Dutton Books > Music To Anyone Who Ever Asks: The Life, Music, and Mystery of Connie Converse 9780593187364

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To Anyone Who Ever Asks: The Life, Music, and Mystery of Connie Converse

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From frequent music and culture contributor to The New Yorker, the mysterious true story of the disappearance of Connie Converse—a mid-century New York City singer/song writer whose haunting music never found recognition—and the tale of one man’s obsessive quest to uncover the truth.
The story of Connie Converse is a haunting musical mystery. Her recordings were too good, her story too otherworldly. She lived in New York City in the '60s and '70s, producing recordings that few would hear. Then, after years of attempting to make it as a musician, she simply drove off one day and was never heard from again. When Howard Fishman of The New Yorker heard her music, he became obsessed with finding out the truth of what happened to this pioneer singer-songwriter. 

Connie’s music was groundbreaking, ahead of its time, and as a result was largely ignored by all but a close circle of friends. Howard approaches her story as both a fan and a detective, and expertly weaves a narrative of her life and music, highlighting all the ways that it has come to speak to him as both an artist and a person. 

A Book About Connie Converse is rife with mystery and narrative thrust, but also looks at many of the deeper questions that haunt the artistic community. What does it really mean to be successful? What does it mean to be an outsider? When did music, and the creation of art, become so reliant on rigid classifications? And, as Howard works closely with many of Connie’s remaining family members, what is the role of a biographer in shaping and defining another person’s legacy?

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