Gutter Black A Memoir

It is perhaps not quite the book it might have been but it is certainly a far better book than we might have expected.

Gutter black a memoir.

Trevor reekie talks to hello sailor s graham brazier and harry lyon about life with and without dave mcartney as well as mcartney s posthumous autobiography gutter black a memoir. There s a great pall of sadness hanging over this memoir which mcartney delivered to his publisher just weeks before his unexpected death on april 15 last year. And it s a wonderful book worth reading worth having. Get this from a library.

Notably schmidt ended his list with gutter black. Dave mcartney an intimate raw memoir by a founding member of one of nz s iconic rock bands hello sailor. Audio listen duration 17. A memoir is described by its publisher harpercollins as a candid funny irreverent and sometimes shocking story.

Gutter black doesn t answer all the questions that this girl had and that is the sign of an excellent memoir leaving the reader wanting more. Dave mcartney was one of new zealand s best known. Having worked on it for well over a decade dave mcartney delivered the completed manuscript for this book just weeks before his tragic death last year aged 62. Gutter black by dave mcartney part 1.

I hope someone sends don walker a copy. If i only had time by john rowles with angus gillies new holland 2012. But mainly yes goneville is a memoir and a touching account of music taking over and defining bollinger s life at an impressionable age. So if you are going to read any book this year make.

Nz musician was lucky enough to be granted permission to publish an excerpt in our following june july 2013 issue. Read by phil o brien audio. He had delivered the manuscript just a few weeks out from his ultimate deadline. Dave mccartney s memoir arrives just a year after his passing.

Gutter black tells a great rock n roll story and more than that the life of a special man in his time. A memoir harper collins is available from may 1. It charts hello sailor s emergence from the mandrax mansion in pre. A tale of creativity misadventure success and excess.