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Title: Hit Me, Fred: Recollections of a Sideman by Fred Wesley ISBN: 0-8223-2909-3 Publisher: Duke University Press Pub. Date: 01 September, 2002 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.88 (8 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Fred's Funk
Comment: Fred Wesley is "THE MAN". Here is a musical funk legend who has really paid his dues. He was the glue that kept the Funk going strong with the creativity
Rating: 5
Summary: Straight Up
Comment: "Hit Me, Fred" by Fred Wesley is one of the most honest and engaging autobiographies I have read. Honest in that Fred gives us uncolored insight into to the world of the music industry with all of the inflated egos, false hype, drug abuse, and intense politicizing. Also honest in his love and appreciation for his mentors, his unabiding affection for his fellow sidemen through out his career and his sense of awe when the James Brown band or Parliment or the Count Basie band were playing at their best. "Hit Me Fred" is engaging for all of the reasons above with the addition of Fred being a gifted story teller in general. This book is a must read for funk enthusiasts and aspiring musicians.
Rating: 4
Summary: Quality memoirs from a great musician
Comment: Despite being a big Fred Wesley fan, I must admit I was skeptical about any entertainer writing an autobiography with no co-author and no credited editor. In fact, I got a copy of this from the public library first because I just couldn't imagine that the book would really be worthwhile reading.
I was wrong. This book won't win a Pulitzer prize but Fred writes a very readable and entertaining memoir. It's particularly enjoyable to those of us who believe Fred is one of the most important musicians of the latter 20th century, but reads well enough that I wouldn't hesitate to recommend it to someone who had no idea who the author is.
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Title: Funk : The Music, The People, and The Rhythm of The One by Rickey Vincent ISBN: 0312134991 Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin Pub. Date: 15 April, 1996 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Funk (Third Ear: The Essential Listening Companion Series) by Dave Thompson ISBN: 0879306297 Publisher: Backbeat Books Pub. Date: 30 March, 2001 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title:George Clinton with Parliament Funkadelic: The Mothership Connection ASIN: B00005UM2L Publisher: Geneon Entertainment Pub. Date: 22 January, 2002 List Price(USD): $19.98 Comparison N/A, buy it from Amazon for $17.38 |
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Title: Give the Drummers Some!: The Great Drummers of R&B, Funk & Soul by Jim Payne, Harry Weinger ISBN: 157623603X Publisher: Warner Brothers Publications Pub. Date: 25 November, 1996 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: Standing in the Shadows of Motown: The Life and Music of Legendary Bassist James Jamerson by Licks, Allen Slutsky, James Jamerson, Motown Record Corporation ISBN: 0881888826 Publisher: Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation Pub. Date: 01 June, 1989 List Price(USD): $35.00 |
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