This package could change your concept of music history.
Robbie Robertson, former songwriter for legendary band, The Band decided that
the younger generation was lacking a history of modern music. He gathered
friends and experts from the music industry to narrow a very broad subject to
27 artists. What I love about this book is both its brevity of text and depth
of knowledge. Each artist has a full page color portrait, a succinct memory of
how this artist touched or related to the author, a couple of pages of text
showing how this person was a creative force and then a list of five or so
essential songs by the artist. Of course, as soon as you read about each
musician, you want to experience their music and Robertson provides you with a
taste. Two compact discs include a
pivotal song for each artist. While I am sure many might quibble about
performers left out or included, this is an exciting body of work for
generations to share.
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