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Check for Availabilityout of stock. Click on the button below to search for this title in other formats.  Dig Infinity!: The Life and Art of Lord Buckley with CD (Audio)
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:A shameless con man, old-time vaudevillian, stand-up comedian and jazz shaman, Lord Buckley single-handedly brought the hip semantic into the mainstream in
the 1950s, mixing scat singing, black street talk and the King's English to tell and retell the stories of Jesus, Shakespeare, the Marquis de Sade, Lincoln's
Gettysburg Address, and much more. He also worked with and/or left his mark on the likes of Charlie Parker, Dylan, Sinatra Sintra and Armstrong to Neal
Cassady, James Dean, Duke Ellington, Elvis, Marlon Brando and Lenny Bruce.
If so many of the most influential voices of our century were themselves influenced by this man, why is it that hardly anyone knows who he is? In this the first study of the man behind the myth, Oliver Trager explains Buckley's life and career and the enormous following he developed in the entertainment community as well as the reasons behind the obscurity into which the man and his work disappeared after his death in 1960. Dig Infinity! will be accompanied by CD compilation of recordings from some of Buckley's most legendary live performances and pieces. Review:"The be-boppingest biography!...(A) compendious array of celebratory voices all in awe and homage to the Lord....Paying due attention to the necessary details of biography, Trager traces the trajectory of Lord Buckley?s rise to prominence (and his fall to obscurity after his death in 1960) with a careful eye, but the real joy of this account can be found in the many voices recreating the electricity of Buckley?s life and times. Dig it." Starred review, Kirkus Reviews Review:"Trager has assembles a prismatic portrait by combining oral history, articles, reviews, liner notes, obituaries, critiques and biographical bits with Buckley?s own monologues, still classic creations. Outstanding is a chapter analyzing Buckley?s influence on the young Bob Dylan....Certain to be embraced by both longtime Buckley buffs and newcomers to His Lordship." Publisher?s Weekly Review:"(An) exhaustive, loving oral history....An invaluable source of information about an underacknowledged master of American comedy." Booklist Review:"A Buckley obsessive's dream." New York Press Synopsis:A shameless con man, old-time vaudevillian, stand-up comedian and jazz shaman, Lord Buckley was arguably the first so-called performance artist. Accompanying his life story is a CD compilation of recordings from some of Buckley's most legendary live performances and pieces in the 1950s. photo insert, many in color. Synopsis:In this first study of the man behind the myth, Oliver Trager explains Buckley's life and career and the enormous following he developed in the entertainment community as well as the reasons behind the obscurity into which the man and his work disappeared after his death in 1960. What Our Readers Are SayingBe the first to add a comment for a chance to win!Product Details
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