Benny's Road to ABBA
by Carl Magnus Palm
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Author: Carl Magnus PalmEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown)
Published: 2004-10-01
ISBN: 9189136144
Number of pages: 316
Publisher: Premium Forlag AB
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Book Review: A colourfull and eventfull start to a music career
Summary: 5 Stars
Benny's Road to Abba is another highly readable, entertaining and informative book from music guru Carl Magnus Palm.
Like his previous books it is written in an emphatic and sensitive style without any of the tabloid, muck raking sensationalism favoured by lessor music biographers. It charts Benny's life from accordian and piano playing youngster through to the first recordings made by the Abba quartet prior to Waterloo.
Benny had experienced by his late twenties what most of us don't experience in a life time. A member of Swedens number one band of the sixties, The Hep stars, making a movie, touring in a camper band from gig to gig, living the high life that success brought, adored by countless female fans and receiving marriage proposals from middle aged women. And that's besides having a wife and children whilst still a teenager and a run in with the Swedish taxman!
In these days of pop star overnight fame through television contests, it is refreshing to read of how pop "apprenticeships" used to happen. the struggle for work, a chance to perform and the enthusiasm that drove them on despite the set backs. Above all Palm conveys the sense of fun that was Bennys early life.
The book is a must for any music fan who enjoys a biography written in a straight forward matter of fact let-the-facts-speak-for-themselves style which is Palms strength as a biographer. Benny had an exciting, colourful and dramatic start to his music career and Palm captures it all perfectly.
An entertaining read, even if you are not a fan of Benny's music.
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