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Chargement... Long Time Gone: The Autobiography of David Crosby (édition 1988)par Carl Gottlieb (Auteur), David Crosby (Auteur)
Information sur l'oeuvreLong Time Gone par David Crosby
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The reissue of rock legend David Crosby's harrowing autobiography, with a new introduction by the author. A candid chronicle of the rise, fall, and resurrection of an American generation-the children of rock 'n' roll who grew up fighting authority, protesting the Vietnam War, and drifting into the new drug culture-Long Time Gone is the personal story of a man who epitomized the highs and lows of his times. David Crosby was a rock-and-roll star twice: first with the Byrds and a second time with Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young. Dubbed the American Beatles by the rock press, CSN&Y were enormously successful, but throughout his career Crosby was nurturing addictions to cocaine and heroin that would nearly kill him and eventually landed him in a Texas prison. His miraculous recovery from the grip of hard drugs and finding true love with his wife Jan, as well as a creative renaissance, all conspire to make Long Time Gone an inspiring, if sobering, portrait of an era. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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 Google Books — Chargement...GenresClassification décimale de Melvil (CDD)784.5The arts Music Instruments and instrumental ensembles and their music [formerly: Voice and vocal music] Popular MusicClassification de la Bibliothèque du CongrèsÉvaluationMoyenne: (3.72)
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The co-writer, Carl Gottlieb, has done a very good job of organising Crosby's recollections, providing factual context and folding in others' comments as distinct and contrasting voices into a coherent, insightful and surprisingly honest narrative (unlike, for example, Grace Slick's autobiography of random and largely thoughtless recollections). This is a readable and intelligent account of Crosby's checkered life to middle age, highlighting his addictions. It's nevertheless not a self-aware account, particularly in terms of Crosby's relationships, which he attributes to people wanting 'to be with him'. Crosby's lifestyle, in fact, seems to have been shaped simplistically by identification with central character Jubal in Strangers in Heinlein's A Strange Land, a novel he strongly touted. Between the lines, the manipulative and petty features of personality come out, especially in brief mentions of those who suffered his excesses or didn't pay back his monetary generosity. It's an interesting read, but it drops the volatile figure mid-life, and says far too little about his musical life and professional relationships. I would have preferred much less on Crosby's life-long and repetitive addictions and his self-serving use of hangers-on, and much more on the music he created and on which he collaborated. (