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Saturday, July 26, 2025

Daisy Jones and The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid

I read a review that described this a a mockumentary without an emphasis on the Mock--another described it as an earnest look at the music scene of the 1970's. Having been a young person at that time, in college and traveling quite a lot to see music myself, this up close look at the inner workings of a band that is in the midst of a meteoric rise in popularity does ring true. If this is a part of rock and roll history that you want to look more closely at, and have not been satisfied with the available memoirs and non-fiction books that document actual bands, or not particularly interested in any one band but want to experience the inner workings of a fictional band, this is a good rendition of that era. The other motivation might be the inner dynamics within the band, and in that context this is a pretty tame depiction. The book may have had a resurgence in interest because there is an Amazon Prime mini series based on the book tht has been well received.

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