Paolo Hewitt

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Paolo Hewitt
Born (1958-07-11) 11 July 1958 (age 64)
Redhill, United Kingdom
NationalityBritish
OccupationWriter, music journalist
Notable work
Steve Marriot: All Too Beautiful..., The Looked After Kid, The Jam: A Beat Concerto, But We All Shine On
Website paolohewitt.blogspot.co.uk

Paolo Hewitt is a music journalist and writer from Woking in Surrey.

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Biography

Hewitt was placed in care at a very early age, and went to live with a foster family. Following years of abuse he was sent to Burbank children's home in Woking at the age of ten. He has written about this period of his life in But We All Shine On. [1]

Early career and journalism

Hewitt's first published work was a biography of The Jam entitled The Jam: A Beat Concerto which was published following their split in 1983. He has written on various subjects for The Guardian . [2]

Books

Titles

TitleDate Published
Colour Me Father An Open Letter To My Son... 19 November 2019
Steve Marriott: All Too Beautiful... 3 December 2009
But We All Shine On [3] 21 October 2014
The Looked After Kid22 May 2003
The Jam: A Beat Concerto16 September 1983
Paul Weller - The Changing Man16 June 2008
David Bowie Album By Album12 September 2013
The Greatest Footballer You Never Saw: The Robin Friday Story (Mainstream Sport)14 September 1998
The Soul Stylists: Six Decades of Modernism - From Mods to Casuals25 September 2003
Getting High: The Adventures of Oasis1 January 1997
The Sharper Word: A Mod Anthology7 May 2009
Heaven's Promise: A Novel2 February 2015
A to Z of Mod3 December 2009
Scuse Me While I Kiss the Sky: 50 Moments that Changed Music29 September 2011
OASIS Forever The People5 August 2000

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References

  1. The Afterword
  2. Paolo Hewitt in The Guardian
  3. "But We All Shine On". Amazon.co.uk. Amazon . Retrieved 5 April 2015.