The definitive and most entertaining book on the cult of the rockstar over the last 40 years from one of Britain's leading music writers
David Hepworth has been writing, broadcasting and speaking about
music and media since the seventies. He was involved in the launch
and editing of magazines such as Smash Hits, Q, Mojo and The Word,
among many others.
He was one of the presenters of the BBC rock music programme The
Old Grey Whistle Test and one of the anchors of the corporation's
coverage of Live Aid in 1985. He has won the Editor of the Year and
Writer of the Year awards from the Professional Publishers
Association and the Mark Boxer award from the British Society of
Magazine Editors.
He lives in London, dividing his time between writing for a variety
of newspaper and magazines, speaking at events, broadcasting work,
podcasting at www.wordpodcast.co.uk and blogging at
www.whatsheonaboutnow.blogspot.co.uk.
He says Chuck Berry's 'You Never Can Tell' is the best record ever
made. 'This is not an opinion,' he says. 'It's a matter of fact.'
Marvellous . . . The age of the rock star is over, and Hepworth’s
never-less-than fascinating book is a more than fitting
farewell
*GQ*
David Hepworth is such a clever writer . . . Uncommon People is a
gorgeous read, celebratory and bittersweet, both pep rally and
memorial, throbbing with insight and incident
*Spectator*
This book is a kind of elegy for a glorious but passing phase in
entertainment history . . . brim[s] with insight, humour and a
certain genial astringency
*Mail on Sunday*
[A] wonderful portrait of rock stardom . . . Hepworth’s writing is
sublime
*Daily Mail*
The effect is that of faded, evocative, partisan Polaroids
scattered from the memory of one obsessive music fan . . . Uncommon
People emerges as part of the drive to capture, analyse and archive
key moments in musical history that might otherwise vanish from
popular memory before we know it
*Observer*
Hepworth’s celebration of the golden age of rock ‘n’ roll will
strike an emotive chord with those of us whose best times have been
spent in the company of black vinyl or a live band, minus people
filming on a mobile phone . . . The best compliment I can give it
is that it feels like one of those evenings when you sit with your
friends and talk about the music you love. Uncommon People leaves
you with the same companionable glow –
*Daily Express*
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