Geoffrey Himes has written about music on a weekly basis in the Washington Post since 1977. During that time he has also written about pop music for Rolling Stone, Paste, the New York Times, Jazz Times, the Nashville Scene, the Oxford American and other outlets. He won ASCAP/Deems Taylor Awards for Music Feature Writing in 2002 and 2005. His stage musical, "A Baltimore Christmas Carol," was produced in 2005, and his songs have been recorded by Edge City, Billy Kemp and the Kinsey Report.
...Himes does an excellent job with Born in the U.S.A. Shedding a
lot of light on the artist's self-doubt and concerns during the
album's creation, Himes has dug up evidence of Springsteen's
mindset at the time and provides invaluable insight into his
songwriting process. It's not too much a stretch to believe that
the authors of the 33 1/3 series books are fans of the artists and
albums they're writing about as well as talented music journalists.
Less critical than anecdotal, the series is designed to set an
archival benchmark for the albums covered. In this, Himes excels,
forever capturing in print the spirit and energy that went into the
creation of Born in the U.S.A.
*Alt.Culture.Guide*
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