness is the story of a generation's coming of age through the experiences of its three most atypical pop stars. James Taylor, Jackson Browne, and Cat Stevens could never have been considered your typical late-sixties songwriters. Self-absorbed and self-composed, all three eschewed the traditional means of delivering their songs, instead turning its process inward. The result was a body of work that stands among the most profoundly p...

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ISBN:

9781617130311

Description:

xiv, 322 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

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James Taylor, Jackson Browne, Cat Stevens, and the unlikely rise of the singer-songwriter

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index

Contents:

Prologue: But satisfaction brought him back
Where the children play
Sweet Baby James
Before the deluge
Fire and rain
Wild world
Places in my past
Nothing but time
Another Saturday night
You love the thunder
Hey Mister, that's me!
Silent sunlight
Night owl
The cat that came back (they thought they'd seen the last of it)
Shaky town
On the road to find out
Under the falling sky
The blues is just a bad dream
Epilogue: Where are they now?

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2011047484

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1996365

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