Mark Ribowsky
Author of Dreams to Remember: Otis Redding, Stax Records, and the Transformation of Southern Soul
About the Author
Mark Ribowsky is the author of fifteen books, including Ain't Too Proud to Beg: The Troubled Lives and Enduring Soul of the Temptations, the New York Times Notable Book Don't Look Back: Satchel Paige in the Shadows of Baseball, and, most recently, Dreams to Remember: Otis Redding, Stax Records, and show more the Transformation of Southern Soul. He lives in Florida. show less
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True story upon which David Hagberg's Burned was based. A story of real life heroes and villans, of unprecedented cooperation between the U.S. and Russia law enforcement, and especially of the Bornsteins, who survived the ordeal but were driven apart.
I'm not a huge fan of the bro-y language and tone that pops up every once in a while, and it is super clear that the reader on the audio has never listened to soul music for all his mispronunciations. DNF at 45%. Too bad because Otis is my man. I'll find his story elsewhere.
This book is certainly the first Little Richard biography to cover his entire life: published in August 2020, it includes his death in May 2020. The book takes the usual straightforward chronological path through the subject’s life, and it covers both the successes and the struggles without being hagiographic.
I knew very little about Little Richard before starting this book—most of my knowledge comes from his intersecting the Beatles’ career path, and from covers of his songs by the Beatles and the Everly Brothers. So on this level it was highly informative for me. I appreciated the spread of pictures in the middle of the book, which covered a wide cross-section of his life.
This was a solid read and would be a pretty good place to start if you’ve never read a biography of Little Richard. You’ll probably have his songs running through your head while you do (in my case, it was the Everly Brothers’ cover of “The Girl Can’t Help It”).… (more)
I knew very little about Little Richard before starting this book—most of my knowledge comes from his intersecting the Beatles’ career path, and from covers of his songs by the Beatles and the Everly Brothers. So on this level it was highly informative for me. I appreciated the spread of pictures in the middle of the book, which covered a wide cross-section of his life.
This was a solid read and would be a pretty good place to start if you’ve never read a biography of Little Richard. You’ll probably have his songs running through your head while you do (in my case, it was the Everly Brothers’ cover of “The Girl Can’t Help It”).… (more)
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I did learn quite a few pieces of information in this book. I did not know about their tumultuous relationship, the many marriages and the drug use. Basically because I never read much about this unique pair.
Even though I learned a great deal, I felt this account of the Everly brothers had a great deal of repeats. It is almost like the author just wanted to make the book longer. It was a tad bit monotonous.
The narrator, Steve Menasche, did a good job. He is probably the reason I kept listening.
I received this audiobook from the publisher for a honest review.… (more)