Emmylou Harris: Angel In Disguise

by Jim Brown

This book is the first authoritative look at the life and music of this seminal artist.

Genres: Music, Biography

232 pages, Kindle Edition

First published May 31, 2004

About the author

Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the Goodreads database with this name.

Jim Brown is a music critic and celebrity biographer whose publications include Country Women in music, Shania Twain: Up and Away, and Emmylou Harris: Angel in Disguise. He is a long-standing member of the West Coast singer-songwriter community.

Reviews

[Jeanne · Rating 2 out of 5]

If you've read Rolling Stone interviews and liner notes, you've already read the book.

[Dale · Rating 3 out of 5]

mediocre writer. and not much new or more complete.

[Richard · Rating 3 out of 5]

Though I finished this. It was disappointing. The writing is pedestrian and there are numerous errors of fact. I doubt it was proofread, e.g."Guilded Palace of Sin."

[Denise Ballentine · Rating 1 out of 5]

Having come late to the table in discovering the soulful, heart-felt music of Emmylou Harris, I was excited to read this. I was sorely disappointed. This tome is so dry and abysmally written that I found myself skimming and skipping chunks of it (something that is close to anathema to me). This is mostly a recounting of her musical career with a few facts about her personal life thrown in. David Dawidoff, in his excellent bookIn the Country of Country did a much better job introducing her to me in just one short chapter. I wish HE would write her biography.

[Rhonda · Rating 1 out of 5]

Other than the subject matter itself this book was a real struggle for me to read. At 216 pages long it was so abysmally written and reported that it took me over 3 months to force myself through it. Ugh.

I can't believe someone hasn't yet written a better biography of Emmylou Harris. She's worked and recorded with more talent in the music business than just about anyone.

[EDIT: Wow. Just saw that this book has an avg 4* review rating here at GoodReads. Maybe I was reading something else.... ]

[Robert · Rating 4 out of 5]

She may not be an angel but her voice is angelic