Fabulous to at last hold in my hands the results of hundreds of hours of research, listening and writing. I write about the musicians and songwriters that I love. Each of these books takes a couple of thousand hours which follow on from a lifetime of playing the music and seeing them live.
I have listened to every album and every single track that Leonard produced as well as countless live performances and bootlegs. Loved every minute of it.
The research is fascinating. Delving into the lives of the people you admire to find what was the grist for the songs is always interesting.
Pulling it all together to create a book is daunting but thoroughly consuming. There is a stomach churning desire to do justice to the work of the singers who you not only greatly admire but who have played such an important part in your life.
Leonard has been part of my life ever since I first discovered him back in 1968. I hope you enjoy it as much as I enjoyed writing it. It was a real pleasure to listen to the whole of Leonard’s output. It feels so sad that he has gone but he has left us an amazing wealth of wonderful music and words.
This book is a companion to that music.
Thank you Leonard!
Leonard Cohen On Track: Every Album, Every Song: Amazon.co.uk: Goodwin, Opher: 9781789523591: Books
(The book is available in both paperback and kindle)