In early 77 I asked Grant if he’d form a band with me. ‘No’, was his blunt reply.
Grant McLennan didn t want to be in a band. He couldn’t play an instrument; Charlie Chaplin was his hero du jour. However, when Robert Forster began weaving shades Hemingway, Genet, Chandler and Joyce into his lyrics, Grant was swayed and the 80s indie sensation, The Go-Betweens, was born. These friends would collaborate for three decades, until Grant’s tragic, premature death in 2006.
Beautifully written like lyrics, like prose Grant & I is a rock memoir akin to no other. Part making of , part music industry exposé, part buddy-book, this is a delicate and perceptive celebration of creative endeavour. With wit and candour Robert Forster pays tribute to a band who found huge success in the margins, who boldly pursued a creative vision, and whose beating heart was the band s friendship.
The attention to detail is mesmerising… with tears trickling down your face, you read Forster’s Memoires of his final few day’s with a man he so clearly loved. Everett True, Classic Rock
…erudite and occasionally ribald memoir…Grant & I leaves few stones unturned- Tim Peacock, Record Collector
…an elegant memoir-memorial Uncut, 9/10
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