Bert: The Life and Times of A. L. Lloyd - Hardcover

Dave Arthur

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0745332528 ISBN 13: 9780745332529

Publisher: Pluto Press, 2012

Synopsis

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Review:

When everyone else was listening to Cream, I was listening to A. L. Lloyd. (Frank Zappa)

I'm old enough and have been close enough to many of the events recounted in this thoroughly but sympathetically researched book to recognise the ring of truth when I hear it. (Bill Leader, legendary record producer)

As broadcaster, scholar, collector and singer, Bert Lloyd was one of the truly inspirational characters of Britain’s 20th century music history – without roving, curious minds like his we would have a much reduced view of folk traditions, global music or the political import of sound in daily life. Dave Arthur’s biography captures his complexity and energy with affection and unflinching honesty. (David Toop, author of Ocean of Sound (2001) and Sinister Resonance (2010).)

A. L. Lloyd was a catalyst, a man who made things happen, divided opinion, enthused, annoyed, embraced and attracted immense loyalty. He was a self-taught intellectual, a committed Marxist and a romantic, too. He might have exercised his propensity for genius in any number of areas but he did so most notably in the field of traditional music and song, becoming a touchstone for generations that followed him. This book will please and astonish those who read it. (Malcolm Taylor OBE, Library Director, English Folk Dance and Song Society)

About the Author:

Dave Arthur has gained a considerable reputation as a researcher, collector, writer and broadcaster of English song, music and folklore. He edited English Dance and Song for twenty years, and in 2003 was awarded the EFDSS Gold Badge for services to folk music. His writing has appeared in The Times, the Independent, Melody Maker, Words International, the Folk Music Journal, English Dance and Song, the Stage, Encyclopaedia Britannica and New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians.

About this edition

• Publisher: Pluto Press
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0745332528
• ISBN 13: 9780745332529
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 448