{"product_id":"cruel-to-be-kind-the-life-and-music-of-nick-lowe-hardcover","title":"Cruel to Be Kind: The Life and Music of Nick Lowe - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eWill Birch\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe definitive biography of singer-songwriter Nick Lowe, best-known for Cruel to Be Kind and (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love, and Understanding\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDescribed as Britain's greatest living songwriter, Nick Lowe has made his mark as a pioneer of pub rock, power-pop, and punk rock and as a producer of Elvis Costello, Graham Parker, the Damned, and the Pretenders. He has been a pop star with his bands Brinsley Schwarz and Rockpile, a stepson-in-law to Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash, and is the writer behind hits including Cruel to Be Kind and (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love, and Understanding. In the past decades, however, he has distinguished himself as an artist who is equally acclaimed for the second act of his career as a tender yet sharp-tongued acoustic balladeer. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Biographer Will Birch, who in addition to being a music writer was a drummer and songwriter with The Records, has known Lowe for over forty years and melds Lowe's gift as a witty raconteur with his own authoritative analysis of Lowe's background and the cultural scenes he exemplifies. Lowe's parallel fame as one of the best interviews in the business will contribute to this first look into his life and work--and likely the closest thing fans will get to an autobiography by this notoriously charming cult figure.\u003cbr\u003eThis is not an authorized biography, but Lowe has given it his spiritual blessing and his management and label are fully on board.\u003ci\u003e Cruel to Be Kind\u003c\/i\u003e will be the colorful yet serious account of one of the world's most talented and admired musicians.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWill Birch\u003c\/b\u003e is a former drummer and songwriter with the Kursaal Flyers (Little Does She Know) and The Records (Starry Eyes). During the 1980s he moved into record production, working with such acts as Any Trouble, Dr Feelgood, Hollies, Billy Bremner (Rockpile) and the Long Ryders. Throughout the 1990s Will wrote many articles for \u003ci\u003eMOJO \u003c\/i\u003eand other music magazines. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eNo Sleep Till Canvey Island: The Great Pub Rock Revolution\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eIan Dury: The Definitive Biography\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives near London.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 416\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.5 x 9.2 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 20, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51754162258208,"sku":"9780306921957","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/06ea2888368fe6a778df3d4064ed3bfb.webp?v=1780034730","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/cruel-to-be-kind-the-life-and-music-of-nick-lowe-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}