New Townshend Book

[DrJimmy <DrJimmy@iamdigex.net>]

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.