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From 1999 until his sudden death in 2003, Joe Strummer and his band, the Mescaleros, recreated all the excitement of Strummer’s illustrious years with The Clash. In live concerts around the world, Strummer and his band brought an energy to their performances that no one there would ever forget. In Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros, Anthony Davie tells the inside story of the band, from its inception to Joe Strummer’s last gig. There are interviews with band members, a detailed recounting of all the tours, a complete discography, and a moving account of Strummer’s untimely death. For his countless admirers, this book presents Joe Strummer the way he would have wanted to be remembered as a passionate and uncompromising musician.
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"This part of the book has been written using diary notes and a bloody good memory," notes Davie in the third section of this hagiographic tome that, despite its promise, hits mostly off-notes. Davie opens by covering the Mescaleros tours of 1999-2002, primarily through the eyes of band members. This most interesting portion of the book suggests Strummer's audience had mellowed a bit since the 1970s and notes that while some questioned the validity of Strummer's formation of a new group to play Clash songs, it's clear that that's precisely what Mescaleros fans wanted. The central part of the book features reminiscences of 15 people who knew and collaborated with Strummer, of which Richard Flack's account of recording with Strummer is a standout. Davie's self-indulgent final section spins out in informal prose as he describes (again, but in excruciating detail) the tours covered in the first 50 pages. Similarly, in the "account" of Strummer's December 2002 death, Davie writes nothing of the singer's death, instead describing how it affected him. In addition to a discography, the volume closes with a list of Mescaleros gigs arranged by tour, complete with set lists. Photos.
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- PublisherReynolds & Hearn
- Publication date2005
- ISBN 10 1903111757
- ISBN 13 9781903111758
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages247
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