Nicholas Schaffner (January 28, 1953 – August 28, 1991)

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Nicholas Schaffner (January 28, 1953 – August 28, 1991) was an American non-fiction author, journalist, and singer-songwriter. As an author, his works include the biographies The Beatles Forever and A Saucerful of Secrets: The Pink Floyd Odyssey as well as the children's book The Boys from Liverpool: John, Paul, George, Ringo. Schaffner also wrote articles for Rolling Stone, Musician, The Village Voice, and Trouser Press. He was the grandson of Imagist poet Hilda Doolittle, better known as H.D..

Schaffner died on August 28, 1991 in New York City of an AIDS-related illness shortly after the release of Saucerful of Secrets: The Pink Floyd Odyssey.

Schaffner's song cycle, Magical Kingdoms, was released in 1990. Music from the collection has been performed posthumously at tribute events at venues including New York's Lincoln Center.


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Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_Schaffner

Further Readings:

Saucerful of Secrets: The Pink Floyd Odyssey by Nicholas Schaffner
Paperback: 348 pages
Publisher: Delta; (14th printing) edition (June 1, 1992)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0385306849
ISBN-13: 978-0385306843
Amazon: Saucerful of Secrets: The Pink Floyd Odyssey

Saucerful of Secrets is the first in-depth biography of this very private group. At the heart of the saga is Syd Barrett, the group's brilliant founder, whose public decline into shattered incoherence--attributable in part to his marathon use of LSD--is one of the tragedies of rock history. The making of Dark Side of the Moon and Floyd's other great albums is recounted in detail, as are the mounting of "The Wall" and the creation of the flying pigs, crashing planes, "Mr. Screen" and the other elements of their spectacular stage shows. The book also explores the many battles between bass player/song writer Roger Waters and the rest of the group, leading up to Water's acrimonious departure for a solo career in 1984 and his unsuccessful attempt to disolve the group he had left behind.

Saucerful of Secrets is an electrifying account of this ground-breaking, mind-bending group, covering every period of their career from earliest days to latest recordings. It is full of revealing information that will be treasured by all who love Pink Floyd's music.

Comments

[shadownyc.livejournal.com]

Once again, this illustrates the sadness of these talented people at such a young age.

Thank you for sharing these bios.

[elisa-rolle.livejournal.com]

what little I could to help remember them...