The Fabulous Sylvester: The Legend, the Music, the Seventies in San Francisco
by Joshua Gamson
List Price:
Our Price: $2.97
You Save: $12.03 (80%)
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Buy Used: from $2.91 (click here)
Category: Book
See more book details and other editions
Book Summary Information
Author: Joshua GamsonEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2006-01-24
ISBN: 0312425694
Number of pages: 336
Publisher: Picador
Book Reviews of The Fabulous Sylvester: The Legend, the Music, the Seventies in San Francisco
Book Review: ...the fabulous SYLVESTER!
Summary: 5 Stars
Sylvester was `bigger' than fabulous and Joshua Gamson's bio reveals the truth behind the incredibly talented singer. Gamson's biography of the unusual and lovable talent rings true and is consistently level headed without drama. There was plenty of that in Sylvester's life alone! It's amazing that it took this story so long to be told, but it is a great one about the golden gay mecca before it turned into the gay refugee camp. Sylvester is accurately portrayed as the virtual overnight sensation "queen of disco". He is shown as having had a heart of gold and the simple determination of being who he was - a great icon without regrets. Gamson should be commended for writing a long-awaited biography that is fair and balanced, representing a time that started with such great innocence and fun. It is worth mentioning that Rolling Stone magazine reviewed Sylvester's first album and stated, "if you have to listen to disco, it doesn't get better than this". No kidding.
More The Fabulous Sylvester: The Legend, the Music, the Seventies in San Francisco reviews:
1 2 3 4 5
1 2 3 4 5
Biographies & Memoirs Books
Book Subjects
- Arts & Photography
- Audiobooks on Cassette
- Audiobooks on CD
- Biographies & Memoirs
- Business & Investing
- Children's Books
- Comics & Graphic Novels
- Computers & Internet
- Cooking, Food & Wine
- e-Books
- Engineering
- Entertainment
- Gay & Lesbian
- Health, Mind & Body
- History
- Home & Garden
- Horror
- Law
- Literature & Fiction
- Medicine
- Mystery & Thrillers
- Nonfiction
- Outdoors & Nature
- Parenting & Families
- Professional & Technical
- Reference
- Religion & Spirituality
- Romance
- Science
- Science Fiction & Fantasy
- Sports
- Teens
- Travel
Most talked about in Gay Themed Books
At This Momentby Trent Jackson Communications
Trafford Publishing; Published: 2006-07-06; Paperback; Book
Best price: $14.36
Price in other shops:
Lost Prophet: The Life and Times of Bayard Rustinby John D'Emilio
University Of Chicago Press; Published: 2004-10-01; Paperback; Book
Best price: $13.85
Price in other shops:
I'm On My Wayby Christopher David
AuthorHouse; Published: 2003-09-17; Paperback; Book
Best price: $8.88
Price in other shops:
James Baldwin: Early Novels and Stories: Go Tell It on a Mountain / Giovanni's Room / Another Country / Going to Meet the Man (Library of America)by James Baldwin
Library of America; Published: 1998-02-01; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $20.80
Price in other shops:
Talking at the Gates: A Life of James Baldwinby James Campbell
University of California Press; Published: 2002-01-29; Paperback; Book
Best price: $13.01
Price in other shops:
The Fabulous Sylvester: The Legend, the Music, the Seventies in San Franciscoby Joshua Gamson
Picador; Published: 2006-01-24; Paperback; Book
Best price: $2.76
Price in other shops:
Get By: A Survival Guide for Black Gay Youthby Jonathan Jones
BookSurge Publishing; Published: 2005-12-28; Paperback; Book
Best price: $14.99
The Day I Stopped Being Prettyby Rodney Lofton
Strebor Books; Published: 2007-10-16; Paperback; Book
Best price: $4.99
Price in other shops:
Freedom in this Village: Twenty-Five Years of Black Gay Men's WritingDa Capo Press; Published: 2004-12-05; Paperback; Book
Best price: $0.29
Price in other shops:
In the Life: A Black Gay Anthologyby Joseph Beam
Redbone Press; Published: 2008-05-23; Paperback; Book
Best price: $15.20
Price in other shops:
Similar books summaries and other product reviews
This Is Reggae Music: The Story of Jamaica's Musicby Lloyd Bradley
Grove Press; Published: 2001-10-07; Paperback; Book
Best price: $10.14
Price in other shops:
Donna Summer - CrayonsRelease date: 2008-05-20; Music CD
Best price: $2.70
Price in other shops:
Sylvester - Living ProofRelease date: 1990-10-17; Music CD
Best price: $7.93
Price in other shops:
Patti LaBelle - Live in Washington, D.C.Release date: 2008-06-10; Music CD
Best price: $7.41
Price in other shops:
Hotel California: The True-Life Adventures of Crosby, Stills, Nash, Young, Mitchell, Taylor, Browne, Ronstadt, Geffen, the Eagles, and Their Many Friendsby Barney Hoskyns
Wiley; Published: 2007-05-07; Paperback; Book
Best price: $7.75
Price in other shops:
Cultural Resistance ReaderVerso; Published: 2002-06; Paperback; Book
Best price: $12.50
Price in other shops:
The City of Musical Memory: Salsa, Record Grooves and Popular Culture in Cali, Colombia (Music/ Culture)by Lise A. Waxer
Wesleyan; Published: 2002-10-29; Paperback; Book
Best price: $7.83
Price in other shops:
Love Saves the Day: A History of American Dance Music Culture, 1970-1979by Tim Lawrence
Duke University Press; Published: 2004-01; Paperback; Book
Best price: $16.96
Price in other shops:
SYLVESTER - Sylvester - Greatest HitsRelease date: 1989-11-07; Music CD
Best price: $24.51
Price in other shops:
Turn the Beat Around: The Secret History of Discoby Peter Shapiro
Faber & Faber; Published: 2006-10-03; Paperback; Book
Best price: $20.42