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David Cavanagh
David Cavanagh was an Irish writer and music journalist. He was editor of Select magazine in the 1990s and wrote My Magpie Eyes Are Hungry for the Prize (2000), which detailed the rise and fall of Creation Records.[1]
Cavanagh was born in Dublin, and grew up in Northern Ireland.[2] During his career, he wrote for Sounds, Select, Q, Uncut and Mojo.[2]
He died by suicide in Luton in December 2018, aged 54.[1][2]
Books by Cavanagh
- The World's Greatest Rock 'n' Roll Scandals. Bounty, 1989. ISBN 978-1851528691.
- Love Is the Drug. Penguin, 1994. Edited by John Aizlewood. ISBN 978-0-1402-4199-0.
- The Creation Records Story: My Magpie Eyes are Hungry for the Prize. Virgin, 2001. ISBN 978-0-7535-0645-5.[3][4]
- Music for Boys. Fourth Estate, 2003. ISBN 978-0-0071-487-21.
- 1000 Songs to Change Your Life. Time Out, 2008. Edited by Will Fulford-Jones and John Lewis. ISBN 978-1-8467-0082-8.
- Good Night and Good Riddance: How Thirty-Five Years of John Peel Helped to Shape Modern Life. Faber & Faber, 2015. ISBN 978-0-5713-0247-5.
References
- ^ a b "Top music journalist 'delayed suicide to not disrupt people going home for Christmas'". Daily Mirror. 25 April 2019. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
- ^ a b c Harris, John (31 December 2018). "David Cavanagh: the writer who saw the musicians behind the music". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 31 December 2018 – via www.theguardian.com.
- ^ "Book Review: David Cavanagh - The Creation Records Story - My Magpie Eyes are Hungry for the Prize". DrownedInSound. Retrieved 16 May 2023.
- ^ "Reading the label". The Guardian. 25 November 2000. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 16 May 2023.
External links
- Cavanagh's writing for Uncut