Redemption Song: The Ballad of Joe Strummer
by Chris Salewicz
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Author: Chris SalewiczEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2008-05-13
ISBN: 0865479828
Number of pages: 640
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Book Reviews of Redemption Song: The Ballad of Joe Strummer
Book Review: Hell Of a Life
Summary: 4 Stars
Sometimes a title says it all. Joe Strummer lived a life of the highest highs and lowest lows and at the end ended up somewhere in the middle. A thoroughly researched book with a sometimes over-bearing personal touch from the authors many years of friendship with the subject.
A large tome that explores the ins and outs of his time in front of and not in the lime-light show he was a complicated man. Despite rock star status, he succumbed and battled the same humanity that afflicts us all on a daily basis.
A hefty read with not too much to add that already hasn't been said. It is always a hard balance to strike when it comes to writing about someone you knew intimately, and for a decent chunk of it Chris Salewicz does so well. As mentioned in a previous review about Mr. Salewicz tendency to sometimes read into everything as some great philosophical contribution to the Joe Strummer legacy is a bit of revisionist history I'm sure, but does not distract to much from the main point of this book.
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