Gutter Black A Memoir

Memoir of the late dave mcartney one of the founding members of hello sailor.

Gutter black a memoir.

Dave mccartney s memoir arrives just a year after his passing. Nz musician was lucky enough to be granted permission to publish an excerpt in our following june july 2013 issue. It charts hello sailor s emergence from the mandrax mansion in pre. A tale of creativity misadventure success and excess.

It is perhaps not quite the book it might have been but it is certainly a far better book than we might have expected. Dave mcartney was one of new zealand s best known. I hope someone sends don walker a copy. A memoir is described by its publisher harpercollins as a candid funny irreverent and sometimes shocking story.

But mainly yes goneville is a memoir and a touching account of music taking over and defining bollinger s life at an impressionable age. And it s a wonderful book worth reading worth having. Get this from a library. Read by phil o brien audio.

A memoir harper collins is available from may 1. So if you are going to read any book this year make. Gutter black tells a great rock n roll story and more than that the life of a special man in his time. Audio listen duration 17.

Gutter black by dave mcartney part 1. Having worked on it for well over a decade dave mcartney delivered the completed manuscript for this book just weeks before his tragic death last year aged 62. A memoir review. If i only had time by john rowles with angus gillies new holland 2012.

He had delivered the manuscript just a few weeks out from his ultimate deadline. Trevor reekie talks to hello sailor s graham brazier and harry lyon about life with and without dave mcartney as well as mcartney s posthumous autobiography gutter black a memoir. Gutter black a memoir by dave mcartney published by harper collins rrp 50. There s a great pall of sadness hanging over this memoir which mcartney delivered to his publisher just weeks before his unexpected death on april 15 last year.