Saint Etienne musician and music journalist Bob Stanley appears on this week's Songbook to discuss The House That George Built, Wilfrid Sheed's acclaimed history of the Golden Age of the American song.
The conversation also covers everything from abandoned Saint Etienne albums to Bob's experience of writing music for film soundtracks, and the impact that being a music critic has had on his own career as a musician.
Bob's 2022 book, Let's Do It: The Birth of Pop was described as "wide-ranging and learned, opinionated and funny, and justly critically acclaimed" by the Guardian - Let's Do It: The Birth of Pop a book by Bob Stanley. (bookshop.org)
Books mentioned in the podcast:
The House That George Built: With a Little Help from Irving, Cole, and a Crew of about Fifty by Wilfrid Sheed 9780812970180: The House That George Built: With a Little Help from Irving, Cole, and a Crew of about Fifty - Sheed, Wilfrid: 0812970187 - AbeBooks
Yeah Yeah Yeah by Bob Stanley Yeah Yeah Yeah: The Story of Modern Pop a book by Bob Stanley. (bookshop.org)
A Wop Bopaloo Bop Alop Bam Boom by Nick Cohn A Wop Bopaloo Bop Alop Bam Boom. Pop- History. by Nik Cohn | medimops (abebooks.co.uk)
England's Dreaming: The Sex Pistols and Punk Rock England's Dreaming a book by Jon Savage. (bookshop.org)
Rhythm And The Blues: A Life in American Music by Jerry Wexler Rhythm And The Blues: A Life in American Music by Jerry Wexler: GOOD Hardcover (1993) | Discover Books (abebooks.co.uk)
The Tastemaker: My Life with the Legends and Geniuses of Rock Music by Tony King The Tastemaker: My Life with the Legends and Geniuses of Rock Music a book by Tony King. (bookshop.org)
What Was Lost by Catherine O'Flynn & E.A. What Was Lost a book by Catherine O'Flynn and E.A Markham. (bookshop.org)
You can buy the paperback edition of Jude's The Sound of Being Human: How Music Shapes Our Lives here: The Sound of Being Human a book by Jude Rogers. (bookshop.org)
Finally, White Rabbit's Spotify Playlist of 'booksongs' - songs inspired by books loved by our guests - is here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7chuHOeTs9jpyKpmgXV6uo
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