Book Description. Grant I is the story of the friendship and collaboration of Grant McLennan and Robert Forster, who gave Australia The Go-Betweens, one of our best and most influential bands. It was named Book of the Year by Mojo and Uncut magazines. - /5(77). · Grant and I is the story of the friendship and collaboration of Grant McLennan and Robert Forster, who gave Australia The Go-Betweens, one of our best and most influential bands. The s songwriting partnership of McLennan/Forster was a little like an Australian Lennon/McCartney. The pair wrote all the band’s distinctively original material and, like their more famous counterparts, shared . · However, when Robert Forster began weaving shades Hemingway, Genet, Chandler and Joyce into his lyrics, Grant was swayed and the 80s indie sensation, The Go-Betweens, was born. These friends would.
Anyone who follows singer/songwriter Robert Forster knows he's developed into a fascinating writer on the subject of contemporary music. But Grant I goes beyond his fine journalism to a much more personal space, focusing on his life with The Go-Betweens and, most importantly, his intense creative relationship with Grant McLennan. Grant and I: Inside and Outside The Go-Betweens. Right Here explores the quintessential Aussie band from formation in by Queensland University students Robert Forster and Grant McLennan, joined by Lindy Morrison on drums until the band broke up in late , after six critically acclaimed albums. Summary. Robert Forster has penned Grant I: Inside and Outside The Go-Betweens. It's the story of his songwriting collaboration and life-long friendship with the late Grant McLennan. This Episode has expired and is no longer available to stream.
The story of The Go-Betweens is also the story of the times, and Grant I is a wonderfully perceptive look at the music industry and a brilliantly fresh take on the sounds of the era. As distinctive a writer of prose as he is of songs, Robert Forster is wise and witty, intimate and frank, astute and knowledgeable. Grant and I is the story of the friendship and collaboration of Grant McLennan and Robert Forster, who gave Australia The Go-Betweens, one of our best and most influential bands. The s songwriting partnership of McLennan/Forster was a little like an Australian Lennon/McCartney. The pair wrote all the band’s distinctively original material and, like their more famous counterparts, shared the credits and alternated on lead vocals; both also played guitar. And yet, when Robert Forster wrote Hemingway, Genet, Chandler and Joyce into his lyrics, McLennan couldn't resist a second invitation to become the 80's indie sensation The Go Betweens. The friends would collaborate for three decades, until Grant's premature death in
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