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New Townshend Book
found this at Barnes and Noble.com......in case no one else knows...
forgive me if this is old news. It was new to me.
Pete Townshend: The Minstrel's Dilemma
Larry David Smith
Our Price: $39.95
Special Order: Ships 3-5 weeks
Format:
Hardcover, 320pp.
ISBN:
0275964728
Publisher:
Greenwood Publishing Group,
Incorporated
Pub. Date:
February 1999
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From The Publisher:
Smith explores Pete Townshend's artistic struggle
between his own
creative impulses and those of the commercial public.
Faced with a
modern version of the minstrel's dilemma, Townshend,
early in his
career, ignored his creative instincts to satisfy
commercial agendas. After
his success, he slowly withdrew to resolve his
conflict between creativity
and commercialism. Townshend's creative vision
unfolds against the
conflicts and compromises battled with the
entertainment industry. A
common theme, that of the seeker, weaves throughout
the various phases
of Townshend's career and highlights his own quest
for complete artistic
expression free from compromise.