I like the title and although I do like Music biographies i'm not a massive fan of Neil Young (my boy loves him though). The best one I have read in years was Andy Summers book "One train later". A fantastic read, beautifully written and Summers displays a natural talent for prose and is endowed with a dry laconic wit. Even if you are not a fan of the Police this is worth a look, especially if you are a fan of 50s and 60s UK Blues scene.
I do like that kind of stuff, I read " a dazzling stranger" the bert jansch biog a while back, similarly a good read even if you`re not a massive fan of that scene ( tho` I am ). I think I never fail to be fascinated by how bands come together or artists develop - generally by a vast conglomeration of " butterfly effect" scenarios.....currently re-reading " the last gang in town " about the clash - the other good thing about music biogs is that you can easily dip in and out while having another book on the go................Ive just realised that my multiple book habits may be a Freudian substitute for my sex life prior to getting married
I think it was Venom too. I'm up to The Black Book so far, I reckon Tooth and Nail has been the best so far, the one set in London.
tooth and nail is excellent..tbh I don't think there`s a bad one...and it would be dashed unsporting to go through them all anyway.....though, in the very last book when you found out that Rebus is actually a woman, well, that's a real revelation..... I sorta remember this conversation from before..had you read Stuart McCrae stuff ( set in Aberdeen ) ?
On a different subject matter has anyone read any Stephen Pressfield? Writes about ancient Greece and the like. A fantastic writer, his use of the English language is just spectacular. He was the guy who wrote Gates of Fire about the Spartans at Thermopylae.
You got me there but I want to know have they finished with Taggart,man I loved that.show and Jackie getting on now buy Ay Wid
