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Works by Gary Graff

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Canonical name
Graff, Gary
Birthdate
1960
Gender
male
Places of residence
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Detroit, Michigan, USA
Associated Place (for map)
USA

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4 reviews
Half the fun of this type of book is arguing with the selections, but I found myself agreeing with the author more often than not; I don't always like the albums selected, but they definitely typify the '90s.

Two final thoughts:

1. There was a lot of really bad music that was really popular in the '90s.

2. Although I think the decade only produced a few truly great albums, it produced tons of truly great singles.

Received via NetGalley.
I never listened to his music because his eye makeup scared me so much. It is a coffee table sized book, loaded with color and black and white photos. It came in a black slip case with black velvet on one side.

He grew up in Detroit and in a family with a Christian minister father, loves baseball and is passionate about golf. His family moved to Arizona, loved the Beetles and formed a band called the Earwings as sort of a take off of them. The band changed names several times and were a show more counter to the Peace and Love movement. Church members complained about his long hair.

His music evolved to gallow humor and shock entered the shows by accidemt. A live chicken wandered by on stage, and being a city boy, he said that he did not know that they can't fly. (I dispute that as a fact because my Aunt Garnet's chickens roosted in one giant tree at night. He threw the chicken off the stage and instead of flying, it was grabbed and torn apart by the crowd, they drank the chicken's blood. From then one, more shock became apart of the presentation, often having large snakes wrapped around him. The book delves into him meeting and liking many celebrities. A lot of well knowns, my eyes start to glaze over. But the stories were all amazing.
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More of a picture book which I did not know..got it as a gift as I am a Seger fan. Thumbed through it and enjoyed it. It's pretty short but plenty of cool pictures. Fans of Seger may want to check i t out.
I love Neil and I loved this book. Learned allot about Young from a child all the way to current day.

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Works
15
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Rating
3.9
Reviews
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ISBNs
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