Redemption Song: The Ballad of Joe Strummer

Redemption Song: The Ballad of Joe Strummer
by Chris Salewicz

Redemption Song: The Ballad of Joe Strummer
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Author: Chris Salewicz
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2008-05-13
ISBN: 0865479828
Number of pages: 640
Publisher: Faber & Faber

Book Reviews of Redemption Song: The Ballad of Joe Strummer

Book Review: Hell Of a Life
Summary: 4 Stars

Sometimes a title says it all. Joe Strummer lived a life of the highest highs and lowest lows and at the end ended up somewhere in the middle. A thoroughly researched book with a sometimes over-bearing personal touch from the authors many years of friendship with the subject.

A large tome that explores the ins and outs of his time in front of and not in the lime-light show he was a complicated man. Despite rock star status, he succumbed and battled the same humanity that afflicts us all on a daily basis.

A hefty read with not too much to add that already hasn't been said. It is always a hard balance to strike when it comes to writing about someone you knew intimately, and for a decent chunk of it Chris Salewicz does so well. As mentioned in a previous review about Mr. Salewicz tendency to sometimes read into everything as some great philosophical contribution to the Joe Strummer legacy is a bit of revisionist history I'm sure, but does not distract to much from the main point of this book.

Summary of Redemption Song: The Ballad of Joe Strummer

"Engrossing." -BEN GILL, Mother Jones
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"Passionate and detailed."
-ROBERT CHRISTGAU, The New York Times Book Review
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"[An] epic, meticulously researched . . . biography." -ZAC CRAIN, Esquire
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"The most complete and honest account of Strummer's professional and personal life." -RON WYNN, The Nashville City Paper
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"There was a time when The Clash . . . was (quite properly) billed as 'The Only Band That Matters.' [This] biography about lead singer Joe Strummer explains why . . . Salewicz, a longtime Strummer associate and chronicler of the punk scene, quickly settles into his groove and stays there, his words as vivid as the lyrics to 'White Man in Hammersmith Palais' or 'London Calling.' Details abound, providing fresh glimpses into the Strummer persona, along with those that preceded it . . . [A] compelling tale of Strummer's too-short life."
?-LARRY MCSHANE, Associated Press
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"Will likely go down as the definitive bio of Strummer and the Clash."
?-JEFF TAMARKIN, Harp

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