{"product_id":"holding-the-note-profiles-in-popular-music-paperback","title":"Holding the Note: Profiles in Popular Music - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDavid Remnick\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES \u003c\/i\u003eBEST SELLER - The Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and editor of \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e gathers his writing on some of the essential musicians of our time--intimate portraits of Leonard Cohen, Buddy Guy, Mavis Staples, Paul McCartney, Bruce Springsteen, Patti Smith, and more.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe greatest popular songs, whether it's \"Respect\" sung by Aretha Franklin or \"Blind Willie McTell\" performed by Bob Dylan, have a way of embedding themselves in our memories. You remember a time and a place and a feeling whenever you hear them. In \u003ci\u003eHolding the Note\u003c\/i\u003e, David Remnick writes about some of the most influential musicians, songwriters, and performers of the past fifty years. He portrays a series of musical lives--Leonard Cohen, Buddy Guy, Mavis Staples, Paul McCartney, Bruce Springsteen, Patti Smith, and more--and their unique encounters with the passing of that essential element of music: time. From Cohen's performing debut, when his stage fright was so debilitating he couldn't get through \"Suzanne,\" to Franklin's iconic mink-drop at the Kennedy Center, \u003ci\u003eHolding the Note\u003c\/i\u003e delivers intimate portraits of some of the greatest creative minds of our era, written with a passionate lifelong attachment to their music and an acute appreciation of how it has shaped us.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eDAVID REMNICK has been the editor of \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e since 1998 and before that was a staff writer for the magazine for six years. He was previously \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post'\u003c\/i\u003es correspondent in the Soviet Union. He is the author of several books, including \u003ci\u003eKing of the World\u003c\/i\u003e, a biography of Muhammad Ali, named the top nonfiction book of the year by Time magazine in 1998, and \u003ci\u003eLenin's Tomb\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the Pulitzer Prize.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.67 x 8 x 5.26 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 30, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51750921109792,"sku":"9780375702310","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/dfe8cccedd0a0cd74a27eaaad6906475.webp?v=1779960754","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/holding-the-note-profiles-in-popular-music-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}