Never-Ending Present (eBook)

The Story of Gord Downie and the Tragically Hip

Michael Barclay (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2018
380 Seiten
ECW Press (Verlag)
978-1-77305-206-9 (ISBN)

Infos

In the summer of 2016, more than a third of Canadians tuned in to watch what was likely the Tragically Hip's final performance, broadcast from their hometown of Kingston, Ontario. Why? Because these five men were always more than just a band. They sold millions of records and defined a generation of Canadian rock music. But they were also a tabula rasa onto which fans could project their own ideas: of performance, of poetry, of history, of Canada itself. In the first print biography of the Tragically Hip, Michael Barclay talks to dozens of the band's peers and friends about not just the Hip's music but about the opening bands, the American albatross, the band's role in Canadian culture, and Gord Downie's role in reconciliation with Indigenous people. When Downie announced he had terminal cancer and decided to take the Hip on the road one more time, the tour became another Terry Fox moment; this time, Canadians got to witness an embattled hero reach the finish line.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 5.4.2018
• Verlagsort: Toronto
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby ► Singen / Musizieren
• Schlagworte: Autobiografie • Biografie • biographies of musicians • Blues • Books About Music • books music • books on music • Brain cancer • Bruckner • Canada • Canadian music • Composers • Essays • Felsen • Film • Gord Downy • Gord Sinclair • Hall of Fame • Johnny Fay • kingston • Komponist • Komponisten • Komponistin • Künstler • Land • Long Time Running • music biography • Music book • Music Hall of Fame • musician biographies • Musik • Musiker • Musikgeschichte • Musikhochschule • Musikproduzent • Musizieren • Paul Langlois • Pop culture • Popmusik • popular music • Produzent • Rob Baker • Rock • Rock and Roll • rock and roll biographies • rock biography books • rock music books • rock n roll biography books • rock n roll history • rock star biographies • Songwriter • The Hip • tragically hip biography • tragically hip book
• ISBN-10: 1-77305-206-3 / 1773052063
• ISBN-13: 978-1-77305-206-9 / 9781773052069