The Show I'll Never Forget: 50 Writers Relive Their Most Memorable Concertgoing Experience
Sean Manning
(Author)
Description
In The Show I'll Never Forget, writer Sean Manning has gathered an amazing array of unforgettable concert memories from a veritable A-list of acclaimed novelists, poets, biographers, cultural critics, and songwriters. Their candid, first-person recollections reveal as much about the writers' lives at the time as they do about the venues where the shows occurred or the artists onstage. Ishmael Reed on Miles Davis Luc Sante on Public Image Ltd. Heidi Julavits on Rush Daniel Handler and Andrew Sean Greer on Metric Diana Ossana on Led Zeppelin Maggie Estep on Einsturzende Neubauten Dani Shapiro on Bruce Springsteen Gary Giddins on Titans of the Tenor! Nick Flynn on Mink DeVille Susan Straight on The Funk Festival Rick Moody on the The Lounge Lizards Jennifer Egan on Patti Smith Harvey Pekar on Joe Maneri Thurston Moore on Glen Branca, Rudolph Grey, and Wharton Tiers Chuck Klosterman on Prince Sigrid Nunez on Woodstock Jerry Stahl on David Bowie Charles R. Cross on Nirvana Marc Nesbitt on The Beastie Boys And many more . . . No matter where your musical taste falls, these often funny, occasionally sad, always thought-provoking essays-all written especially for The Show I'll Never Forget-are sure to connect with anyone who loves, or has ever loved, live music.
Product Details
Price
$25.29
Publisher
Da Capo Press
Publish Date
January 02, 2007
Pages
320
Dimensions
6.18 X 9.04 X 0.81 inches | 0.94 pounds
Language
English
Type
Paperback
EAN/UPC
9780306815089
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Sean Manning is the author of The Things That Need Doing: A Memoir and editor of the nonfiction anthologies Top of the Order, The Show I'll Never Forget, and Rock and Roll Cage Match. He lives in New York.
Reviews
Paste, 11/13/09
"A simple, genius idea: Get an army of extraordinary writers to dash off remembrances of extraordinary concerts."
"A simple, genius idea: Get an army of extraordinary writers to dash off remembrances of extraordinary concerts."