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Lynyrd Skynyrd: An Oral History
The legendary Southern Rock band's rise to superstardom is chronicled in a unique rock biography that weaves together the words of fellow musicians, collaborators, biographers, and the band members themselves. Original.
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256 pages, Paperback
First published June 19, 2002
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July 7, 2013
I thought the book was only OK. It was far from being exciting or insightful.
I liked how the author put together the book by interviewing band members, producers, writers, spouses, and other people associated with the band. The interviews were an excellent way to gain different perspectives about the same question or topic.
The drawback to the oral history interview process was it appeared to make the book overly tame as far as what happened on the road with these guys. Since each interviewee knew that they would be identified for what they said in the book, it made their responses contrived and controlled with basically no controversy with the band, whatsoever.
Even the bands rocky relationship with Al Kooper seemed to be toned down in the book since each person interviewed knew that he or she would be quoted for what they said.
I am glad I read the book. Would I read it again? No, I doubt it. I found little in the book that I did not already know or even wanted to know. Comment Comment | Permalink
I liked how the author put together the book by interviewing band members, producers, writers, spouses, and other people associated with the band. The interviews were an excellent way to gain different perspectives about the same question or topic.
The drawback to the oral history interview process was it appeared to make the book overly tame as far as what happened on the road with these guys. Since each interviewee knew that they would be identified for what they said in the book, it made their responses contrived and controlled with basically no controversy with the band, whatsoever.
Even the bands rocky relationship with Al Kooper seemed to be toned down in the book since each person interviewed knew that he or she would be quoted for what they said.
I am glad I read the book. Would I read it again? No, I doubt it. I found little in the book that I did not already know or even wanted to know. Comment Comment | Permalink
December 27, 2015
A good history about the band. It is a more polished written book than Gene Odum's but with a lot of the same material. The focus of the book through the statements is towards the positive side with just a hint of the negative. The result of telling the story through interviews with no editorial comments or historical facts presented.
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