Jeff Lynne: Electric Light Orchestra - Before and After

Name: Jeff Lynne: Electric Light Orchestra - Before and After
Rating: 5 (2 reviews)

John Van der Kiste

Jan 2017 · Fonthill Media

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Passionate about music from childhood and much-respected as a teenage guitarist in his native Birmingham, Jeff Lynne rose through the ranks of various semi-professional local groups to become the frontman of the critically acclaimed Idle Race in the late 60s. From there he joined the ever-popular Move, then helped form the groundbreaking Electric Light Orchestra. After co-founder Roy Wood left in 1972, Lynne turned what had been a struggling rock and classical fusion into one of Britain s most consistently successful and popular acts. Following a run of hit singles, albums, and sell-out concerts throughout the world, he laid the group to rest in 1986 and combined a solo career as an artist and producer with membership of the ultimate supergroup, the Traveling Wilburys. His production credits include Roy Orbison, Tom Petty, Del Shannon, George Harrison, and even the Beatles on their two final singles in the mid- 90s. Jeff Lynne: The Electric Light Orchestra, Before and After is the first-ever biography of one of the most prolific and highly regarded performers of the last fifty years. Rich in backstage anecdotes of overheated orchestras, frontmen rivalries, tour mishaps, cross-group partnerships, unlikely collaborations, and self-imposed exile from the stage in the quest for inspiration, this book will leave fans and general readers delighted and inspired by a career at the epicentre of twentieth-century rock.

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5.0

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Keith Robson

July 7, 2024

yeah love it been a massive elo fan since I first heard roll over Beethoven 😁

About the author

John Van der Kiste read Librarianship at Ealing Technical College, where he edited the student librarian journal Stamp Out. The author of over fifty books, including historical and royal biography, popular music, true crime, local history, plays and fiction, he has also contributed articles to and reviewed books and records for local and national publications, was a consultant to the BBC documentary 'The King, the Kaiser and the Tsar', and is a contributor to 'Oxford Dictionary of National Biography' and 'Guinness Rockopaedia'. He lives in Devon. His latest titles are 'Dictionary of Royal Biographers', 'Dartmoor and Other Places: Poems 1975-2015', a novel 'Always There', 'Pop Pickers and Music Vendors', and 'Queen Victoria and the European Empires'. Due for publication in 2017 are 'A Beatles Miscellany' and 'We Can Swing Together: The Story of Lindisfarne'. He is currently working on additional historical and musical titles.

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