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Bathed In Lightning chronicles the life of the legendary guitarist John McLaughlin, from the early years of his career in the late 1950s to his success with the Mahavishnu Orchestra and beyond.Born and raised in Yorkshire, McLaughlin moved to London in the 1960s, where he played with Georgie Fame And The Blue Flames, The Graham Bond Organisation and Brian Auger while supporting himself through work as a session musician.On the 16th February 1969 McLaughlin arrived in New York and the following day Miles Davis, his hero, invited him to play on a record. Two years later he launched Mahavishnu Orchestra, the electric jazz-fusion group that went on to release a series of acclaimed albums, containing music with power, volume and complexity far beyond anything else that was being produced in jazz or rock at that time. John McLaughlin went on to bring rock music to its pinnacle - the end point in an evolution from Mississippi blues through Coltrane, Hendrix and The Beatles.Bathed In Lightning paints a vivid picture of the man Jeff Beck once described as 'the best guitarist alive'. Drawing on many months of meticulous research, this book contains material from dozens of exclusive interviews, as well as a complete discography of McLaughlin's work.Read More

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  • TheBookPeople

    On February 16 1969, John McLaughlin flew into New York, from London, in a snowstorm. The following day, Miles Davis, his hero, invited him to play on a record. Two years later, on the path of Bengali mystic Sri Chinmoy, John launched The Mahavishnu Orchestra-an evocation in music of spiritual aspiration and extraordinary power, volume and complexity, far beyond anything else in jazz or rock. Curiously, it was also a huge success. John McLaughlin brought rock music to its pinnacle, the end point in an evolution from Mississippi blues through Coltrane, Hendrix and The Beatles. And then, in November 1975, he hung up his electric guitar and walked away from the stadiums of the rock world for an ongoing, restless career in music of other forms. To most of the world, John McLaughlin looked like an overnight success, with a backstory going back only as far as that February in 1969. Yet he had been a professional musician since 1958, experiencing all the great movements in British music-trad jazz, rock'n'roll, R and B, soul, modern jazz, free jazz, psychedelic rock-a guitar for hire at the centre of 'Swinging London', a bandmate of future members of Cream, Pentangle and Led Zeppelin, but always just under the radar. Drawing on dozens of exclusive interviews and many months of meticulous research, author and music historian Colin Harper brings that unrepeatable era vividly to life. This landmark new work retrieves for the first time the incredible career of John McLaughlin before he conquered the world-and then chronicles how he did so.

  • Blackwell

    The first major biography of a musician held in almost impossibly high regard by his peers. In 2010, Jeff Beck dubbed McLaughlin the best guitarist alive, while for Miles Davis, he was simply the one. On February 16 1969, John McLaughlin flew into...

  • 1908279516
  • 9781908279514
  • Colin Harper
  • 26 March 2014
  • Jawbone
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 480
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