{"product_id":"cruel-to-be-kind-the-life-and-music-of-nick-lowe-9780306921957","title":"Cruel to Be Kind: The Life and Music of Nick Lowe","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe definitive biography of singer-songwriter Nick Lowe, best-known for \"Cruel to Be Kind\" and \"(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love, and Understanding\"\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDescribed as \"Britain's greatest living songwriter,\" Nick Lowe has made his mark as a pioneer of pub rock, power-pop, and punk rock and as a producer of Elvis Costello, Graham Parker, the Damned, and the Pretenders. He has been a pop star with his bands Brinsley Schwarz and Rockpile, a son-in-law to Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash, and is the writer behind hits including \"Cruel to Be Kind\" and \"(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love, and Understanding.\" In the past decades, however, he has distinguished himself as an artist who is equally acclaimed for the second act of his career as a tender yet sharp-tongued acoustic balladeer. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Biographer Will Birch, who in addition to being a music writer was a drummer and tour manager himself, has known Lowe for over forty years and melds Lowe's gift as a witty raconteur with his own authoritative analysis of Lowe's background and the cultural scenes he exemplifies. Lowe's parallel fame as one of the best interviews in the business will contribute to this first look into his life and work--and likely the closest thing fans will get to an autobiography by this notoriously charming cult figure.\u003cbr\u003eThis is not an authorized biography, but Lowe has given it his spiritual blessing and his management and label are fully on board.\u003ci\u003e Cruel to Be Kind\u003c\/i\u003e will be the colorful yet serious account of one of the world's most talented and admired musicians.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Da Capo Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/20\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780306921957\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 416\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.10w x 1.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/10\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2019 pg. 69\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Will Birch","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":38470819086517,"sku":"9780306921957","price":23.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_c7d755f6-0624-4256-9f2b-15aa0971b680.jpg?v=1612927223","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/cruel-to-be-kind-the-life-and-music-of-nick-lowe-9780306921957","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}