Description
Book Synopsis The 1970s saw a wave of singer-songwriters flood the airwaves and concert halls across the United States. This book organizes the stories of approximately 150 artists whose songs created the soundtrack to people''s lives during the decade that forever shaped musical composition. Some well-known, others less known, these artists were the song-poets and storytellers who wrote their own music and lyrics.
Featuring biographical information and discography overviews for each artist, this is the only one-volume encyclopedic overview of this topic. Featured artists include Carole King and James Taylor, Joni Mitchell and Jackson Browne, Bob Dylan and Paul Simon, Bruce Springsteen, Gordon Lightfoot, Elvis Costello and dozens of other song-poets of the seventies.
Table of Contents
- Table of Contents
- Preface: Art and the Courage to Create
- Introduction
- Singer-Songwriter Profiles
- Charting the Wide Appeal of Singer-Songwriters
- Recommended Listening
- The Time-Life Collection of Singer-Songwriters
- YouTube Videos
- Selected Documentaries
- For Further Reading
- Index
