Beeswing
- Author Richard Thompson
- Narrator Richard Thompson
- Publisher Faber & Faber
- Run Time 7 hours and 20 minutes
- Format Audio
- Genre Music, Music: styles and genres, The Arts, Traditional and folk music.
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What to expect
***READ BY THE AUTHOR***
THE TOP FIVE
SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER
A BOOK OF THE YEAR
ROUGH TRADE,
THE TIMES,
ROLLING STONE,
CLASH,
MOJO,
UNCUT
The memoir of international music icon Richard Thompson, co-founder of the legendary folk rock group Fairport Convention.
'I encourage everyone to read this wonderful book.'
ELVIS COSTELLO
'Thompson could be said to be an English Dylan - only in some ways he's even better than that.'
GUARDIAN
Richard Thompson came of age during an extraordinary moment in 1960s Britain - as music began to reflect a great cultural awakening, the guitarist and songwriter co-founded Fairport Convention, ushering in the era of folk rock. An intimate memoir of personal discovery and creative intensity,
Beeswing vividly captures the life of an international music icon in a world on the cusp of change
'Gripping . . . A quiet joy of a memoir.'
GUARDIAN
'Thompson writes exceptionally well . . . If you love music in all its myriad forms, you'll love this book.'
NEW YORK JOURNAL OF BOOKS
'An intimate, revealing tome,
Beeswing is the voice of a figure at the heart of the British counter-culture.'
CLASH
'Perceptive, lyrical, amiable and seemingly effortless . . . required reading.'
CAUGHT BY THE RIVER
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