Greg Kot

Auteur van Wilco: learning how to die

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Greg Kot has been the music critic at the Chicago Tribune since 1990. Kot is cohost of the nationally syndicated public-radio program Sound Opinions and the author of several books, including Wilco: Learning How to Die and Ripped: How the Wired Generation Revolutionized Music. He lives in Chicago.

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Wilco: learning how to die (2004) 182 exemplaren

Ripped: How the Wired Generation Revolutionized Music (2009) 129 exemplaren

I'll Take You There: Mavis Staples, the Staple Singers, and the March up Freedom's Highway (2014) 102 exemplaren

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Geboortedatum: 1957-03-03
Geslacht: male
Nationaliteit: USA
Beroepen: music critic
journalist
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Organisaties: Chicago Tribune

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I'll Take You There: Mavis Staples, the Staple… door Greg Kot

Pops Staples and his musical family have a fascinating backstory down South that listeners can hear in their "up South" Chicago gospel and Muscle Shoals pop hits. The Chicago Tribune's Greg Kot knows this is the best part of his story and lets it unwind. He also has a rock critic's way of drawing attention to what makes a performance distinctive, which sent me back for another listen to Staple Singers' Vee-Jay and Stax dusties.

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rynk | 5 andere besprekingen | Jul 11, 2021 |

Wilco : Learning How to Die door Greg Kot

If anything, this book made me realize 1) how brilliant Jay Farrar is, and 2) how brilliant Jay Bennett was.

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wordsampersand | 1 andere bespreking | Dec 6, 2018 |

Wilco: Learning How to Die door Greg Kot

Until there is a better Wilco bio, and one is needed, this is good enough to read

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burningdervish | 1 andere bespreking | Nov 29, 2016 |

I'll Take You There: Mavis Staples, the Staple… door Greg Kot

Unbelievably, Mavis Staples only came onto my radar in the last few years. How this is even possible, I don't know. It was shortly after hearing her on the radio and being mesmerized by her voice, that the documentary *Mavis!* played at the Hot Docs Festival here in Toronto. I loved it! Shortly after that, I found this book and I have to say, I really enjoyed it. Author Greg Kot does a great job at researching this book and covers the Staple Singers from their earliest roots, through their careers at various recording studios and collaborations with Bob Dylan, Prince, Levon Helm, among others; their travels to Ghana and South Africa, and their influence in the days of Martin Luther King Jr.'s civil rights movement. He goes into great detail about the songs, the music, and touches on the family's personal struggles and tragedies as well.

The only thing missing from this book was a CD! So, to that end, I spent quite some time googling and listened to (and watched, thanks to youtube) several performances. Just wow!

Early recording (1959): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rekp7rRcSFs

The song that is the title of the book:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uY3vgBzgYn4… (meer)

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