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Paul Simon: The Definitive Biography of the Legendary Singer/Songwriter
- First time in paperback.- Paul Simon, with Simon and Garfunkel, and as a solo artist has sold 50 million records in the United States alone.- Simon and Garfunkel were the opening act for the 2003 Grammy Awards.- Simon received a 2003 Oscar nomination for his song "Father and Daughter," from the animated The Wild Thornberrys Movie.- Simon is a 2002 Kennedy Cente...more
Paperback, 232 pages
Published
May 28th 2004
by Citadel Press
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There is something about a private person's biography: it is a biography made possible by other people's views and insights into the private person's life.
Apart from that there is the usual chronology of incidents, mostly professional, which is a matter of public record anyway. Such a biography serves only on purpose: bring all that content in one place.
However, there is a value that the "compiler" (the author of the biography) really brings to the book and that...more
Apart from that there is the usual chronology of incidents, mostly professional, which is a matter of public record anyway. Such a biography serves only on purpose: bring all that content in one place.
However, there is a value that the "compiler" (the author of the biography) really brings to the book and that...more
I checked this one out from the library specifically for the chapter on Graceland, to help me with a paper I was writing.
I ended up reading the whole thing, but not because it was so well written. It is somewhat scattered in its approach, zooming in on random details and then brushing lightly over others that I might have preferred to delve more into.
It's been a long time since I've read a Paul Simon biography, so I can't readily recommend another one over this, but I th...more
I ended up reading the whole thing, but not because it was so well written. It is somewhat scattered in its approach, zooming in on random details and then brushing lightly over others that I might have preferred to delve more into.
It's been a long time since I've read a Paul Simon biography, so I can't readily recommend another one over this, but I th...more
Any one who loves Paul Simon as much as I do should most definitely pick up this book.
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