A Friend of the Devil: The Glorification of the Outlaw in Song, from Robin Hood to Rap
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| Rating | : | 4.42 (928 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1617136719 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 288 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-03-14 |
| Language | : | English |
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He has 10 solo albums to his credit. John Kruth s 2007 biography of Townes Van Zandt, To Live s to Fly (DaCapo), won the prestigious Deems Taylor Award. . Kruth is also a songwriter/multi-instrumentalist who leads the world music ensemble TriBeCaStan. About the Author JOHN KRUTH (New York City) is the author of three musical biographies. His other bios include Bright Moments: The Life and Legacy of Rahsaan Roland Kirk and Rhapsody in Black: The Life and Music of Roy Orbison (Backbeat Books). He currently teaches at the College of Mount Saint Vincent and lives in Greenwich Village. As a music journalist, Kruth s work has appeared in the New York Times, Rolling Stone, the New York Observer, and Wax Poetics
Illustrated with a series of photographs by the author of songwriters and singers of outlaw ballads that include Pete Seeger, Joan Baez, Aaron Neville, John Prine, and Gordon Gano of Violent Femmes.. For centuries each of these cultures have continued to romanticize criminals, raising them to the status of heroic figures through poetry, stories, song, and more recently film. John along with authors Michael Ondaatje and Ishmael Reed. The book also delves into why socially minded, truth-seeking artists, including Woody Guthrie and Bob Dylan, wrote and sang songs about such cold-blooded killers as Pretty Boy Floyd and Joey Gallo, purposefully perpetuating their myths in lieu of an honest portrayal of these bad
JOHN KRUTH (New York City) is the author of three musical biographies. Kruth is also a songwriter/multi-instrumentalist who leads the world music ensemble TriBeCaStan. His other bios include Bright Moments: The Life and Legacy of Rahsaan Roland Kirk and Rhapsody in Black: The Life and Music of Roy Orbison (Backbeat Books). As a music journalist, Kruth s work has appeared in the New York Times, Rolling Stone, th