Until now, no one has written the definitive biography of Australia's best-loved singer, song writer and poet. Taking us from Paul Kelly's family life as the sixth of nine children in Adelaide, Stuart Coupe, with Paul's blessing and access to friends, family and band mates, shows us the evolution from a young man who only really picked up a guitar in his late teens, to an Australian music icon. As Paul's music career took off he had to juggle the demands of rock'n'roll with real life and it wasn't always pretty. As Paul's manager for a time, Stuart Coupe has seen or heard it all - the good and the bad (like Paul being told by an audience member that his was the worst band ever!).

Contents: Introduction -- Night One: Adelaide to Everything's turning to white -- Night Two: Foggy fields of France to Leaps and bounds -- Night Three: Little boy, don't lose your balls to South of Germany -- Night Four: Standing on the Street of Early Sorrows to Zoe -- Answers and extras -- Discography.

Includes index. Discography.

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