Time and Love: The Art and Soul of Laura Nyro

by Laura Nyro (Artist)

(Piano/Vocal/Guitar Artist Songbook). Much more than a songbook, this collection is a glimpse into the psyche of late, great folk artist and songwriter Laura Nyro. It features an interview with Laura, excerpts from her personal music journals, creative notes, family photos and her own never-before-seen paintings, among other treasures. Includes P/V/G arrangements of 17 And When I Die * Blackpatch * Captain Saint Lucifer * Eli's Comin' * Emmie * Save the Country * Stoned Soul Picnic * Stoney End * Sweet Blindness * Time and Love * To a Child * Wedding Bell Blues * and more. As an added bonus, the accompanying CD contains three previously unreleased Nyro "A Woman of the World" and "Dedicated to the One I Love" recorded live in Japan, plus a cover of Stevie Wonder's "Creepin'."

104 pages, Paperback

First published August 1, 2002

About the author

Laura Nyro (born Laura Nigro) was an American composer, lyricist, singer and pianist. Her style was a distinctive hybrid of Brill Building-style New York pop, mixed with elements of jazz, gospel, rhythm and blues, show tunes and rock.

She was best known, and had the most commercial success, as a composer and lyricist rather than as a performer. Between 1968 and 1970 a number of other singers had significant hits with her songs: the Fifth Dimension with "Blowing Away", "Wedding Bell Blues", "Stoned Soul Picnic", "Sweet Blindness", "Save The Country" and "Black Patch"; Blood, Sweat & Tears and Peter Paul & Mary with "And When I Die"; Three Dog Night with "Eli's Coming"; and Barbra Streisand with "Stoney End" and "Hands off the Man (Flim Flam Man)". Ironically, Nyro's best-selling single was her recording of Carole King and Gerry Goffin's "Up on the Roof."