Steve Goodman Facing the Music |
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| Author:
| Eals, Clay |
| ISBN: | 978-1-55490-156-2 |
| Publication Date: | May 2007 |
| Publisher: | ECW Press
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| Book Format: | Ebook |
| List Price: | USD $17.95 |
Book Description:
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Intimate and touching, this biography captures the warmth and wit of Steve Goodman, one of the most respected songwriters of the 1970s and early 1980s. Diagnosed with leukemia at the age of 20, this portrait tells how Goodman strove to be a model husband and father while juggling experimental medical treatments with a career he found irresistible. Often strained for commercial success, Goodman found solace in performances for Audiences from the tens to the tens of thousands....
More Description Intimate and touching, this biography captures the warmth and wit of Steve Goodman, one of the most respected songwriters of the 1970s and early 1980s. Diagnosed with leukemia at the age of 20, this portrait tells how Goodman strove to be a model husband and father while juggling experimental medical treatments with a career he found irresistible. Often strained for commercial success, Goodman found solace in performances for Audiences from the tens to the tens of thousands. Drawingfrom more than 850 interviews?including those with family members, Jimmy Buffett, Steve Martin, Willie Nelson, Studs Terkel, Roger Ebert, and Carl Reiner?thisbook verifies the universality of his work, replete with GoodmanÓ³ themes on the fleeting nature of human existence. A 17-song tribute CD is included.