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A review by kiwicoral
I'm Not with the Band: A Writer's Life Lost in Music by Sylvia Patterson
4.0
I found this book during an unrelated search of the library's database, and I'm sure glad I did. The author is truly a gifted writer and storyteller. About one third of the book is about the author's life as a writer and her family, and the other two thirds are stories about interviews with various musicians over the last thirty years. It was the chapters about the musicians that I really enjoyed the most - Manic Street Preachers, Oasis, Prince, and U2 were all standouts. Despite my knowledge of Brit Pop being fairly limited, it was still interesting to get some behind-the-scenes stories. And the dissection of modern celebrity culture in the new millennium was very insightful.
Anyone who has any interest in popular music would enjoy this book.
Anyone who has any interest in popular music would enjoy this book.