Dig Infinity!: The Life and Art of Lord Buckley
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.28 (511 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1566491576 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 405 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
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Trager, the host of an annual radio show on Buckley and of a semiannual group performance of his material called "Dig and Thou Shall Be Dug," has produced a composite biography of the controversial hipster and stand-up comic, who influenced comedians as diverse as Lenny Bruce and Robin Williams. Ed Sullivan, Steve Allen, David Amram, and Buckley's wife, Elizabeth, are among those who reminisce. Weaving together Buckley's own writings, memories of friends and acquaintances, and news articles, reviews, and liner notes, Trager creates an impressionistic but detailed portrait of Buckley's life and times. A comprehensive bibliography and discography, as well as a CD compilation of Buckley in performance (not heard), make this essential for all Buckley fans. Lib., CUNY Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc. William Gargan, Brooklyn Coll. . Recommended for academic and larger public libraries. From L
In this first study of the man behind the myth, Oliver Trager explains Buckley's life and career and the enormous following he developed in the entertainment community as well as the reasons behind the obscurity into which the man and his work disappeared after his death in 1960.
. He produces and co-hosts an annual Lord Buckley radio show on WFMU, a free-form music station in New York City, and has produced, hosted and performed in "Dig and Thou Shall Be Dug," semi-annual group performances of Buckley’s material held in Greenwich Village. OLIVER TRAGER has for the pas
"A most immaculately hip biography" according to John S. Ryan. Oliver Trager did such a fine and thorough job on _The American Book of the Dead_ that I had high hopes for his biography of the great Lord Buckley. It's even better than I expected.Trager's approach is suited to his subject. Rather than write a straightforward biography -- which would be difficult in any case because there are so many unanswered and unanswerable questions -- Trager has opted to tell His Lordship's life story through a sort of montage of mostly oral history. For this purpose he has interviewed, apparently, just about every living person on this sweet swingin' sphere who knew the Hip Messiah or was directly i. Lord Buckley Lives ! ! ! I have to give this book 5 stars on the subject alone. Its about time that someone sat down and took the time and effort to let Lord Buckley's story be told once again. - - I do have a problem with the narrative style of the book, but its probably moreso a matter of taste Rather than telling the story, the author basically reprints one interview after another and kinda pastes his sources together so Lord Buckley's story is told in the interviewee's own words Many of these interviews come straight from the pages of magazines and radio interviews with people who knew him and they're strung together to create a sense of a coher. His Lordship deserves such fealty A fascinating if disjointed study of the art [mostly] and life [not as much as one would wish, but it's tough to catch up with the detritus of vaudeville and walkathons] of one of the most original and most influential comedian/orators ever to grace a stage, a view that people ranging from George Harrison to David Bowie to Frank Zappa to Steve Allen to James Taylor to Lenny Bruce all shared. Anyone who hears Lord Buckley -- and there's a half-hour audio CD included with the book so you can sample his hipsemantic style -- has to become curious about the man himself. This book finally helps to explain, and paints a fan's-eye p