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Bezig met laden... Diamond in the Rough: A Memoirdoor Shawn Colvin
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![]() Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. Interesting read by troubled soul. There is nothing starry eyed about this account of her life and career. It doesn't fall into the trap that many music biogs do and by presents her as an ordinary girl trying to get through life doing what she has a talent for. She talk of the highs quite modestly, of being star struck meeting her idols, and deals with the passages covering her depression, drugs and alcohol as an ordinary person. There is no self pitying "why me". As many of her songs are autobiographical I went back and re-listened to many of them and found new depth in them as a result. You don't need to be a fan to read this but you may well be by the end. A good read, well written. She seems to have had some success despite alcohol/drug addictions and depression. Even when she cleaned up her personal life stayed a mess. She likes men, but doesn't have the greatest taste. Her lack of fidelity didn't help. I think I'd classify her has "high maintenance". I suppose if you were a big fan you might find more of interest here. If you like memoirs to be a deep, insightful commentary that use one person's life in order to shed light on society as a whole, this is not the memoir for you. If you just like to read anecdotes from someone who has had an interesting life and is also unexpectedly amusing, this will suit just fine. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
After learning to play guitar at the age of ten, Shawn Colvin was determined to make a life in music--a decision that would send a small-town girl out on the open road for good. In 1997, two decades after she started, she got her big break. Like the troubled would-be arsonist and survivor of her smash hit "Sunny Came Home," Colvin knows a thing or two about heartache--and setting fires. Diamond in the Rough recounts this passionate musician's coming-of-age, from the prairies of South Dakota to the dark smoky bars in Austin, Texas, to the world stage at the Grammys.--From publisher description. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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![]() GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)782.42164092The arts Music Vocal music Secular Forms of vocal music Secular songs General principles and musical forms Song genres Western popular songsLC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde:![]()
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The writing is mostly good, though it's clear she's sometimes out of her element in long-prose form. When the weakness shows, it's [passages when she devolves into a more conversational, informal tone with the writing. But this is a relatively minor quibble, as the story of her life is quite interesting. I wasn't terribly interested in her love-life, but how it fits into the larger context of her life-long mental health struggles made it quite relevant. And her recount of the back-story for most all of her songs is riveting.
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Recommended for Colvin or music lovers. (