Musical biographies/autobiographies - 10/27/21 04:41 AM
I’m a sucker for those. I just read the one by Joe Perry, Aerosmith guitarist, and never knew Steven Tyler suffered with LSD problems (Lead Singer’s Disease). Quite the diva, he is, but I still think he’s a great rock singer.
I even read them if I don’t particularly like the artist’s music that much (the singer in Red Hot Chili Peppers, for example).
Maybe my favourite is It’s So Easy (And Other Lies), by GnR bassist Duff McKagan. Truly inspiring, and he’s a lot smarter, educated, and business-savvy than people might think.
Some others I would recommend:
Riders on the Storm (Doors drummer John Densmore), the real truth, and some much needed myth-bashing).
Waging Heavy Peace (Neil Young)
Livin’ Proof (Hank Williams Jr).
Rod Stewarts’s (can’t remember the name).
Just Between You and Me (April Wine’s Myles Goodwyn).
Bruce Springsteen’s (Born to Run, maybe?)
I don’t care very much about their personal lives or mis-adventures with sex, drugs and rock and roll (maybe the latter haha), I enjoy reading about their early years as kids, and the processes they went through writing, recording and touring.
If you are so inclined, name a few of yours -I don’t care what musical genre - it might give me some ideas.
I even read them if I don’t particularly like the artist’s music that much (the singer in Red Hot Chili Peppers, for example).
Maybe my favourite is It’s So Easy (And Other Lies), by GnR bassist Duff McKagan. Truly inspiring, and he’s a lot smarter, educated, and business-savvy than people might think.
Some others I would recommend:
Riders on the Storm (Doors drummer John Densmore), the real truth, and some much needed myth-bashing).
Waging Heavy Peace (Neil Young)
Livin’ Proof (Hank Williams Jr).
Rod Stewarts’s (can’t remember the name).
Just Between You and Me (April Wine’s Myles Goodwyn).
Bruce Springsteen’s (Born to Run, maybe?)
I don’t care very much about their personal lives or mis-adventures with sex, drugs and rock and roll (maybe the latter haha), I enjoy reading about their early years as kids, and the processes they went through writing, recording and touring.
If you are so inclined, name a few of yours -I don’t care what musical genre - it might give me some ideas.