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The Thrill of It All: The Story of Bryan Ferry & Roxy Music 1st North American E edition
Author(s): David Buckley (Author)
- Publisher: Chicago Review Press
- Publication Date: March 1, 2005
- Edition: 1st North American E edition
- Language: English
- Print length: 368 pages
- ISBN-10: 1556525745
- ISBN-13: 9781556525742
Book Description
Roxy Music, one of the first and best art-rock bands of the 1970s, is chronicled in this account of decadent glam-rock excess.
Included are accounts of Ferry’s affair with supermodel Jerry Hall and its public end when she left him for Mick Jagger, the band’s various splits and regroupings, and the recent reunion in 2001 for a sold-out greatest hits tour.
Years of research and interviews with all the major participants, including Ferry himself, have resulted in a definitive history of a band that changed popular music forever.
Editorial Reviews
Review
“[Buckley] draws on his own interviews and an impressive amount of research to paint vivid portraits of the key players.” —Chicago Sun-Times
“This is the best Ferry/Roxy read yet.” —
Library Journal“Buckley succeeds in painting a remarkably sympathetic portrait of a decadent musician.” —
The New York Times Book ReviewAbout the Author
David Buckley is the author of The Complete Guide to the Music of David Bowie, R.E.M. Fiction, Strange Fascination, and The Stranglers: No Mercy.
