Review: A Tribute to John Lennon and the Author James Hoag
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 12 14, 2012
Well, this is the first time I've wanted to applaud after reading a book. I feel like I've just viewed a filmed documentary presented by a loving friend of John Lennon. The biography was thoroughly researched, all the i's were dotted, t's crossed, even the name of the doorman who took the gun from Lennon's assassin was noted. Lennon's quirks, human frailties were all here. Everything Lennon wrote, sang, recorded, wrote for someone else...was listed. Yet, this bio was so much more.Lennon came through in all his amazing brilliance, but so did the author James Hoag. His laid back, gentle caring, meticulous, almost self-effacing writing style, his personal comments and naked feelings regarding the happenings in Lennon's life, like, "I don't remember if I cried on the day he died, but I probably did. I knew one of the greats was gone," make Hoag noteworthy in his own right. If James Hoag continues writing about contemporary musical artists, I have a strong hunch his name will be recorded in the annals of contemporary music biographers. Highly recommended.