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A review by psteve
Music from Big Pink by John Niven
3.0
The first I've read from 33 1/3's series of books about various albums. This one is different for the series, from what I understand. Instead of a an analysis or history of the album, it's a novelization (or it's short, so maybe it's a novella-ization) of the events surrounding the album's genesis in Woodstock. It's told from the point of view of a guy who acts as drug dealer to the band (not The Band at this time), and includes portraits of many of those around the band, including Bob Dylan and a host of others, both fictional and ficitonalized.
The story is pretty good, though it doesn't add an awful lot to what those of us who followed this group know about them. The author is pretty successful at capturing the characters of the various musicians, and of the times, in Woodstock and New York. It's a quick and engaging read.
I seem to be reading books about rock and the sixties these days, and the next one is a longer, more substantial book...
The story is pretty good, though it doesn't add an awful lot to what those of us who followed this group know about them. The author is pretty successful at capturing the characters of the various musicians, and of the times, in Woodstock and New York. It's a quick and engaging read.
I seem to be reading books about rock and the sixties these days, and the next one is a longer, more substantial book...