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Songwriters on songwriting / Paul Zollo.
Van Pelt - Albrecht Music Library ML3477 .Z64 2003
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Zollo, Paul, 1958-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Composers--United States--Interviews.
- Composers.
- Lyricists.
- United States.
- Popular music--Writing and publishing.
- Popular music.
- Composers--Interviews.
- Lyricists--Interviews.
- Genre:
- Interviews.
- Physical Description:
- 730 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- Third edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Mass. : Da Capo, 2003.
- Summary:
- Representing almost every genre of popular music, from blues to pop to rock, here are sixty-two figures who have shaped American music. They share their secrets and personal methods for converting inspiration into song: Robbie Robertson and Tom Petty talk about working with Bob Dylan; Dylan himself, in a rare in-depth interview, says the world doesn't need any new songs; R.E.M. name their favorite R.E.M. songs; Madonna describes collaborating with Prince; Sammy Cahn talks about writing standards for Sinatra; Pete Seeger recalls hitting the road with Woody Guthrie; Frank Zappa expresses his love for the direct impact of "Louie Louie;" Todd Rundgren and Townes Van Zandt recall how they have literally dreamed songs; and, in the book's most extensive interview, Paul Simon delves into his entire opus from "The Sound of Silence" to Graceland and Rhythm of the Saints. As an interviewer, Paul Zollo avoids the superficial with a rare respect for his subjects and their craft, not to mention encyclopedic knowledge of their work. Songwriters on Songwriting is a classic, one of the best books on music making, an endless resource for musicians and songwriters, and an invaluable historical record of the popular music of the twentieth century and beyond.
- Contents:
- Pete Seeger 1
- Livingston & Evans 13
- Willie Dixon 19
- Sammy Cahn 27
- Mose Allison 37
- Dave Brubeck 49
- Tom Lehrer 59
- Bob Dylan 69
- Paul Simon 87
- Brian Wilson 123
- Gerry Goffin 133
- Carole King 141
- Lamont Dozier 149
- Jimmy Webb 155
- Joan Baez 171
- P. F. Sloan 177
- Donovan 189
- Burt Bacharach/Hal David 197
- Laura Nyro 215
- Felix Cavaliere 233
- Harry Nilsson 237
- Yoko Ono 247
- Randy Newman 265
- Van Dyke Parks 293
- Janis Ian 307
- Frank Zappa 317
- Leonard Cohen 329
- Neil Young 351
- Graham Nash 361
- David Crosby 371
- Robbie Robertson 385
- Carlos Santana 397
- Jackson Browne 405
- Todd Rundgren 419
- Walter Becker 429
- Loudon Wainwright III 437
- Townes Van Zandt 443
- Dan Fogelberg 453
- Lindsey Buckingham 465
- Rickie Lee Jones 477
- David Byrne 493
- Tom Petty 509
- Richard Thompson 523
- Bruce Cockburn 535
- Los Lobos 549
- Suzanne Vega 565
- Jules Shear 581
- Bruce Hornsby 593
- k.d. lang 605
- Madonna 615
- Stan Ridgway 623
- R.E.M. 629
- John Hiatt 643
- Alanis Morissette 651
- Steely Dan-Donald Fagen & Walter Becker 663
- Mark Knopfler 677
- Lou Reed 683
- Merle Haggard 697
- Roger McGuinn 703
- John Fogerty 707
- Lenny Kravitz 713
- Meshell NdegeOcello 723.
- ISBN:
- 0306812657
- OCLC:
- 51668366
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