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Set the Boy Free
Johnny Marr - Book - by Johnny Marr
(2017)
The
Sunday Times Bestseller and Winner of the NME Best Book Award 2017.Few
groups have had a bigger impact than The Smiths and few musicians are as
celebrated as Johnny Marr. He is an icon who defined an era and
influenced a generation of guitarists. His signature sound was crucial
to the Smiths success, but tensions within the band led to his departure
in 1987 and the end of the group after just four albums.
He
was twenty-three years old. Since then, Marr hasn't stopped pushing the
boundaries of music. He joined The Pretenders, The The, Modest Mouse
and The Cribs and has collaborated with Hans Zimmer.
Here,
for the first time, he tells his own side of the story. Honest, witty,
and moving, Set the Boy Free is the true history of music - told by one
of its very own legends. 'I saw Johnny Marr live in person, with The
Smiths.
He was light on his feet; like quicksilver. He caused the band to swing like crazy. And he smoked his cigarette like a star.
