Gutter Black A Memoir

A tale of creativity misadventure success and excess.

Gutter black a memoir. So if you are going to read any book this year make. Read by phil o brien audio. A memoir review. A memoir is described by its publisher harpercollins as a candid funny irreverent and sometimes shocking story.

Dave mcartney was one of new zealand s best known. Memoir of the late dave mcartney one of the founding members of hello sailor. Gutter black tells a great rock n roll story and more than that the life of a special man in his time. Gutter black doesn t answer all the questions that this girl had and that is the sign of an excellent memoir leaving the reader wanting more.

And it s a wonderful book worth reading worth having. 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. Get this from a library. 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.

A memoir harper collins is available from may 1. Nz musician was lucky enough to be granted permission to publish an excerpt in our following june july 2013 issue. Dave mccartney s memoir arrives just a year after his passing. Notably schmidt ended his list with gutter black.

Dave mcartney an intimate raw memoir by a founding member of one of nz s iconic rock bands hello sailor. I hope someone sends don walker a copy. He had delivered the manuscript just a few weeks out from his ultimate deadline. It charts hello sailor s emergence from the mandrax mansion in pre.

But mainly yes goneville is a memoir and a touching account of music taking over and defining bollinger s life at an impressionable age. 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. Audio listen duration 17. Gutter black a memoir by dave mcartney published by harper collins rrp 50.