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Tomás Graves Tuning up at Dawn (paperback) Harper Collins || 1.08.2005 || £7.99 + p+p Click for big pic Tomás' wonderful book on the music in Deya over the years and much more Also available in hardback Very enjoyable book containing within it many Gong and Canterbury music tales. In essence book on the real Majorca and the development of all manner of music and popular Hispanic culture over the past 30 years, but luckily for us also liberally sprinkled with many personal recollections of Daevid & Gilli, Lady June, Kevin Ayers, Ollie Hassell, Robert Wyatt and many others. Anyone with an interest in the Canterbury music scene will most certainly enjoy this book. The paperback edition has added a 20 page section with a few photographs, an interview with Tomás and many contact details - including GAS. The publisher's blurb:- A loving portrait of the other Majorca, and of a blissful life there revolving around the magic of music -- a book to savour, perfect for escaping those crowded beaches. Tomàs Graves was born in and belongs to Majorca. His father, the great love poet Robert Graves, famously ended up in the beautiful Mediterranean island pretty much by accident, but it is the happiest accident of Tomas' life. His love for the special beauties of Majorcan culture shines on every page of this infectiously happy book. This is the real Majorca. Tuning Up at Dawn examines both the suppression and renaissance of the ancient native culture -- above all, its music. Graves is a musician himself, and his own musical escapades give the book its brilliantly distinctive tone. A host of musicians - Jimi Hendrix, Daevid Allen, Robet Wyatt, Kevin Ayers, Bob Geldof, Sinead O'Connor and Eurovision contestants - have stayed in Majorca and provide the soundtrack to this rhythmic, irresistible tour around a magical island and its magical culture. Please note: The shopping cart system will automatically add VAT tax to this item. Ignore this - You will not be charged VAT, just the price of the book and whatever the p+p works out to be. |
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