"In early '77 I asked Grant if he'd form a band with me. `No,' was his blunt reply." Grant McLennan didn't want to be in a band. He couldn't play an instrument; Charlie Chaplin was his hero du jour. And yet, when Robert Forster wrote Hemingway, Genet, Chandler and Joyce into his lyrics, McLennan couldn't resist a second invitation to become 80s indie sensation The Go-Betweens.
The friends would collaborate for three decades, until Grant's premature death in 2006. Beautifully written - like lyrics, like prose - Grant & I is a rock memoir akin to no other. Part 'making of', part music industry expose, part buddy-book, this is a delicate and perceptive celebration of creative endeavour.
With wit and candour, Robert Forster pays tribute to a band who found huge success in the margins, having friendship at its heart.
| ISBN: | 9781785589683 |
| Publication date: | 15th March 2018 |
| Author: | Robert Forster |
| Publisher: | Omnibus Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 344 pages |
| Genres: |
Musicians, singers, bands and groups Autobiography: arts and entertainment |
He couldn't play an instrument; Charlie Chaplin was his hero du jour. And yet, when Robert Forster wrote Hemingway, Genet, Chandler and Joyce into his lyrics, McLennan couldn't resist a second invitation to become 80s indie sensation The Go-Betweens.
Grant & I features in the following genres: Musicians, singers, bands and groups, Autobiography: arts and entertainment
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Grant & I was written by Robert Forster and published by Omnibus Press
Grant & I has 344 pages
£8.99, reduced from £9.99. In Stock.