Ben Fong-Torres
Auteur de The Rice Room: Growing Up Chinese-American from Number Two Son to Rock 'n' Roll
A propos de l'auteur
Ben Fong-Torres first wrote for Rolling Stone in 1968, when the publication was just five months old. He was on staff at the now-legendary magazine for the next 11 years.
Œuvres de Ben Fong-Torres
The Rice Room: Growing Up Chinese-American from Number Two Son to Rock 'n' Roll (1994) 121 exemplaires
Grateful Dead Scrapbook: The Long, Strange Trip in Stories, Photos, and Memorabilia (2009) 31 exemplaires
What's that sound?: The contemporary music scene from the pages of Rolling stone (1976) 12 exemplaires
The Rolling Stone: Rock 'n' Roll Reader 1 exemplaire
On the Air; forty years that shaped the sound of America, a Gavin history of radio since the birth of rock & roll — Directeur de publication — 1 exemplaire
Eagles: Take It To The Limit 1 exemplaire
Carlos Santana ('I Owe America My Life'...Guitarist & Bandleader , What really Scares Us , Great Fish… (2003) 1 exemplaire
Knockin' On Dylan's Door: A Rolling Stone Book 1 exemplaire
Oeuvres associées
Once Upon a Childhood: Stories and Memories of American Youth (2004) — Contributeur — 15 exemplaires
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Date de naissance
- 1945
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- USA
- Lieu de naissance
- Alameda, California, USA
- Lieux de résidence
- Oakland, California, USA
- Relations
- Fong-Torres, Shirley (sister)
Membres
Critiques
fetish object for collectors. cool format. interesting for the collection. no new info or facts
A formative read for me . . . reading 10 years after the music and events covered here was made, I was enthralled by this book, much obviously written with a contemporary perspective (Jim Morrison jailed last week!), but a surprising amount of it stands up as good history and good criticism.
Story of an American Born Chinese to immigrant parents. Follows a young man into adulthood. Culture clash and Chinese values makes for a tough upbringing. Author never even learns enough Chinese to communicate with his parents...who do not learn enough English to communicate with their children well. Positive side of the book is the successful career the author has and his opinion that his race did not hold him back any on being a writer/dj. Worth a read if you are interested in the immigrant/native children lifestyle.… (plus d'informations)
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 21
- Aussi par
- 1
- Membres
- 531
- Popularité
- #46,874
- Évaluation
- 3.6
- Critiques
- 4
- ISBN
- 40
- Langues
- 2
His songs move me in ways that few others are or were capable of.
Ben Fong-Torres does an admirable job telling the story of this rich country boy, the boy who gave the Byrds their American Soul, the boy who invented Cosmic American Music.