Soul Survivor
A Biography of Al Green
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فرمت کتاب
audiobook
تاریخ انتشار
2017
نویسنده
JD Jacksonناشر
Hachette Book Groupشابک
9781478990161
کتاب های مرتبط
- اطلاعات
- نقد و بررسی
- دیدگاه کاربران
نقد و بررسی
June 26, 2017
McDonough’s uneven biography of singer Al Green draws on interviews with Green’s friends, family, and fellow musicians, as well as on already published interviews with and stories about the singer. In great detail, journalist McDonough (Shakey: Neil Young’s Biography) traces Green’s career from singing in his childhood church in Grand Rapids, Mich. (and later in Memphis), his rise to fame at Hi Records, his adversarial relationship with his band, his spiritual reawakening, his difficult relationships with women, and his careers as a gospel singer and a preacher. While the narrative of Green’s life seems overlong, McDonough’s sharp critical insights into Green’s albums and songs energize the book: “ ‘The Love Sermon’ is plain wild, a third-level elevation of the Al Green mind, with its evocations of love, heaven, children, and carnivals.” The surprising highlight of the book, however, is Willie Mitchell, the owner and producer of Hi Records and the Hi Rhythm band, which backed Green on his early hit records; before Green hit the charts, Hi produced such soul sensations as Ann Peebles, Don Bryant, and O.V. Wright. Green emerges from McDonough’s biography as a gifted singer whose insecurities and inability to live comfortably between the secular and sacred worlds express themselves in his music and his sermons.
Lauded author and journalist Jimmy McDonough tackles the tough assignment of helping to define one of the greatest soul singers of all time, Al Green. Green is well known to be elusive, mysterious, and eccentric. Narrator JD Jackson provides a perfectly suited narration--hip, urbane, articulate, polished, and musical. There's little question that there are multiple personalities within Green, and McDonough masterfully captures them all while offering the bonus of witty, contemplative critical commentary on Green's performances and recordings. As the biography progresses, we learn that Green is now cautiously balanced between the worldly and sacred worlds, as he has become an ordained pastor of the Memphis Full Gospel Tabernacle. Music enthusiasts of most any stripe will likely enjoy this thorough musical portrait. W.A.G. � AudioFile 2017, Portland, Maine
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