Product Description

A veteran songwriter presents a selection of sixty of rock music's greatest songs in their original, hand-scrawled rough drafts, accompanied by interviews with the songwriters who reveal the stories behind the songs.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #793081 in Books
• Published on: 1996-06
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 142 pages

From Publishers Weekly
Newly discovered lyrics by Buddy Holly ("'Yes' means we'll go on together/ 'No' means that we'll have to part") highlight Stephen Bishop's Songs in the Rough, which presents 80 top rock and folk songs in their original draft form, as well as interviews with the composers or their surviving relations. Bishop, himself a songwriter who contributes two entries, has tracked down scribbles - reproduced here - that will send shivers down song-lovers' spines: among them, drafts of "Blowin' in the Wind," "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" and "Heartbreak Hotel." Illustrations.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Customer Reviews

Excellent
Stephen Bishop has certainly captured the essence of his subject. The myriad of songs and artists he presents in an articulate and sometime amusing manner are interesting and informative.

I recommend that all lovers of music will enjoy this wonderfully constructed and edited book.