Biography & Autobiography Personal Memoirs
Put Your Hand in My Hand
The Spiritual and Musical Connections of Catherine and Gene MacLellan
- Publisher
- Nimbus Publishing
- Initial publish date
- Mar 2019
- Category
- Personal Memoirs, Individual Composer & Musician
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781771085816
- Publish Date
- Jun 2018
- List Price
- $19.95
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9781771085823
- Publish Date
- Mar 2019
- List Price
- $10.99
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Description
Put Your Hand in My Hand is the lyrical story of the relationship between one of Canada’s most beloved singer-songwriters and his daughter, a talented musical artist. Gene MacLellan’s contribution to the Canadian songbook is legendary. He penned top-forty hits, including “Snowbird,” “Bidin’ My Time,” and “Put Your Hand in the Hand,” and his compositions vaulted the careers of international stars such as Anne Murray. In 2004, his daughter Catherine, a Juno award winner and two-time ECMA winner, released her debut album to critical acclaim.
In this anticipated memoir, biographer Harvey Sawler paints an intimate portrait of Gene MacLellan, a complex man whose words and melodies left us wanting more than he was able to give before he took his life in 1995 at the age of fifty-six. He interviews Catherine, who lives, when not on tour, in a rural community on PEI. Catherine candidly addresses the issue of mental health and her father’s legacy. This book includes her own lyrics, family photos, and previously unpublished lyrics from Gene MacLellan’s journals, which give new insight into the enigmatic man. To flesh out this father-daughter portrait, Sawler interviews Catherine’s mother, Judith, as well as others, including Lennie Gallant.
About the author
.Harvey Sawler is the author of twelves books, including: Frank McKenna: Beyond Politics, Twenty-First Century Irvings, Last Canadian Beer: The Moosehead Story and Unforgettable Atlantic Canada. For five years he was a regular contributor to both SALTSCAPES and Progress magazines, covering a wide range of subjects involving business, entrepreneurship, culture, tourism and interesting personalities.
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The Symons Medal: La médaille Symons
Twenty Years of Reflection on an Evolving Canada: Vingt ans de réflexion sur le Canada, un pays en évolution
One Man Grand Band
The Lyric Life of Ron Hynes
Twenty-First Century Irvings (Revised)
Frank McKenna
Beyond Politics
Unforgettable Atlantic Canada
The 100 Must-See Destinations
Last Canadian Beer pb
The Moosehead Story
Last Canadian Beer
Twenty-First Century Irvings pb
