Grant & I Inside and Outside the Go-Betweens – Robert Forster

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• Grant & I is the story of the friendship and collaboration of Grant McLennan and Robert Forster, who gave Australia The Go-Betweens, one of our best and most influential bands. It was named Book of the Year 2017 by Mojo and Uncut magazines.

  The Go-Betweens, one of Australias most talented and influential bands, very nearly wasnt. Grant McLennan didnt want to be in a group, and couldnt even play an instrument. That didnt stop the singer-songwriter duo of Forster/McLennan becoming one of the most acclaimed partnerships in Australian music history.

  Just as The Go-Betweens always defied categorisation, Grant & I is like no other rock memoir. At its heart is a privileged insight into a prolific artistic collaboration that lasted three decades, and an extraordinary friendship that rode out the bands break-up to remain strong until Grants premature death in 2006.

  Unconventional in lineup and look, noted for near misses and near hits, always a beat to one side of the mainstream the bands unusual beginnings were followed by twists that often confounded its members as well as fans and record companies. The story of The Go-Betweens is also the story of the times, and Grant & I is a wonderfully perceptive look at the music industry and a brilliantly fresh take on the sounds of the era.

  As distinctive a writer of prose as he is of songs, Robert Forster is wise and witty, intimate and frank, astute and knowledgeable. There could be no better tribute than Grant & I to this partnership and band who remain loved and revered.

  ‘The truest and strangest poet of his generation.’ Nick Cave

  ‘An odyssey of friendship, ambition and the struggle of art. Clear-eyed and compelling.’ Paul Kelly

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