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Beeswing : losing my way and finding my voice, 1967-1975 / Richard Thompson ; with Scott Timberg.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Chapel Hill, North Carolina : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2021Copyright date: ©2021Edition: First editionDescription: 296 pages : illustrations ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781616208950
  • 1616208953
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
To Jump like Alice -- Instead of Bleeding -- A Dialogue Set to a Tune -- Eggshells -- Onward -- The Angel -- Just a Roll -- Yankee Hopscotch -- Tuppenny Bangers and Damp Squibs -- For Hire -- Return of the Fly -- Bright Lights -- The Strangers -- Beeswing.
Summary: "A revealing look at the early years of Richard Thompson, one of the world's most influential guitarists and songwriters, following the formation of his band Fairport Convention, his revival of British folk traditions, and his journey through Sufism-all before the age of 26"-- Provided by publisher.
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Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Adult Book Adult Book Main Library Biography THOMPSON R. T475 Available 33111010501043
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

"Thompson is a master showman . . . [ Beeswing is] everything you'd hope a Richard Thompson autobiography would be . . . It's both major and minor, dirge and ditty, light on its feet but packing a punch."

-- The Wall Street Journal



An intimate look at the early years of one of the world's most significant and influential guitarists and songwriters.



In this moving and immersive memoir, Richard Thompson, international and longtime beloved music legend, recreates the spirit of the 1960s, where he found, and then lost, and then found his way again.



Known for his brilliant songwriting, his extraordinary guitar playing, and his haunting voice, Thompson is considered one of the top twenty guitarists of all time, in the songwriting pantheon alongside Bob Dylan, Paul Simon, and Randy Newman. Now, in his long-awaited memoir, the British folk musician takes us back to the late 1960s, a period of great change and creativity--both for him and for the world at large.



Thompson packed more than a lifetime of experiences into his late teens and twenties. During the pivotal years of 1967 to 1975, just as he was discovering his passion for music, he formed the band Fairport Convention with some schoolmates and helped establish the genre of British folk rock. That led to a heady period of songwriting and massive tours, where Thompson was on the road both in the UK and the US, and where he crossed paths with the likes of Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, and Jimi Hendrix. But those eight years were also marked by change, upheaval, and tragedy. Then, at the height of the band's popularity, Thompson left to form a duo act with his wife Linda. And as he writes revealingly here, his discovery and ultimate embrace of Sufism dramatically reshaped his approach to music--and of course everything else.



An honest, moving, and compelling memoir, Beeswing vividly captures the life of a remarkable artist during a period of creative intensity in a world on the cusp of change.

Includes index.

"A revealing look at the early years of Richard Thompson, one of the world's most influential guitarists and songwriters, following the formation of his band Fairport Convention, his revival of British folk traditions, and his journey through Sufism-all before the age of 26"-- Provided by publisher.

To Jump like Alice -- Instead of Bleeding -- A Dialogue Set to a Tune -- Eggshells -- Onward -- The Angel -- Just a Roll -- Yankee Hopscotch -- Tuppenny Bangers and Damp Squibs -- For Hire -- Return of the Fly -- Bright Lights -- The Strangers -- Beeswing.

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