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He found and interviewed numerous key associates, not least among them Townshend. He continued to play drums, though by the 1980s his reputation had lowered to the point where he was part of a bar band. He also made an album as half of a duo with Cass Elliot, was briefly part of Derek & the Dominos, played with Delaney & Bonnie, and was part of the least celebrated lineup (in the mid-1990s) of Fleetwood Mac.
All of this is covered in his memoir, which feels a little skimpy, but does have some interesting stories and details. Select a quote or two that will enhance your musician bio—something that describes your sound, your talent, or your latest project. The jacket he bought for Roger Daltrey, as seen in promotional material for the High Numbers single, “was the high point of my career, you might say,” he notes in his interview with Turner.
There’s nothing better than, as a wise woman once said, loving some silly little piece of music, or some band, so much that it hurts. But the level of detail here is impressive, down to descriptions of the jingles and commercials — quite a few, actually — recorded for the likes of beer companies by the Journeymen and the Big Three.
—Casey Epstein-Gross[MCD]
8. There was no drive,” and Sinclair claiming “we killed Big Brother & the Holding Company” when the MC5 opened for them. This might have crossed some ethical lines in how labels and PR staff probably expected good bulky coverage in return, something the author periodically acknowledges, though without too much anguish, especially considering how much fun he was having, whether at their expense or not.
Even if you aren’t a runner, Ratliff shows us how there is always something new to hear in the songs we’ve loved for years. It follows the Mountain Goats’ catalog roughly chronologically, allowing it to double as a loose memoir in scrapbook form. That includes bootlegs, of which there were many more than I suspected.
11. Jimi Hendrix: The Day I Was There, by Richard Houghton (Spenwood).
It’s a quicker read than you might expect, since there are a lot of full-page photos of Meaden and interesting people on the mod scene, including good ones of the 1964 Who. That’s okay, however, as the photos are themselves quite good and interesting, with informative captions.
The full-length Meaden interview isn’t as interesting as I hoped.
This is one of the more valuable volumes of Sonicband’s very extensive series going through the discography of notable artists. Pepper) to some by very obscure acts (Fresh Maggots, Jerusalem, and the Pete Best Four, to name just a few examples). Meaden then pleaded for clemency on the grounds of his own stupidity, a plea which was rejected.”
It’s not too important, but if you’re on the lookout for embarrassing mistakes, Roger Daltrey’s last name is misspelled as “Daltry” in one caption—a 1966-level goof that doesn’t belong in a 2024 book.
That’s not a typo in the title; it has the word “agos” in plural. Linking text by the two other authors sets the basic scene of the group’s origins, ascent, and downfall. He might have just been too much of a fan, and too nice a guy devoted to music more than the bottom line, to rise to the top echelons of the business, though he did pretty well.
The list you’re about to scroll through is a good approximation of Paste’s current taste: some pop trash, classic rock oral reports, memoirs that remind us why we write about music, and queer coming-of-age stories.