He Is ... I Say How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Neil Diamond |
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Author:
| Wild, David |
ISBN: | 978-1-282-46069-0 |
Publication Date: | Jan 2009 |
Publisher: | Hachette Books
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Imprint: | Da Capo Press, Incorporated |
Book Format: | Ebook |
List Price: | USD $14.95 |
Book Description:
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"He Is...I Say" examines Neil Diamond s singular place in the pantheon of popular music. David Wild who has written about Diamond for "Rolling Stone," penned the liner notes to a number of Diamond s anthologies, and produced Diamond s scandal-free episode of "Behind the Music." Now he dares to turn on his Heartlight, offering a moving and hilarious salute to his own Jewish Elvis based on his past interviews with the Solitary Man himself.
An illuminating snapshot of a beloved...
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"He Is...I Say" examines Neil Diamond s singular place in the pantheon of popular music. David Wild who has written about Diamond for "Rolling Stone," penned the liner notes to a number of Diamond s anthologies, and produced Diamond s scandal-free episode of "Behind the Music." Now he dares to turn on his Heartlight, offering a moving and hilarious salute to his own Jewish Elvis based on his past interviews with the Solitary Man himself.
An illuminating snapshot of a beloved American icon, "He Is...I Say" endearingly speaks to the condition of being a Diamondhead in a hipper-than-thou world, while fully illustrating exactly what it is that makes the man and the artist so special."