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Eminent Hipsters

Von: Donald Fagen
Gesprochen von: Donald Fagen
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 A witty, revealing, sharply written work of memoir and criticism by the cofounder of Steely Dan

Musician and songwriter Donald Fagen presents a group of vivid set pieces in his entertaining debut as an author, from portraits of the cultural figures and currents that shaped him as a youth to an account of his college days and of life on the road.

Fagen begins by introducing the “eminent hipsters” that spoke to him as he was growing up in a bland New Jersey suburb in the early 1960s, among them Jean Shepherd, whose manic nightly broadcasts out of WOR-Radio “enthralled a generation of alienated young people”; Henry Mancini, whose swank, noirish soundtracks left their mark on him; and Mort Fega, the laid-back, knowledgeable all-night jazz man at WEVD who was like “the cool uncle you always wished you had.” He writes of how, coming of age during the paranoid Cold War era, one of his primary doors of escape became reading science fiction, and of his invigorating trips into New York City to hear jazz. “Class of ’69” recounts Fagen’s colorful, mind-expanding years at Bard College, the progressive school north of New York City, where he first met his future musical partner Walter Becker. “With the Dukes of September” offers a cranky, hilarious account of the ups and downs of a recent cross-country tour Fagen made with Boz Scaggs and Michael McDonald, performing a program of old R&B and soul tunes as well as some of their own hits.

Acclaimed for the elaborate arrangements and jazz harmonies of his songs, Fagen proves himself a sophisticated writer with a very distinctive voice in this engaging book. Komponisten & Musiker Musik Unterhaltung & Stars

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“[An] excellent. . . and satisfying memoir. This is less about Fagen’s career than about his tastes. . .He writes insightfully about music, films, and books. . .with this remorseless, hilarious book, Fagen reveals himself as a first-class grump. . . Eminent Hipsters is also a convincing testimonial to the honing effect of a lifelong devotion to the culture of misfits, weirdos and cranks.”—Rolling Stone

“Fagen is utterly charming when he describes other performers. . .he defends TV and film composer Henry Mancini from charges of fuddy-duddyness. . . his essay on Connie Boswell is the kind of top-notch, incisive cultural critique you ain’t gonna get from the likes of Keith Richards. Just like the lyrics he penned for the Dan, Fagen’s writing here is charged with a zingy, acerbic intelligence.”—Slate.com

“As you would expect from someone who has been one of the most consistently sardonic voices of rock, Fagen can write.”—GQ.com
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This collection of essays and tour diaries is rather unique for a musician's book. While it takes a while to get used to Fagen's nerdy criticism, the first essays being on his early listening experiences of 50s radio shows and jazz records, the book starts to be fun after about a third, when Fagen gets to observations on the New York jazz scene ("In the clubs") and the transcript of a cutely awkward interview with Ennio Morricone. The second half, notes from a 2012 tour with the Dukes of September supergroup, is just the hilariously grumpy memoir of an aging musician constantly nagging about hotels and venues full of ignorant "TV babies" (people born after 1960, according to Fagen's definition). And of an audiophile who listens to Strawinsky on his iPod at night. My favorite sentence is about a show at Count Basie Theatre in Red Bank: "There's really no reason to bring all those expensive German microphones to a toilet like this."

The Susan Sontag of yacht rock

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