"The greatest popular songs, whether it's Aretha Franklin singing "Respect" or Bob Dylan performing "Blind Willie McTell," have a way of embedding themselves in our memories. You remember a time and a place and a feeling when you hear that song again. In Holding the Note, David Remnick writes about the lives and work of some of the greatest musicians, songwriters, and performers of the past fifty years"--
Record details
ISBN:9781400043613
ISBN:1400043611
Physical Description:print xiv, 276 pages ; 25 cm
Edition:First edition.
Publisher:New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2023.
Content descriptions
Formatted Contents Note:
Preface -- How the light gets in (Leonard Cohen) -- Soul survivor (Aretha Franklin) -- Holding the note (Buddy Guy) -- Groovin' high (Keith Richards) -- Let the record show (Paul McCartney) -- The gospel life (Mavis Staples) -- The bird watcher (Charlie Parker and Phil Schaap) -- We are alive (Bruce Springsteen) -- The last Italian tenor (Luciano Pavarotti) -- Restless farewell (Bob Dylan) -- Vagabond (Patti Smith).