Ladies and Gentlemen
Black Pepper proudly
presents
the one and only,
indefatigable,
direct from Camberwell
Junction,
George Dreyfus!
As ever, he is restless and irascible.
Don’t Ever Let Them
Get You!
is a book about the Holocaust, reconciliation and faith in the face of
commercial pressures, the imperative of instant appeal and the moral
vacuum of the post-modern age. George Dreyfus provides answers to the
question of survival as a composer in the face of life’s
slings
and arrows. Unabashedly he places himself at the centre of half a
century of serious - and not-so-serious
- music-making in
Australia, including his ground-breaking involvement with Aboriginal
music in the 1960s as remembered by Jennifer Isaacs.
Dreyfus focuses his famous and often vengeful wit on antagonists and
sponsors, audiences and colleagues, critics and fans. Rosemary Richards
tells of a one-night resounding success and John Whiteoak provides a
more objective account of the memorable band music he has created along
the way. The text is generously illustrated with musical examples and
photographs and a complete catalogue of his works is included.
If he had no musical
ability, Dreyfus could easily have made a living as a stand-up comic.
Ian Robinson, The National Times
Don’t
Ever Let Them Get You!