David Remnick got his Pulitzer for his reporting on Russia. These days he edits The New Yorker, in which capacity he has had close encounters with some of music’s legends during their final acts, some of which is gathered in “Holding The Note”, a collection of his writings on music. From his ill-lit Manhattan eyrie he talks to David Hepworth of many matters, including:

….what was in the handbag which remained on the piano during Aretha Franklin shows

….what it was like being on the receiving end of an almighty dressing-down from the elderly Leonard Cohen

….how Bruce Springsteen learned nothing at school but has picked up a great deal since

….how Bob Dylan reckons he’s in a “post-interview” phase of life - or is he?

….how his father took him to see Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald and he has taken his own kids to see Radiohead

….how Keith Richards found a ghost writer who could throw his voice

….what was really the last good Stones album.

…why you should never try to get rock stars to like you.

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