$22.95
- Paperback
320 pages
- Release Date
7 January 2020
Summary
He died at only 37 but his fans are legion. INXS singer/songwriter Michael Hutchence was the celebrated frontman of a band that was the biggest in the world.
Michael’s big sister, Tina, adored him from the start. From a twelve-year-old holding him in her arms as a newborn, to being his teenage nanny, Tina remained Michael’s trusted confidant until his sudden death.
Tina’s intimate and detailed telling of her brother’s story-from faltering teenager with a lisp to raging rock st…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781760876968 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1760876968 |
| Author: | Tina Hutchence |
| Publisher: | Allen & Unwin |
| Imprint: | Allen & Unwin |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 320 |
| Release Date: | 7 January 2020 |
| Weight: | 310g |
| Dimensions: | 25mm x 128mm x 198mm |
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“Lost boy Michael, who was my dear friend, and who is very much missed. All respect and thanks to Tina for sharing these stories and keeping the memory alive.” –Simon le Bon, songwriter/singer in Duran Duran
Tina Hutchence
Christina ‘Tina’ Hutchence
Born in Melbourne, Australia, Christina ‘Tina’ Hutchence attended six schools across the eastern states in four years. As a teenager, she moved to Hong Kong and followed her mother into the motion picture industry, working as a makeup artist. She continued this career after moving to California in her early twenties. Tina currently teaches the art of makeup and travels the United States lecturing and demonstrating at major beauty shows. She is the mother of two children and the grandmother to five.
Jen Jewel Brown
Jen Jewel Brown was the first Down Under reporter for Rolling Stone Australia. She first met and interviewed Michael three times from mid-1980, also dueting with him on his first solo single, ‘Speed Kills’, from the soundtrack of Freedom (1982). As Professional Manager at MCA/Gilbey, Jen helped sign INXS to a worldwide music publishing deal which helped fund their overseas touring. The author, poet, and journalist first met Tina when interviewing her for an essay about Max Q for the anthology Rock Country (2013). She is an interviewer for the National Film & Sound Archive of Australia and part of the writing Brains Trust for the television/live show RocKwiz. Jen wrote Skyhooks: Million Dollar Riff (1975) and, more recently, an essay about Frank Zappa for the press kit of the documentary Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in his own words (2016) and liner notes for the Frank Zappa/Mothers seven-album box set The Roxy Performances (2018).
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