Across the Great Divide

Starting out as a backing group for Ronnie Hawkins, before being propelled on to the world stage by Bob Dylan, The Band literally changed the course of music with their first two albums.

About the author

Barney Hoskyns was born in England in 1959 and began writing for the New Musical Express after leaving Oxford. He has since written for The Times, the New Statesman, Guardian, Spin, the Los Angeles Reader, Creem, Vogue, and many other publications. In 1987 his acclaimed study of Southern soul music, Say it One Time for the Brokenhearted, was published. He is also the author of Imp of the Perverse (a study of Prince), From a Whisper to a Scream: The Great Voices, and Beautiful Loser, about Montgomery Clift and Ragged Glories.

Product details

• Authors: Barney Hoskyns, Hoskyns Barney
• Publisher: Random House Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 03.07.2003
• EAN: 9780712605403
• ISBN: 978-0-7126-0540-3
• No. of pages: 480
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 234 mm x 34 mm
• Weight: 582 g
• Illustrations: 16
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Music > General, dictionaries; Rock, Rock & Pop music, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Rock, Pop Music, Popular Music, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Music, Biography: arts and entertainment