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A PLETHORA OF POP BOOK REVIEW
Bowie, Bolan and the Boy From Brooklyn
A memoir by Tony Visconti, the boy from Brooklyn.
If the name Tony Visconti doesn’t ring a bell for you, that’s likely because he was never the star of the show. He was one of those background contributors that play a fundamental role in the recording studio: The Producer.
You’ll be more familiar with the musicians he worked with: David Bowie, Paul McCartney, Marc Bolan and T. Rex, and Iggy Pop.
For the music nerd, Tony provides detailed and compelling descriptions of the behind-the-scenes effort that went into many iconic recordings of rock music. For that alone, it is a fascinating and informative read that I would recommend to any music fan. The anecdotes surrounding the recording of Bowie’s “Heroes” are intriguing.
Beyond that, it is his reflections on the creative process of two of the biggest names of the seventies that provide the deepest insights. Those two artists are the ones that made it into the title of the book: David Bowie and Marc Bolan.
A quick scan of the digital landscape suggests that Bowie remains a much loved figure, while Bolan is largely forgotten.
