David Cavanagh

David Cavanagh was a British writer and music journalist.[1][2] He wrote for Sounds, Select, Q, Uncut and Mojo.[3] His books included a history of Creation Records, My Magpie Eyes Are Hungry for the Prize,[4][5] and Good Night and Good Riddance: How Thirty-Five Years of John Peel Helped to Shape Modern Life, about John Peel.[6] He was at one time an editor of Select.[3]

Cavanagh grew up in Northern Ireland.[3] He died by suicide in December 2018.[3][7]

Books

Books by Cavanagh
  • The World's Greatest Rock 'n' Roll Scandals. Bounty, 1989. ISBN 978-1851528691.
  • The Creation Records Story: My Magpie Eyes are Hungry for the Prize. Virgin, 2001. ISBN 978-0753506455.
  • Music for Boys. Fourth Estate, 2003. ISBN 978-0007148721.
  • Good Night and Good Riddance: How Thirty-Five Years of John Peel Helped to Shape Modern Life. Faber & Faber, 2015. ISBN 978-0571302475.

Books with contributions by Cavanagh
  • Love Is the Drug. Penguin, 1994. Edited by John Aizlewood. ISBN 978-0140241990.
  • 1000 Songs to Change Your Life. Time Out, 2008. Edited by Will Fulford-Jones and John Lewis. ISBN 978-1846700828.

References
  1. "BBC Radio 6 Music - Radcliffe and Maconie, David Cavanagh". BBC. Retrieved 2018-12-31.
  2. "BBC Radio 6 Music - Radcliffe and Maconie, David Cavanagh, David Cavanagh on John Peel's legacy". BBC. Retrieved 2018-12-31.
  3. Harris, John (31 December 2018). "David Cavanagh: the writer who saw the musicians behind the music". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2018-12-31 – via www.theguardian.com.
  4. "Review: The Creation Records Story by David Cavanagh". The Guardian. 25 November 2000. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2018-12-31 – via www.theguardian.com.
  5. "Interview with Alan McGee". www.theguardian.com. Retrieved 2018-12-31.
  6. Sandhu, Sukhdev (28 September 2015). "Good Night and Good Riddance: How 35 Years of John Peel Helped to Shape Modern Life by David Cavanagh review – a bravura work". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2018-12-31 – via www.theguardian.com.
  7. "Top music journalist 'delayed suicide to not disrupt people going home for Christmas'". Daily Mirror. 25 April 2019. Retrieved 2019-11-06.
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