I Shot A Man In Reno: The New Sound of Young Scotland

Thursday, 11 June 2009

The New Sound of Young Scotland

I have a piece in this week’s

New Statesman, celebrating

some of my favourite current

bands – The Phantom Band,

De Rosa, Frightened Rabbit,

My Latest Novel – and

pondering how they're

reflecting, and perhaps shaping,

modern Scotland. You can read it here.

1 comment:

JoJo said...: Really interesting piece, Graham. The De Rosa album is fantastic; must check out the |My Latest Novel.; 11 June 2009 at 19:21

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Regular contributor to the Guardian, The Word, Uncut, New Statesman, the Herald and theartsdesk. My work has also appeared in the Observer, the Telegraph, Esquire, Mojo, Time Out, Rolling Stone, HMV Choice, Oxford American, the Sunday Business Post and Record Collector. Occasionally I’m allowed to break cover on Radio 2, Radio 4 and Radio Scotland.

Author of five books: Complicated Shadows: The Life & Music of Elvis Costello (Canongate, 2004); Willie Nelson: The Outlaw (Virgin, 2006); I Shot a Man in Reno (Continuum, 2008); and Under the Ivy: The Life & Music of Kate Bush (Omnibus, 2010). I’ve just published The Resurrection of Johnny Cash (Jawbone, 2011).

I’ve sat on a sofa in the control room of Abbey Road's Studio 2 and watched Paul McCartney remove his socks. Keith Richards phoned me at 4 a.m. to ask, 'Whatya doing up so late, old boy?'. I've been offered a potentially fatal Camberwell Carrot by Willie Nelson. I've made Bob Geldof cry into his meat loaf, and Elvis Costello once threw a peach stone in my general direction. He's even less friendly these days.

Thursday, 11 June 2009

The New Sound of Young Scotland

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