Notice bibliographique
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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Chusid, Irwin
Titre(s) : Songs in the key of Z [Texte imprimé] : the curious universe of outsider music / Irwin Chusid
Édition : 1st ed.
Publication : Chicago, [illinois] : A Cappella book, an imprint of Chicago review press, 2000
Description matérielle : xxvii, 271 pages : ill. ; 23 cm
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-254), discography (p. 237-248) , and
index
Outsider musicians can be the product of damaged DNA, alien abduction, drug fry, demonic
possession, or simply sheer obliviousness. This book profiles dozens of outsider musicians,
both prominent and obscure--figures such as The Shaggs, Syd Barrett, Tiny Tim, Jandek,
Captain Beefheart, Daniel Johnston, Harry Partch, and The Legendary Stardust Cowboy--and
presents their strange life stories along with photographs, interviews, cartoons,
and discographies. About the only things these self-taught artists have in common
are an utter lack of conventional tunefulness and an overabundance of earnestness
and passion. But, believe it or not, they're worth listening to, often outmatching
all contenders for inventiveness and originality
Sujet(s) : Stratification sociale
Musiciens -- États-Unis
Genre ou forme : Biographie
Indice(s) Dewey :
781.640 922 (23e éd.) = Musique populaire occidentale - Biographie collective
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 1556523726. - ISBN 9781556523724
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb456709662
Notice n° :
FRBNF45670966
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : Introduction ; Prologue : Transistor under my pillow : a memoir ; The Shaggs :
Groove is in the heart ; Tiny Tim : I get a kick out of Uke ; Jack Mudurian : Chatterbox
jukebox ; Joe Meek : Blast from the past ; Song Poems : Bus fare to the Grammys
; The Cherry Sisters : the fruits of clean living ; Jandek : the great disconnect
; Daniel Johnston : Casper 1, Satan 0 ; Harry Partch : Hallelujah! He's a bum ; Wesley
Willis : Hell ride ; Syd Barrett : Guitars and dust ; Eilert Pilarm : the King of
Sweden ; Lucia Pamela : Interstellar overdrive ; Captain Beefheart : Inscrutable
dreamer ; Shooby Taylor, the human horn : Scat man do ; Florence Foster Jenkins
: Widow's peak ; The Legendary Stardust Cowboy : Wide open space cadet ; Robert Graettinger
: Sleep in the grave ; B.J. Snowden : Mission to Venus ; Wild Man Fischer : Ritual
of the savage ; Snapshots in Sound : Elsewhere in the curious universe.