Dark mirror : the pathology of the singer-songwriter / Donald Brackett.

Author/Creator:

Brackett, Donald, 1951-

Publication:

Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2008.

Format/Description:

Book
xxi, 221 p. ; 25 cm.

Subjects:

Rock music -- History and criticism.
Rock musicians.
Rock music -- Writing and publishing.

Contents:

Islands. Introduction: The singer-songwriter as solo artist ; The story teller : Bob Dylan ; The dream teller : Brian Wilson ; The torch bearer : Joni Mitchell ; The role player : David Bowie ; The risk taker : Marianne Faithfull ; The rabble rouser : Tom Waits ; The anger manager : Elvis Costello ; The dare taker : Amy Winehouse
Continents. Introduction: The singer-songwriter in a partnership ; The seduction shouters : John Lennon/Paul McCartney ; The party givers : Mick Jagger/Keith Richards ; The pretension wreckers : Pete Townshend/Roger Daltry ; The bridge burners : Paul Simon/Art Garfunkel ; The love addicts : Lindsey Buckingham/Stevie Nicks ; The emblem benders : Elton John/Bernie Taupin ; The structural units : Jack White/Meg White
Afterword: One's company, two's crowd.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [201]-207) and index.

ISBN:

9780275998981 (alk. paper)
0275998983 (alk. paper)

OCLC:

227571626

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