Dekertis, Anthony

Dekertis is editor of Rolling Stone magazine , where he has been published for thirty years. He holds a Ph.D. in American Literature from Indiana University and is also an honorary lecturer in the University of Pennsylvania literary program. Dekertis co-authored Clive Davis ' autobiography The Soundtrack of My Life, which was published in 2013 and rose to number two on the New York Times bestseller list. Subsequently, he also participated in the filming of the documentary of the same name based on his book, which opened the Tribeca Film Festival in April 2017. In 2017, another of his books was published - an autobiography of the musician Lou Reed , entitled “Lou Reed: a Life”.

Essay written by Dekertis for Eric Clapton's Crossroads box set (1988) was awarded the Grammy Award in the nomination “Best Notes for the Album” . He also won the ASCAP's Deems Taylor Award three times for outstanding achievements in music publishing. In addition, Dekertis often appears as a music expert on MTV and VH1 programs, as well as on The Today Show and many other news and entertainment programs. In 1996, he was the moderator of VH1 's Four on the Floor show and the editorial director for scientific and technical programming of this channel. In addition, for more than twenty years, he has been a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame drawer committee.

From 2006 to 2008, he led and helped develop a curriculum in art and culture at the Graduate School of Journalism at New York City University. He has also been an editorial consultant and chief interviewer for the PBS TV channel Joan Baez: How Sweet The Sound documentary . In 2011, Dekertis participated in the filming of the documentary “Reggae Got Soul: The Story of Toots and the Maytals”, which was shown on the BBC under the slogan “The Untold Story of one of the most influential immigrants from Jamaica” ^{[1] [2]} . In addition, he was eight times on the jury of the annual Independent Music Awards, organized to promote young independent musicians ^{[3] [4] [5] [6] [7]} .

• In Other Words: Artists Talk About Life and Work Milwaukee, WI: Leonard, 2005. ISBN 9780634066559 , OCLC 218030781
• Rocking My Life Away: Writing About Music and Other Matters , Durham: Duke University Press, 1998. ISBN 9780822321842 , OCLC 37519530
• Lou Reed: a life New York: Little, Brown and Company, 2017. ISBN 9780316376556 , OCLC 1028612746

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• Present Tense: Rock & Roll and Culture Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 1991. OCLC 25498009 ; ISBN 9780822312659 , OCLC 26095859
• Blues & Chaos: The Music Writing of Robert Palmer New York: Scribner, 2009. ISBN 9781416599753 , OCLC 1007851432
• Rolling Stone Illustrated History of Rock & Roll Paw Prints 2008. ISBN 9781435262348 , OCLC 226354611
• Rolling Stone images of rock & roll Boston, Mass. ; London: Little, Brown and Company, 1995. ISBN 9780316754682 , OCLC 470053045
• Anthony DeCurtis; James Henke; Holly George-Warren; et al., Rolling Stone Album Guide . New York: Random House, 1992. ISBN 9780679737292 , OCLC 906594992

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