Steve Marriott was one of the music worlds most extraordinary individuals; A supremely gifted songwriter; singer and hellip; schemer. A vocalist from the same mould as Rod Stewart; Eric Burdon and Steve Winwood hellip; but arguably the greatest white soul singer of them all. Marriott never held back from anything; least of all his music; his vocals always possessed an intensity; clarity and maturity that at the time were unmatched by any other singer.His band The Small Faces were the first to be banned from Top of The Pops and were deported from Australia at gunpoint. Steves next group Humble Pie ruled the stadiums of America but the money earned was diverted by mafia associates and he returned to the UK broke and on the run from the Taxman. In later life he struggled with schizophrenia but always continued playing - blistering gigs in front of small audiences in the pubs and clubs around London. Recently reunited with his old Humble Pie sparring partner Peter Frampton; he was on the verge of a comeback when he was tragically killed in a housefire; aged 44-years-old. A huge influence on a new generation of musicians from Paul Weller to Noel Gallagher; due to his death; Marriott has perhaps not been granted the status in Rock n Rolls pantheon that he deserved. A major reassessment is long overdue. Marriott was simply one of the greatest rock stars of all time.ldquo;An exhaustive account of the East End musical maverick; it spans his beginnings as a child prodigy; his memorable work with arch top Mods the Small Faces; and all the way through to his later work with Humble Pie; his subsequent solo career and untimely death in 1991.rdquo; Gary Crowleyldquo;A riveting account of the singerrsquo;s life; crammed with entertaining stories ofrebellion and debauchery and insightful historical backgroundhellip; Compulsivereading.rdquo; The Daily Expressldquo;One of the best books Irsquo;ve read about the backwaters of rock music.rdquo; The Daily Mailldquo;A wonderfully researched; eminently readable appreciation of the creative force behind the Small Faces and Humble Pie; who created some of the finest pop; rock rsquo;nrsquo; boogie music of his generation.rdquo; ***** Classic Rockldquo;All Too Beautiful traces Marriottrsquo;s mercurial career from his upbringing in postwar; bomb-damaged London to his cocaine-ravaged demise in a fire at his Essex home in 1991; aged 44. Revealinghellip; sympathetic; long overdue.rdquo; **** Uncutldquo;Ultimately; this is a complex story of extraordinary talent; missed chances; exotic highs and frightening lowshellip; This comprehensive biography of Steve Marriott is as close as wersquo;re going to get to extracting the truth about Britainrsquo;s finest white-soul exponent.rdquo; ***** Record Collectorldquo;Compelling reading.rdquo; **** Mojo
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