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Billy Bragg: Still Suitable for Miners
 
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Billy Bragg: Still Suitable for Miners (Paperback)
by Billy Bragg (Foreword), Andrew Collins (Author)
4.2 out of 5 stars  (4 customer reviews)

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Product details
  • Paperback: 272 pages
  • Publisher: Virgin Books (17 Sep 1998)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0753502321
  • ISBN-13: 978-0753502327
  • Product Dimensions: 24.1 x 15.2 x 2.5 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  (4 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 76,344 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)
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  • Other Editions: Paperback (2Rev Ed) |  All Editions


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Book Description
He was a punk. He was a soldier. He was a flag-waver for the Labour Party. He is Billy Bragg, best known as a passionate political songwriter and urbane folk singer, but equally admired for his offbeat love songs. Billy Bragg is a British institution who never went out of fashion (he was never in fashion in the first place). In America he was chosen as the spiritual heir to legendary protest singer Woody Guthrie, beating rival claims from the likes of Bob Dylan and Neil Young. In the UK he surfaced on current affairs TV programmes during the 2001 election dressed as a Roman legionary advocating tactical voting to keep the Tories out. Billy Bragg is a one-off and Still Suitable for Miners is his official story, a portrait of a peerless entertainer and a fearless campaigner growing up in Britain in the years after rock ‘n’ roll. The book includes childhood photos and previously unseen images from Billy’s personal archive. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Billy Bragg rose from working class origins through punk rock and a spell in the Army to become one of the UK's most famous protest singers. This is the official life story of the pop icon. It includes childhood photographs and images from Billy's personal archive.

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5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Billy Bragg: A Plumber?, 28 Aug 2003
How disappointing that the official biography of such a lyrical songwriter should contain almost no references to the songs. Collins seemingly forgets to examine any of the songs in any kind of depth, doesn't give any insights into how whe