Kinderhook Books Live: Jonathan Gould In Conversation With Seth Rogovoy

Jonathan Gould and Seth Rogovoy will be in conversation on their new books—Gould's Burning Down The House: Talking Heads And The New York Scene That Transformed Rock and Rogovoy's Within You Without You: Listening to George Harrison.

ABOUT THE BOOKS

Burning Down The House. Now on the 50th anniversary of the band’s formation, acclaimed music biographer and contributor to The New Yorker Jonathan Gould offers the definitive story of Talking Heads—a band whose sound, fame, and legacy forever connected the avant-garde to rock music. More than just a biography of a band, Gould masterfully captures the singular time and place that incubated and nurtured this original music—downtown in the 1970s—that much romanticized, little understood moment in New York City history when art, music, and commerce uneasily collided to cement the post-Woodstock generation of rock stars, often with messy results. What emerges is an expansive portrait of a band and a scene that permanently shifted the horizons of popular music, iconoclasts that pushed the cultural fringe into the mainstream and then burned down the house.

Within You Without You. A personal exploration of George Harrison's essential contributions to the Beatles and his solo work—as well as his significant role as a Western proponent of Indian music and beliefs—Seth Rogovoy, through close examination of his guitar playing in the Fab Four and his songwriting both in and out of the Beatles, demystifies the enigma of this most reluctant of rock stars.ABOUT THE AUTHORS

Jonathan Gould is a writer and a former professional musician. A contributing writer for The New Yorker, he is the author of Can’t Buy Me Love: The Beatles, Britain, and America and Otis Redding: An Unfinished Life. He currently divides his time between Williamsburg, Brooklyn, and Livingston, NY.

Seth Rogovoy is the author of Bob Dylan: Prophet Mystic Poet and The Essential Klezmer: A Music Lover's Guide to Jewish Roots and Soul Music and contributing editor for The Forward.

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