Linda McCartney - Hardcover

Fields, Danny

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1580631045 ISBN 13: 9781580631044

Publisher: Renaissance Books, 2000

Synopsis

A look at one of the most famous marriages in the history of rock music chronicles the life of the successful photographer who married a Beatle, discussing her initial rejection by the public and her death from cancer.

About this title

About the Author:

Danny Fields has been a presence on the pop-culture scene since 1966. A native New Yorker, his first job was as managing editor of Datebook magazine, which featured extensive coverage of The Beatles. He has been a (visibly quotable) rock insider as a journalist, photographer, manager, (of the Ramones and Iggy Pop), and producer of syndicated radio shows ever since. His gigs included stints at Elektra Records, Atlantic Records, 16 magazine, and MJI Broadcasting. Danny is on the nominating committee of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and he co-authored Dream On and Who's Your Fave Rave?

From AudioFile:

In his gossipy book-length eulogy, rock columnist and longtime friend Fields presents Paul McCartney's late wife as a strong, sensitive woman who took heaps of abuse for daring to marry the world's most eligible bachelor. Over the years she bore Paul's children, pulled him out of a post-Beatles depression, toured with the band Wings, and promoted animal rights and vegetarianism. Allan Smithee sounds younger than the author, but otherwise he does a decent job of bringing Linda to life (she died in 1998). He recreates the interviews and remembered conversations on which the text relies without trying to imitate Paul, who is a secondary figure here. Fields's moods emerge--adoring, petulant, nostalgic--as does his desire for the listener to really know Linda. And at tape's end, you feel you do. J.B.G. © AudioFile 2001, Portland, Maine-- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine

About this edition

• Publisher: Renaissance Books
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 1580631045
• ISBN 13: 9781580631044
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 280