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Thread #105162 Message #3902193
Posted By: Jim Carroll
27-Jan-18 - 11:31 AM
Thread Name: 2007 Ewan MacColl Bio - Class Act
Subject: RE: New Ewan MacColl Biography
"but we are then insulted and misquoted by you you are not Dick - you are trying to show how clever you are "very occasionally Ewan pontificates on music and shows his lack of knowledge," What did you think of the book, (apart from MacColl's failings, of course)? Personally, I found it a little disappointing - not because of any 'lack of knowledge' but because it was written in a hurry and at a particularly bad period of his life I feel it would have been far better if it had been written before The Critics Group broke up, or some years later, when the effects of the break-up had died down. There are much better autobiographical accounts of Ewan and even better biographical ones, mainly in sound form and partial - 'Parsley, Sage and Politics' is pretty good, and the six part series recorded in Ireland is even better Jim