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Elliott Smith was one of the very most gifted songwriters of the 90s, adored by lovers for his subtly melancholic words and melodies. The sadness acquired its options in life. There was trauma from an early age, many years of drug abuse, and a chronic sense of disconnection that sometimes appeared self-engineered. Smith passed on violently in LA in 2003, under what some believe to be doubtful circumstances, of stab wounds to the torso. By this time fame acquired found him, and record-buyers who distributed the hearing experience believed he spoke directly to them from beyond: astute, destroyed, lovelorn, struggling with, until he could deal with no more. And yet, although his personal lyrics transported the weight of fact, Smith remained unknowable. In Torment Saint, William Todd Schultz offers us the first genuine biography of the rock star, ten years after his death, imbued with passion, authority, sensitivity, and long-awaited clarity. Torment Saint draws on Schultz's careful, deeply competent readings and insights, as well as on more than 150 time of interviews with good friends from Tx to LA, lovers, bandmates, music peers, managers, label owners, and saving engineers and suppliers. This audiobook unravels the rest of the mysteries of Smith's life and his shocking, too early end. It will be, for Smith's legions of lovers and listeners still learning about his songbook, an indispensable study of his life and legacy.
