Dynamite and Davey
The Explosive Lives of the British Bulldogs
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Dynamite and Davey
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Narrated by:
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Steven Bell
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Steven Bell
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Dynamite and Davey: The Explosive Lives of the British Bulldogs is the triumphant but ultimately tragic story of Tom Billington and Davey Boy Smith. Cousins born just a couple of years apart in a small mining town near Wigan, Tom and Davey discovered the art of wrestling as schoolboys. Tom went on to become the Dynamite Kid, arguably the greatest and most pioneering wrestler in history, but his short temper and determination to reach the top of a sport dominated by naturally bigger men would be his undoing.
The more reserved Davey became a global superstar but followed his cousin not just into exceptionalism but into heavy substance abuse as well. Ultimately, the extraordinarily dysfunctional world of pro wrestling would prove too much for the cousins from Golborne--one proud, one naïve. Together they became the best and most influential tag team of their generation. But they could not escape their demons, and their triumphs eventually submitted to their tragedy.
Dynamite and Davey is a gripping cautionary tale.
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you can hear him turning the pages, he often gets names wrong and he sounds like a bunged up 5 year old. one of the most irritating voices ever
Great story but awful narrator
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Steven has clearly researched well for this book and tells their story in an incredibly balanced way. It introduces the cast of characters that would form part of the Stampede scene as well as those whom were majorly influenced by Dynamite. In order to tell the story of Dynamite and Davey, you have to tell that of those around them. There are pieces of the story that made me feel like Dynamite was a reprehensible character at times, but Steven does a great job at ensuring that a slant isn't put onto the perception of these men - there's no agenda other than telling their story.
Additionally, I loved that Steven did the narration. There's something to be said for a story about Davey and Dynamite to be told in a northern accent. I also particularly liked the fact that Steven generally didn't attempt voices - so much so that I want more Mancunian Vince McMahon.
It was well told and intriguing. I finished this over the course of 48hrs.
The only thing I would take into account for future audiobook recordings is the quality of the recording. Throughout there were changes between chapters on volume, sometimes being a little more muffled and at times hearing background noise. I can appreciate however that budgets may not be there to have professionally recorded versions and I will absolutely take this option - it certainly didn't come close to making me turn it off.
The Bulldogs - immortalised
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Well researched
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the memories
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The narrator sounds like this book has been recorded on his phone and not through a microphone. His strong accent made it difficult at times to understand certain words and sometimes sounded like he was mumbling. You can also hear every gulp, sigh, smacking of lips and even you can hear traffic in the background of the audio tracks. Would have preferred a better quality and a narrator with a less strong accent.
The book itself is really insightful and really does show the incredible but tragic lives of the British bulldogs in a very detailed way. As wrestlers 2 of the very best to step into the ring and represent the United Kingdom!
Brilliant Book but poor narrator
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